Episode 16 - Body Image resilience with Dr Lindsay Kite

To start season 2, Nicola and Florence meet with Dr Lindsay Kite. Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the book More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament (2020, HarperCollins) and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. Both received PhDs from the University of Utah in the study of female body image and have become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy.Lindsay and Lexie help girls and women recognize and reject the harmful effects of objectification in their lives through their social media activism (on Instagram @beauty_redefined), online course and facilitator program for dieticians and therapists (at morethanabody.org), and regular speaking engagements for people of all ages. Together, Nicola, Florence and Lindsay talked about:- body dissatisfaction and self-objectification in women and their implications on health- why changing our bodies NOT the answer to a more positive body image- how do we get out of the need to compare ourselves to others?- health and fitness being disembodied from real life experiences for many- how to cultivate body image resilience in recovery from HATo find support in your HA recovery:Get the "No Period. Now What?" book at noperiod.info/book.To make an appointment with Dr Rinaldi and get individual support to get your period back or improve your fertility, please go to noperiod.info/appointmentsTo make an appointment with Florence Gillet and get help with the body and mind changes happening in recovery please visit www.beyondbodyimage.comYou can find us on social mediaNo Period, Now What? on InstagramNo Period, Now What? Recovery Support Groups (use the code NPNW_NEW for 50% off for the first month)Beyond Body Image on FacebookBeyond Body Image on InTo find support in your HA recovery:Get the "No Period. Now What?" book at noperiod.info/book.Get the French version "Je n'ai plus mes regles" book at noperiod.info/livre.Get the German version "Keine periode - was jetzt?" at noperiod.info/buch.To join our support groups, please visit noperiod.info/supportfor English, noperiod.info/communaute for French, and noperiod.info/community for German.To make an appointment with Dr Sykes and get individual support to get your period back or improve your fertility, please go to noperiod.info/appointmentsTo make an appointment with Florence Gillet and get help with the body and mind changes happening in recovery please visit www.beyondbodyimage.comYou can find us on social media:Instagram:@noperiodnowwhat in English@jenaiplusmesregles_livre in French@keineperiodewasjetzt in German ...