HOLLI’S BLOG
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2021
Disordered Eating, unlike Eating Disorders, is a way in which we have adapted our style of food consumption.
Anxious about Covid 19?
Anxious about Covid 19? Here are a few pointers to look after your mental health and wellbeing if you are staying at home…
Why Are Mother-Daughter Relationships So Complex?
Oh you can still remember those words and that feeling.... it’s a girl!!! A girl, how lucky! How exciting, how special, how important, how hopeful! We will be so close!
International Women's Day 2020 #EachForEqual
March 8th is International Women’s Day 2020. An annual worldwide event, that celebrates women’s political and social achievements, while calling for further gender equality
Why is Media Literacy crucial to maintaining a healthy Body Image?
The world of social media is different from your off line life and the number of “likes” you get on a post is not a barometer for how liked you are in real life…
How do you recognize signs of negative Body Image in yourself or others? How do you support someone displaying those signs?
Let’s remember that we all have an element of a distorted view of our bodies as well as complicated relationships with food…
Who is most at risk of suffering from Body Image Issues? What impact does this have on people?
Everyone is affected by Body Image - having a body means you have body image. In the same way, we all have mental health. The degree to which we are impacted depends on how much influence the feelings of falls somewhere on the spectrum and the impact body image has on people varies depending on where they fall.
What Influences Body Image?
Body image is a complex phenomenon and rarely boils down to just one thing. It can be shaped by an individual's mind set and biology, the influence of industry (food, fashion, fitness and beauty), media (traditional media, social media, advertising world), influencers (peer groups, family) and the society and culture we live in.
What is Body Image and why is it so important?
Body image is defined as how we see our physical selves and how that impacts us emotionally. Simply put: body image is how we think and feel about our bodies.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2019
As a body image specialist working in this field for over 20 years, I am so happy that Mental Health Awareness Week has chosen to focus on body image as the theme this year.
Women on the Couch – Confer Seminar Series
Confer provides innovative conferences and seminars for psychotherapists, psychologists and counsellors, and allows them to step out of their usual training regimens and step into a space which enriches their practice with varying points of view.
Summer Thoughts – time and its passing
I have just arrived back in London after a wonderful summer in North America – a time spent catching up with friends and family, and taking the opportunity to just ‘be’ – something that is often overlooked in our hectic London lives.
Two for the Price of One: The Impact of Body Image During Pregnancy and After Birth - by Susie Orbach and Holli Rubin
Body image concerns are widespread. The conjunction of body image distress and disturbances in eating have either been seen as rather trivial or as medical psychiatric issues.
How Mums Feel About Their Post Baby Bodies
Holli was interviewed by the Huffington Post for their Thriving Parents Section on “The Psychology Behind How Mums Feel About Their Post-Baby Bodies After Giving Birth And How To Build Confidence.”
Debating the Impact of Social Media on Teen’s BodyImage
On Thursday, 5th May 2017, Holli was invited to speak on SkyNews #skydebate, responding to a survey commissioned by the youth empowerment programme National Citizen Service. The research surveyed 1,000 teenagers across England.
Surgery is NOT a game!
As a body image specialist , therapist and mother, I have seen firsthand how dangerous the world of plastic surgery is for the mental health of girls and women.
The Disintegrating Self Understanding and working with adults with ADHD and/or Autistic Spectrum traits
Traits of both Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autistic Spectrum are common, and often occur together.