BODY IMAGE

Like our relationship with food, our relationship with our body is not tangible. It's not something that can be understood prescriptively. Our relationship with our body is immersed and intertwined with our relationship with ourselves. This makes it fascinating, difficult, and super nuanced.

We will always be navigating and working to understand our relationship with our body that will forever be changing. It is a process of hard work and introspection. One person’s journey with their relationship with their body cannot be replicated and applied to another.

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BODY IMAGE COURSE

Expected Release Date in Fall 2022

Side By Side is working EXTREMELY hard to bring an inclusive body image course to everyBODY. 

We all have a body and we all have a relationship with our body, and although this is an important and impactful relationship in our lives, it is also something that is hard to understand and navigate. So when it comes to this idea of “body image” work, you may not know where to begin, how to wrap your head around it, and how to start the process.

So when setting out to help folx I thought, how can I create a resource that is helpful in a way that everyone can take away a better understanding, connection, and awareness around this complex relationship. I wanted to make a safe and inclusive space to explore this very unique and never-ending journey of body image. That is where our body image course and workbook comes in. This course is one that can be applied to your individual journey. It will provide you with an opportunity for not only education but also to learn from different people’s lived experiences and voices. It will include interactive videos, stories, tools, and other engaging content but moreover, it provides a framework for you to reflect, learn, and apply this content to YOUR unique journey, wherever you are. 

To get a taste of the course, you will want to subscribe to get the weekly body image content and inspiration to see if this course is for you and to also be notified when the course comes out. I can’t wait to see you there.

Downloadables and Activities

Take and use what you relate to.

Not all of these resources are all-inclusive and they will not work for everyone. That is okay! Take what helps. Leave what doesn’t!

Please note for your safety and wellbeing, these resources are best used with a professional, specifically, a therapist or dietitian who specializes in eating disorders and is HAES® informed and fat positive, and who is trained to use them.

BLOG Body image as a Relationship

BLOG Self-Compassion as a Body Image Tool

BLOG Reducing Body Checking

BLOG Gratitude as a Body Image Tool

PDF Getting curious about our body image thoughts: Identifying our Emotions around Body Image Thoughts

PDF Identifying Emotions Around Body Image

PDF Exploring your Body Image Story/Journey

PDF Letters to and from your Body: Starting and Continuing the conversation

YOUTUBE What do I do when I hate my body

YOUTUBE What to do with body changes

YOUTUBE Body Image exposures

PDF Exploring your Body Ideal

PDF Mirror work with a Nonjudgmental Body scan

PDF Affectionate Breathing

PDF Ban Book

PDF Body Exposure Imagery

PDF Body Gratitude Imagery

PDF Body Movement Exercises

PDF Cognitive-Defusion Skills

PDF Distraction & Self-Soothing Techniques

PDF Exposure Hierarchy for Body Avoidance

PDF Felt-Sense Somatic Experiencing Exercise

PDF Letter to Younger Self

PDF Mindful Progressive Scan

PDF Mirror Work with a Compassionate Scan

PDF Mirror Work with a Gratitude Body Scan

PDF Self-Compassion Body Scan Meditation

PDF Urge Cards

PDF Increasing Body Respect Practice

PDF Understanding the role of shame and increasing self-compassion

PDF What is body image? Okay, so then what is body image work?

PDF Body Image Activity: Imaging your ideal body

 Coming Soon

SO MUCH MORE.