Starts on : Thursday, July 22

Duration : 6 weeks

Total Hours : 12hrs

Audience : Everyone 

Credit : 12 CE / CME Credits

Description :

This course, Feel Good about Your Body, is for anyone who struggles with body image and having a healthy relationship to food.  In this course, we will begin by critically examining our own ideals about bodies such as “being thin” or “being fit,” and how these ideals developed.  Digging deeper, we will then investigate the specific fears we each have about not living up to these ideals (e.g., such as being rejected or mocked for looking a certain way, being unhealthy, etc.).  After developing an understanding of our ideals and fears, we will take a good hard look at our unhealthy behaviors and how they are influenced by our internal world.  The course will conclude with the development of individualized plans to challenge toxic ideals and confront fears through changing our behavior.  In this way, the ultimate aim is to help you to compassionately reclaim your own inherent power.  

Objectives / Goals :

1) Examine our internalized ideals about bodies (e.g. being thin, muscular, fit, etc.) that fuel an unhealthy relationship to the body

2) Examine our fears related to not meeting these ideals (e.g., “if I eat this food, I will be fat and will be rejected” etc.)

3) Develop an understanding of unhealthy body image behaviors (e.g., frequently weighing oneself, hiding one’s body with baggy clothes, compulsive exercise, etc.) 

4) Develop an understanding of unhealthy eating behaviors (e.g., going on a juice cleanse to quickly lose weight, etc.)

5) Learn how to use mindfulness and acceptance practices to overcome fears related to not meeting body ideals 

6) Develop a plan for living life in accordance with compassion-based ideals (e.g., loving oneself) that foster a healthy relationship with your body

7) Foster a compassionate relationship to your body through the challenging of ideals, confrontation of fears, and engaging in healthy behavior