Claire Mysko on Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?

Claire Mysko is a beauty and body image activist and author. She’s the author of  ‘You’re Amazing – A no pressure guide to being your best self’ aimed at girls, and her most recent book is ‘Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?’

Claire is a former director of the American Anorexia and Bulimia Association. With her friend and business partner Magali Amadei, she founded Inside Beauty, which is a program that takes a critical look inside our cultural messages that we’ve got around beauty. Claire is a speaker and consultant on body image, self esteem, media literacy and leadership, and during our Body Image Revolution conversation we covered:

• How perfectionism and the need to please others is very tied to poor body image, eating disorders and disordered eating
• And what it really leads to is anxiety, frustration and depression
• What disordered eating is, they types of disordered eating, and why you might be one of the 65% of women affected by this growing pattern
• Why constantly dieting is unhealthier than being at a size that is considered ‘overweight’ but also eating healthy and exercising
• Around 80% of women considering getting pregnant are concerned about how it will affect their body image, and strategies to deal with that
• What most health care providers think of body image issues during pregnancy
• The strategies that Claire used to manage her own body image worries during pregnancy
• Why focusing on the size and shape of the mother’s body is bad for the baby’s health and woman’s experience
• Fun ways to record the body changes of pregnancy that take the focus off the scale and the size label
• How to handle people who comment on your body’s changes
• Ways to notice just how remarkable your body actually is
• How the mega-bucks associated with celebrity pregnancies build a false and harmful image of what’s ‘normal’
• Strategies for appreciating the unique few months of pregnancy and early months of baby’s life
• Post-baby intimacy and what men really think of mommy bodies
• Why ‘mommy makeover cosmetic procedures are unrealistic, and unlikely to improve body image
• Why awareness is your most useful tool in the body image stakes
• And Claire shares her own body image battles, and her revolutionary action for you to take today!>/li>

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