The critical voice pops up everywhere and it’s here to stay. So what can we do about it? And how can we be kinder to ourselves in the process? Learn how the critical voice can actually support self-love in life’s low moments.
Author: Jaya Prisco
Let’s unpack our fear of fatness
Athena Nair speaks about fatphobia, diet culture, and body positivity in her TEDx Talk. She draws from her own personal experiences and her work with The Body Positive to explore the pervasiveness of fatphobia in our lives. She unpacks the history of the BMI, discrimination against fat folks in the medical industry and beyond, and…
embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
This book’s message is rooted in the belief that people inherently possess the wisdom necessary to make healthy choices and live peacefully in their bodies. It emphasizes that self-love, acceptance of genetic diversity in body size, celebration of the unique beauty of every individual, and intuitive self-care are fundamental to achieving good physical and emotional…
Body Positivity or Body Obsession? Learning to See More & Be More
Objectification and body image are prevalent sources of poor mental health. Dr. Lindsay Kite, based on her own research and experiences, describes how body obsession can be turned into body positivity. Lindsay Kite is a scholar and advocate of positive body image.
Body Image: Not Just About Your Body
Jessi Kneeland returns to deliver a personal and heart felt presentation. Through her story, Jessi highlights great personal trials and highlights how she overcame the odds to find peace and success.
Body Image and mental health
Humans are uniquely prone to body image issues. As visual and social creatures, the way we see ourselves is linked in complex and systemic ways in the way we see each other and the world around us. This may sound like a vague explanationas to why body image issues are so prevalent, a brush offeven, but there is a critical truth to this…
Worthy
Featured July 21st 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Mayah Lasky • Taylor Bennie-Faull • Holden Snell • Vanessa Wiesner • Brie Heath • Nickhale Rampersad • You are more than the fat on your body,you are a flower, beautiful and unique in your own way and you need to understand thatyou are more than the scars…
Young & Homeless S02 E03 – Youth Justice Report Launch – Interview Panel
In this podcast series, we chat with some amazing speakers. Our speakers include politicians, government workers, service providers, researchers, academics and people with a lived experience of homelessness. We tackle some of the important issues faced by children and young people at risk of or who are experiencing homelessness.
Housing the Homeless: The Solution
Homelessness is a broad term which encompasses a diverse range of people and experiences, but in it’s simplest form, it is the state of having no home. In Australia an increasing number of people are finding themselves in this state due in part to a lack of affordable housing, which can both lead to homelessness…
Housing the Homeless: The Cause
Homelessness is not a choice. But for many it is a reality. On any given night one in 200 people in Australia are homeless. And the problem is getting worse. In the last few years the number of people seeking help from homelessness services has been increasing faster than population growth. While there are many…