We regularly affiliate poor physique picture and physique dissatisfaction with teenagers and grownup ladies. However the actuality that the roots of detrimental physique picture take maintain a lot sooner than that.
On this week’s episode, we dive deep into the science behind physique picture with Drs. Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher, co-authors of Past Physique Constructive: A Mom’s Science-Based mostly Information for Serving to Ladies Construct a Wholesome Physique Picture. This dialog is a must-listen for mothers, caregivers, and anybody trying to foster a more healthy relationship with their physique and break the cycle of poisonous food regimen tradition.
From early childhood messaging to the impression of media, peer teams, and parental affect, our visitors present highly effective insights into how physique picture is formed throughout a lady’s lifetime. They make clear why physique dissatisfaction isn’t simply one thing that seems in maturity—it’s cultivated from childhood and continues to be bolstered by numerous societal pressures.
Janet and Ashleigh additionally discover the distinction between “physique positivity” because it’s generally used immediately and what science truly tells us about fostering a optimistic physique picture. They problem the mainstream dialog and provide sensible, research-backed methods for serving to younger ladies (and their mothers) develop a more healthy, extra resilient relationship with their our bodies.
Should you’ve ever struggled with physique picture or anxious in regards to the messages your little one is receiving about their look, this episode is full of actionable recommendation, insightful analysis, and hope for change. Let’s transfer past simply “feeling good in our our bodies” and work in direction of a tradition the place ladies and ladies can deal with who they’re, not simply how they give the impression of being.
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Right here’s Why We’re Obsessive about This Episode:
✅ It’s not simply one other physique picture dialog—it’s science-backed and deeply insightful.
✅ The authors bust myths round physique positivity and introduce a more healthy, more practical strategy.
✅ Actual-life, sensible instruments to assist mothers and daughters shift their views on meals, health, and self-worth.
✅ A deep dive into the lifelong impression of physique picture—from childhood by maturity.
✅ Encouragement for girls to step into their company and redefine how they have interaction with their our bodies.
Don’t Miss This Episode If…
🚫 You’ve ever struggled with physique picture your self and need to break the cycle for the following era.
🚫 You’re a mother, aunt, instructor, or mentor who desires to assist younger ladies develop a more healthy self-concept.
🚫 You’re uninterested in food regimen tradition and the fixed emphasis on weight, magnificence, and look.
🚫 You’ve puzzled why physique dissatisfaction is so persistent and what truly works to vary it.
🚫 You need a recent, empowering perspective on self-worth that isn’t about simply trying within the mirror and “loving what you see.”
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👉 Listen to the Full Episode Right here
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What You’ll Study in This Episode:
📖 The shocking science behind how physique picture develops from early childhood.
👩👧 How mothers are the last word influencers of their daughters’ physique picture—for higher or worse.
🔬 Why optimistic physique picture isn’t the identical as physique positivity—and why that distinction issues.
💡 The three largest contributors to physique dissatisfaction (and the right way to counteract them).
🍽️ The sneaky methods food regimen tradition and fats speak present up in on a regular basis parenting—and the right way to shift the narrative.
🏋️♀️ How bodily literacy and motion impression physique picture (and why sports activities generally is a double-edged sword).
💬 have actual conversations with ladies about physique modifications, confidence, and self-respect.
🚀 Sensible, science-backed methods for elevating assured, resilient ladies who see their our bodies as highly effective, not issues to repair.
About Janet and Ashleigh
Janet Boseovski, PhD is a professor and head of the Division of Psychology on the College of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is Co-Director of the DUCK Lab, a toddler improvement lab at UNCG and she or he has studied social and cognitive improvement in early to late childhood for over 20 years. Janet serves on the Board of Administrators of the Greensboro Science Middle and the Jean Piaget Society for the Research of Information and Growth. She enjoys talking to the general public, and writing about, little one improvement and well-being.
Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD is a senior lecturer in psychology on the College of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her analysis and instructing pursuits are within the areas of social cognition and gender, and she or he enjoys making use of psychology past educational contexts. She enjoys making use of psychology outdoors academia and has co-authored a ebook on the alternatives out there to researchers who wish to accomplish that as properly (The Transportable PhD: Taking Your Psychology Profession Past Academia, American Psychological Affiliation, 2020).
🔗 Sources & Hyperlinks:
🎧 Past Physique Constructive – Seize your copy right here (use code FLYER15 for 15% off) or right here.
📖 Psychology At present Weblog: Head Begin for Wholesome Physique Picture
📲 Observe Janet & Ashleigh on Instagram, Fb, and LinkedIn right here and right here
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