Self Image

Are Vulnerability and Authenticity the New Cool?

Tiffany Crawford | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Richard Branson, Security, Vulnerability, Lady GaGa, Brene Brown, Deepak Chopra, TED Talks, Female Empowerment, Self-Image, Culture News
Tiffany Crawford

You hear it everywhere. All of the thought leaders in business, spiritual gurus, and now pop stars are all talking about being your true self and loving you for who you are. That's not what I see on the cover of magazines -- yet.

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A Letter to my Younger Self

Charlotte Hill | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Self Awareness, Regret, Letter to My Younger Self, Wisdom, Advice to My Younger Self, Self-Image, Self-Confidence, Women News
Charlotte Hill

You are uniquely -- in the unadulterated sense of the word -- uniquely you.

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How I Learned To Love My Curly Hair

HelloGiggles | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Getting Older, Curly Hair, Changing Appearances, Embracing Appearance, Hair, Self Image, Appearance, Women News

I haven't always loved my curly hair. In fact, in the spirit of honest communication, I'll just tell you that in that past I’ve carried around a gre...

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Weight Loss: What's the Point?

Lisa Turner | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Starvation, Hunger, World Hunger, Dieting, Nutrition, Spirituality and Nutrition, Women Body Image, Self Esteem, Men Body Image, Weight Loss, Self Image, Emotional Wellness, Body Image, Diet and Nutrition, Girls Body Image, Healthy Living News
Lisa Turner

What would happen if, instead of worrying about what you had for breakfast, you focused instead on becoming exquisitely comfortable with who you are as a person? Instead of scrutinizing yourself in the mirror, looking for every bump and bulge, you turned your gaze inward?

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Victoria Secret's Doutzen Kroes and Vogue Italia's Franca Sozzani Get Personal About Body Image

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W. | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Doutzen Kroes, Vogue, Victoria's Secret, Anorexia, Harris Center, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Bulimia, Franca Sozzani, Women Body Image, Self Image, Media Body Image, Healthy Living News
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.

When I read who was coming to Harvard's public forum, "Health Is Beauty: Defining Ourselves," I knew I was going. The Harris Center's 15th annual forum offered a rare insider's view of an issue near and dear my professional heart -- body image and the media.

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A Sisterhood of Inner Beauty

Carre Otis | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Yoga, Women, Self-Esteem, Beauty Disrupted, Self Image, Health, Beauty, Confidence, Carre Otis, True Inner Beauty, Aging Gracefully, Health and Beauty, Inner Outer Beauty, Inner Beauty, Women's Health, The Inner Beauty, Healthy Living News
Carre Otis

For me, having two young daughters has not only expanded my access to joy and deepened my sense of gratitude, but it has heightened my concern for the dangerously subversive messages they've already started to receive.

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Pinned: Porn on Pinterest

Susan Harrow | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Stress Eating, Mother Daughter Relationship, The Balanced Life, Living News, Over-Eating, Physical Benefits of Yoga, Self Care, Healthy Body, Eating Disorders, Jealousy, Benefits of Yoga, Active, Confidence, Diet, Posture Mastery, Wellness, Stress, Body, Body Image, Weight Loss, Eating Matters, Feeling Good Naked, Women's Body Confidence, Disrespect, Distorted Body Image, Perfectionism, Weight Gain, Self-Help, Negative Body Image, Positive Body Image, Health and Happiness, Mental Health, Acceptance, Self Love, Look Better Naked, Clothing, Women, Skin, Lose Weight, Unhealthy Diets, Obesity, Living in the Moment, Yo-Yo Dieting, Anxiety, Modesty, Anorexia, Childhood Eating Problems, Happiness, Bulimia, Yoga, Health Tips, Emotions, Feeling Comfortable in Your Own Skin, Models, Forget Perfect, Revealing Costumes, Brazilian, Mood, Finding Happiness, Comfort Eating, Eating Disorder Prevention, Self Worth, Women and Body Image, Healthy Eating, Mindful Eating, Female Body Image, Health, Diet Advice, Self Esteem, Self-Esteem, Consciousness, Women's Health, Aging, Fitness, Self Image, Eating Mindfully, Self Mastery, Healthy Diet, Women's Issues, Self-Improvement, National Eating Disorders Association, Culture News
Susan Harrow

I'm in love with Pinterest the new hot social network where images are digital coke -- addictive, unlimited pleasure with just a few side effects -- l...

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The Answer Is Pretty Ugly

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Am I Pretty, Eating Disorders, Celebrity, Self-Esteem, Beauty, Women's Health, Body Image, Teenagers, Image of Body, Self Image, Media Body Image, Emotional Wellness, Tweens, Girls Body Image, Body Images, Media Self Image, Healthy Living News
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" It's been two centuries since the Brothers Grimm and, amazingly, that question and that magical mirror from Snow White are still around. Today, the magical mirror is called the internet.

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Yoga Mirror

Mina Samuels | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Yoga, Humility, Mirror, Yoga Poses, Self Image, Judgmental, Self-Critical, Divine Self, Yoga Journal, Yoga and Humility, Mindfulness, Yoga Practice, Healthy Living News
Mina Samuels

As my friend so wisely pointed out, who was I to judge what was excellence in my yoga practice? My ego, the judge, was arrogant enough to think it knew better than my body what was right and good for me.

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Top 4 Tips for Women Who Want Turn Pop Culture on its Head

Patricia Leavy, PhD | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Pop Culture, Beauty, Self Image, Celebrities, Body Image, Confidence, Sex Appeal, Culture News
Patricia Leavy, PhD

It's hardly a radical insight to note that popular culture has a limiting view of femininity. Despite how toxic the images of popular culture may be to a woman's self-image, there are lessons we can learn about how to enjoy pop culture while avoiding the bloat.

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Flawed Inspiration

Bethany St. James | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Body Type, Prostitution, Self Esteem, Brothels, Women's Issues, Self Image, Empowerment, Body Image, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Style News
Bethany St. James

The fact is that we are, more often than not, much harder on ourselves than anyone else is. In my experience, men and women often believe that being attractive on the outside has something to do with being attractive on the inside.

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Growth And Comfort: How Uncomfortable Are You Willing To Be?

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Risk Taking, Zone of Comfort, Boundaries, Taking Risks, Comfort Zone, Taking a Risk, Taking the Risk, Limits, Your Comfort Zone, The Comfort Zone, Personal Growth, Mindfulness, Self Image, My Comfort Zone, Discomfort, Becoming-Fearless, Home News
Levi Ben-Shmuel

One wonderful thing about staying in the discomfort zone is the chance to explore who we think we are. Instead of running on autopilot, being uncomfortable in a new situation allows us to question self-imposed beliefs and limits.

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On Beauty in the Age of Gloss

Victoria Foyt | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Women's Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem, Beauty, Self-Image, Books News
Victoria Foyt

Call me over-imaginative, but I fear that our fixation on external beauty is now as useless and as cumbersome to our survival as if we had reptilian tails.

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Free to Be Me! But Who Am I, Really?

Andrea Pennington, M.D. | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Self-Improvement, Depression, Self-Esteem, Self Image, Self-Help, Conde Nast, Consciousness, Mindful Living News
Andrea Pennington, M.D.

Over time you will learn that you are not mind alone. You are not flesh alone. The real you is spirit. On earth you exist as a tri-part being.

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Women's Work: Advances and Challenges in Reclaiming Our Bodies as Our Own

Vivien Hoexter | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Miss Representation, Women, Beauty, Self Image, Body Image, Women in Television News, Culture News
Vivien Hoexter

Imagine my excitement when I learned that Miss Representation was to air on television. I fervently wish that this scathing documentary about the American media's treatment of women's bodies had been around when I was a teenager.

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The Impact of MEdia

Irene Tanner | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Social Media, Self Image, Image, Marketing, Branding, Media, Self Branding, Self Marketing, Style News
Irene Tanner

Having spent a lifetime studying mans' true spiritual nature, I would be the last to insist that what emanates from the heart takes second place to physical appearance. Or vice-versa.

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The Rise of Fall

Lori Bryant Woolridge | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Self Esteem, Midlife Women, Self Image, Women After 50, Life Stages, Aging Acceptance, Aging Well, Reinvention, Fifty News
Lori Bryant Woolridge

My fellow fall femmes, you know that saying "Can't see the forest for the trees?" Well, that's us. We're those trees, busy living our vibrant autumns out loud while the rest of the forest stands back, green with envy!

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What Our Three-Year-Old's Broken Heart Taught Us About Parenting Him

James M. Chesbro | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Toddlers, Back to School, Rejection, Self-Esteem, Facing Rejection, Self-Image, Parents-Back-to-School, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News
James M. Chesbro

As he asked again, "Dad, how come she won't talk to me?" What I heard him really asking me was: How could someone not like me? How do I deal with rejection?

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3 Ways To Boost Your Self-Image

Robert Pagliarini | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Self-Image, Healthy Living Health News, Help Self-Image, Consciousness, Improve Self-Esteem, Improve Self-Image, Healthy Living Spirit, Boost Self-Image, Boost Self-Esteem, Healthy Living News
Robert Pagliarini

What happens when we desperately want a leading role but our character has a bit part? What happens when your view of who you are actually holds you back?

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Is Photoshop Destroying America's Body Image?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Photoshop, Body Image, Photoshop Body Image, Advertising, Beauty and Skin, Unrealistic Bodies, Youth Health, American Medical Association, Effects of Photoshop, Self-Image, Healthy Living News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Photoshopping and airbrushing, many believe, are now an inherent part of the beauty industry, as are makeup, lighting and styling. They believe photography is a creative art, a freedom not to be denied for any reason ...

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The Mental Rehearsal That Makes A Difference

Eldon Taylor | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Self-Image, Ideal Self, Actual Self, Desired Self, Ought-to-Be Self, Mental Rehearsal, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Eldon Taylor

We all divide ourselves among four essential views of ourselves. These four faces include the actual self, the ideal self, the ought-to-be self and the desired self.

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Levi Van Veluw's Macabre & Humorous Self-Portraits

Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Photography, Cindy Sherman, Self Image, Hanna Liden, Gillian Wearing, Film, Levi Van Veluw, Studio Visit, Self Portrait, Beautiful/Decay, Mask, Arts News

(Via Beautiful/Decay) Upon first viewing Levi Van Veluw’s photography, my mind immediately drew parallels to the resurgence in the interest in the ...

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A New Face: What Are The Psychological Risks?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Plastic Surgery Psychology, Cosmetic Procedures, Psychology of Beauty, Plastic Surgery Risks, Body Image, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Plastic Surgery, Self Image, Cosmetic Surgery, The Inner Life, Self-Image, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Cosmetic changes may seem superficial, but they are permanent, can have far-reaching emotional consequences and deserve careful examination.

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Personal Branding: The Inside Story

Malcolm Levene | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Personal Brand, Fashion Industry, Self Help, Body Image, Branding, Self-Improvement, Personal Branding, Fashion, Self-Image, Inspiration, Healthy Living News
Malcolm Levene

For an individual to have a Personal Brand that's complete, there needs to be equal parts of Inner and Outer Branding. Having a well developed Inner Brand will augment that which has faded through the ravages of time.

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A Divorcée Who No Longer Feels Boobalicious

Agi Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Positive Body Image, Being Single, Sex After Divorce, Divorce, Body Image, Self Image, Dating, Divorce News
Agi Smith

Dear Agi, I was married for seventeen years to the only man I had ever really dated and together we had two children...

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