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It’s Not Just About the Food

Challenging beauty ideals and disordered eating and embracing the real you

Resilience
How to Raise Resilient Kids

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on June 14, 2024

From an early age, we learn that failure does not feel good. But what if we could harness those feelings and use them as motivation to keep trying? Our kids can learn this skill.

From an early age, we learn that failure does not feel good. But what if we could harness those feelings and use them as motivation to keep trying? Our kids can learn this skill.

Confidence
The Role of Confidence in Eating Disorder Treatment

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on December 21, 2022

Learning to look inwards and to self-reflect can be the first step in the growth process that will ultimately improve self-esteem for someone with an eating disorder.

Learning to look inwards and to self-reflect can be the first step in the growth process that will ultimately improve self-esteem for someone with an eating disorder.

Self-Esteem
How to Raise a Confident Girl

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on March 2, 2021

Are you worried about your daughter's self-esteem? In this three-part series, I'll tell you how to support and create the building blocks for lasting confidence.

Are you worried about your daughter's self-esteem? In this three-part series, I'll tell you how to support and create the building blocks for lasting confidence.

Body Image
How to Protect Your Daughter's Body Image

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on February 14, 2021

It can be difficult to compete with the body image messages your daughter is exposed to in social media. You can make a difference and here's how.

It can be difficult to compete with the body image messages your daughter is exposed to in social media. You can make a difference and here's how.