Self Image Psychology

Would you like to know how the clothes you wear can change your life? Do you want to learn how to use fashion as a tool to improve your image, your self-esteem, your communication, and your relationships? Are you interested in discovering the psychological secrets behind trends, brands, colors, and styles? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book will interest you. In the following pages, you will discover how the psychology of fashion can help you better understand who you are, how others perceive you, and how you can influence them through the way you dress. You will learn...

Nobody wakes up one day and decides they want to have an eating disorder. And eating disorders are certainly not about getting attention or vanity. It is not a “lifestyle” or “choice” you make. Depression and/or anxiety often coexist with an eating disorder, making it all the more problematic. Experts believe those who suffer with eating disorders have a chemical imbalance in their brain with a lack of serotonin.

You've run around the block for hours. You've attended weekly meetings. You've wasted money on expensive exercise machines. You've drunk gallons of shakes. You've gulped a thousand pills. You've eaten a thousand meal replacement bars. Stop stressing out about your weight. Relax and let your thin self loose.

Sometimes it's hard to think positively. Some days it's just easier to focus on the negative. This compilation of notes was written initially for Dr. Canfield's clients as a set of guidelines and illustrations for their collaborative work. The chapters are aimed at offering practical suggestions and sample stories to help you assess: your core beliefs your missions and goals superficial stumbling blocks that may get in the way of achieving your goals coping mechanisms that will assist you through day to day events as well as more major crises. Chances are you are reading this and other ...

Why do we hate our bodies so much? Why do we constantly criticize and pressure ourselves about our bodies? Why do we strive to attain (and punish ourselves when we don't have) thin, ultra-toned bodies? We all have an inner Body Bully, and it's making us ill and unhappy. Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health author Bev Aisbett, writing together with Rebecca Reynolds, returns with a new book on the inner Body Bully we all have in our heads. If we can improve the way we think about our bodies, that will in turn improve our lives.

Why do we hate our bodies so much? Why do we constantly criticize and pressure ourselves about our bodies? Why do we strive to attain (and punish ourselves when we don't have) thin, ultra-toned bodies? We all have an inner Body Bully, and it's making us ill and unhappy. Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health author Bev Aisbett, writing together with Rebecca Reynolds, returns with a new book on the inner Body Bully we all have in our heads. If we can improve the way we think about our bodies, that will in turn improve our lives.

Sent away to boarding school on his eighth birthday, Mark Stibbe watched his adoptive parents drive down a gravel road, leaving him standing in front of a huge country house with his trunk and his teddy. That night, already confused and frightened, he was given the first of four beatings in his first two weeks. This trauma of abandonment and abuse was to scar Stibbe's life until his 50s, when divorce forced him to deal with his "boarded heart".