In a world where social media and societal expectations dominate our perception of self-worth, learning to love your body has never been more important. Everywhere we turn, we are confronted with ...

Confidence is supposed to feel empowering. Instead, for a lot of plus size women, confidence in a thin obsessed world feels ...

Tension: We often overlook physical discomfort as a sign that emotional boundaries are being crossed in close relationships. Noise: Pop psychology tends to reduce boundaries to just saying “no” or ...

Being a psychologist or any other kind of counselor is a special profession. Some missions are so central to being human they are nearly universal, like trying to find a partner. Being able to help ...

Studies show that kids as young as 3 years old can have body image concerns. Author Susan Verde was an elementary school teacher who saw kids forming judgments about their bodies very early on and ...

For years, the dominant message behind body positivity has been clear: learn to love your body. While this message has helped many people push back against harmful beauty standards, it can sometimes ...

Kathryn Burnham is the outreach director of the University of Utah group SPEAK (Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness & Knowledge), which focuses on eating-disorder research, outreach and ...