Danni and I are recapping some of the beauty and other related trends influencing our body image. We’re talking about the “ballerina body,” the soft voice, a face standard, trad wives, make America healthy again, and more. Plus, we’re excited to share about our Spring cohort of the Body Image Coach Certification opening for enrolment on January 28^th, 2025.

Show notes: summerinnanen.com/317

 

In this episode, we talk about:

- How this all ties into the white supremacist value of perfectionism,

- How none of the make America healthy again rhetoric looks at things like the social determinants of health,

- The lack of structural protections,

- Some of the topics covered in our Body Image Coach Certification and how it works,

- The way our course talks about power, privilege, and bias,

I’m sharing a summary of what the research says about eating disorders and disordered eating in mid-life, and why this lifestage can make people more vulnerable to EDs and disordered eating.

Show notes: summerinnanen.com/316

 

In this episode, I talk about:

- Some of the barriers to treatment,

- That eating disorders are often associated with young women and the problems with this,

- That data is limited since so few women actually seek and receive treatment,

- The biological aspect of it,

- What to do with this information,