Or, what does it mean to you, and is that the same as what it means to me? This question led to such an interesting conversation at yesterday’s BEYOND THE MIRROR focus group. Each person present, as always, is dealing with their own issues, which creates their own particular perspective on the body image conversation….
Or, the surprising power of your creative thinking! If you are suffering from poor body image, then it’s likely you have tried all sorts of different ways to “fix” the problem. So why should you believe me when I tell you that you can use CREATIVITY to change your relationship with your body? Good question!…
With Beyond the Mirror – a creative body image project We worry about our weight and our looks because we have been told from a very young age that we are valued for how we look. Yet, however much we diet and exercise and even have surgery, we are NEVER going to look like the…
One creative tool is sensory body maps These are some examples of SENSORY BODY MAPS—an activity I use as part of a creative body image exploration and healing process. These body maps look very different, created by very different people. One was created by an artist, but they all had the same effect. The thing…
Except we do! My book cover design was recently entered in a competition, which made me think about the whole concept of first impressions… Of course, book covers are different to how people look. The cover of a book is designed specifically to help the reader get an idea of the book’s content and whether…
Or being CREATIVE vs being ARTISTIC “I wish I was creative.”“I don’t have a creative bone in my body.” People often say that to me when they hear about my work. And then I have to disagree… because they are most likely mixing up being CREATIVE with being an ARTIST. And the two are very…
And how BEYOND THE MIRROR aims to achieve transformation I believe that our body image is, or comes from, a story that we are telling ourselves. Or perhaps a story that we have been told by other people, and come to believe as the truth. Both by working with other people and from my own…
And what helps to address that concern? Research conducted by the Butterfly Foundation last year discovered that more than 90% of young Australians have concerns about their body image. The statistics amongst other age groups are less clear cut, but recently I had an experience which confirmed my sense that body image is a widespread…