Muscle Dysmorphia
In the past, you’ve heard me talk about the epidemic of body dysmorphia which is spreading like wildfire thanks to social media. Body dysmorphia is defined as a mental disorder marked by an overwhelming and all-consuming preoccupation with a perceived…
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Pushing Back on Body Dysmorphia
Fifty years ago there was little or no knowledge among teenagers about eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In today’s image-obsessed and social-media saturated world, the great majority of our kids not only stress over their appearance, but…
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Kids and Pimple Patches
I remember one of the great heartaches of my own adolescent years was a battle with face acne. I was raised in family where time and regular face-washing was seen as the remedy to something I dreamed I would one…
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Kids and Cosmetic Surgery
“What has Jane Fonda done to her face?” Someone asked that question on social media after the eighty-seven year old actress was featured prominently in photos and videos from the screen actors guild award show. Fonda did not look like…
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What is Looksmaxxing?
Have you heard about the social media fueled appearance trend known as “looksmaxxing”? That’s spelled l-o-o-k-s-m-a-x-x-i-n-g. The term originated in online communities centered around what’s known as the involuntary celibate, or “incil” for short, cohort of young males. Incels would…
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Demi Moore on Body Image
All truth is God’s truth, and sometimes that truth comes across in places where we don’t expect it. In a recent cover story in Elle magazine, actress Demi Moore talked about the struggle she’s had with her body image. This…
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