Resources from Julie Church's Talk on Body Image: Mothering, Appearance, and the Brain

On Tuesday Julie Church of Opal: Food + Body spoke to us about body image. If you missed the talk, you can listen to it on the player to the right. Below are some links to some of the resources that Julie mentioned in her talk.

Brene Brown's TED talks on Listening to Shame and The Power of Vulnerability

BirthMarkings by Margaret Lazarus is a video which explores women's post-birth bodies and how their self image changes after giving birth.

Julie also lead us through an exercise where we wrote a letter to our body reflecting on what we liked about it. It is a powerful exercise, well worth your time to complete.

A Letter to Your Body

Take some time to reflect on these questions related to your body:

I love you because...

Thank you for...

I appreciate you when...

I want..