The woman in the mirror
Subtitle: how to stop confusing what you look like with who you are
By: Cynthia M. Bulik
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781408828045
Subjects: Body image in women; Self-esteem in women
Description: Many women--regardless of income, size, shape, ethnicity, and age--are uncomfortable in their own skin. We fixate on our body image and try endless diets, implants, Botox, hair extensions, and new shoes, but it's never enough. The problem is that girls and women have been socialized to mistakenly conflate body-esteem and self-esteem. Body esteem refers to how you think and feel about your physical appearance: your size, shape, hair, and features. Self-esteem refers to how you think and feel about your personality, your role in relationships, your accomplishments, and values-everything that contributes to who you are as a person. The Woman in the Mirror goes beyond typical self-esteem books to dig deep into the origins of women's problems with body image.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one: How we see ourselves from kindergarten to the nursing home (1. From elementary to middle school: loss of identity ; 2. The ins and outs of high school ; 3. Transition to independence ; 4. Marriage and family ... or not!; title: 5. The sandwich generation; title: 6. The AARP years); title: Part two: Intervention (7. Awareness ; 8. Cues and triggers: recognizing memes ; 9. Establishing a fat-talk-free zone ; 10. Your inner coach ; 11. Protecting the next generation ; Coda: Imagine a world where you like and respect yourself).