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BodyMatters is a specialist clinic established for the prevention & treatment of eating disorders and unhealthy weight loss practices. Advocates for HAES.

Australasia
Joined April 2010
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"Sometimes you’ve got to look straight into the tired eyes of the woman staring back at you in the mirror and tell her that she deserves the best kind of love, the best kind of life, and devote yourself to giving it to her all over again." ~S.C. Lourie
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We need to stop this!
Jokes about fat people who need mobility scooters are fatphobic and ableist. Fat disabled people are targeted for intense scorn and abuse, and it must stop. It's ok to be fat and disabled. It's ok to be fat and need mobility assistance.
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Today our friends at National Mental Health Commission launch Connections 👏 Read more about it so we can continue to make connections with our mental health, wellbeing, and one another 👇
Today we are pleased to launch Connections, a national conversation about the future of mental health and suicide prevention in Australia. Find out how to get involved and join the conversation here 👉mentalhealthcommission.gov.a… #ConnectingWithYou
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Major transitions later in life such as divorce, illness, or menopause can trigger disordered eating says Margo Maine, a Connecticut-based clinical psychologist and co-author of Pursuing Perfection. Source: The Independent independent.co.uk/life-style…
We are more than just our bodies and physical appearance and if you believe in that, show it with your words, show it with kindness. By changing our words to be more accepting and body-positive we are changing the way we think about our bodies to... facebook.com/story.php?story…
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YES! This isn't just tea- it's facts about how our society behaves toward fat people and towards body diversity. To all the people and media-outlets pushing the 'health scare', rethink this. Your fat-phobia is showing!
I don’t want to give * that* fat-phobic Telegraph article any more attention, but this is what I have to say about the @Nike plus-size mannequin as a body image researcher:
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Here is a list of books that would help you build a sane body image. Deriving out from deeply personal experiences to fictitious narratives, these inspiring books profess that there is nothing wrong with the way our body is: tinyurl.com/y3gqcoxo
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To break the stigma surrounding body image issues and toxic masculinity we need to encourage men to talk about shame more openly. Psycologist Amy Newsom speaks to @kiahandley on ABC Newcastle! @nnotzon abc.net.au/radio/newcastle/p…
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