Project Body Love
Women's Health
Project Body Love podcast from Women’s Health is a 30 day programme designed to help you improve your relationship with your body. With only 6% of women describing themselves as body confident, it is clear that image concerns and negative body image holds women back from living fuller lives. This November, Women’s Health have set out to change this, with evidence based research, and science backed exercises to help you unpick these negative narratives, hosted by body confidence advocate Jada Sezer. Each 3-5 minute episode will target different societal aspects as to why so many feel the way they do and encourage you to set the right intentions to learn to appreciate the human body. For more helpful and advice please visit womenshealthmag.com/uk/projectbodylove and don’t forget to share your progress with us @womenshealthuk #ProjectBodyLove The functionality-focused exercises in this series are based on the Expand Your Horizon programme, developed and tested by Dr. Jessica Alleva and her colleagues at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. The results of Expand Your Horizon have been published in several academic articles, for example: Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., van Breukelen, G. J. P., Jansen, A., & Karos, K. (2015). Expand Your Horizon: A programme that improves body image and reduces self-objectification by training women to focus on body functionality. Body Image, 15, 81-89. To read more about the Expand Your Horizon programme, and Dr. Alleva’s work, visit www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jessica.alleva or www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mind-your-body. The interview with Dr. Alleva on Appearance Matters: The Podcast (mentioned in Day 8), can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-22-exercise-body-image/id1069856498?i=1000394756222. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/projectbodylove
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Day 19: Identifying diet chat
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11/19/19 • 5 min
In the last of our three-part session on body talk, Jada will teach you how to recognise the dreaded diet chat, which can slip into your conversations without you even realising. With these tips and tricks, you'll learn to stop this harmful talk from impacting your sense of self-worth. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/
12/01/19 • 17 min
In today’s bonus episode of Project Body Love – the Women’s Health campaign to change the way women feel, think and speak about their bodies – Jada sits down with Women’s Health Features Director Nikki Osman to talk about her own journey to body confidence, how sport has shaped her body image and what she’s learnt from voicing this confidence series. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove http://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/
Day 29: Spreading body love
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11/29/19 • 4 min
Today, Jada encourages you to pass on your newfound body love to others. Whether it's through activism or making people aware of their own negative body talk, we'll talk about how you can help those around you. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/ Research: Stice & Presnell (2007); today’s activity was adapted from The Body Project by Dr Eric Stice & Dr Carolyn Becker (bodyprojectcollaborative.com)
Day 27: Mindfulness mirror exercise
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11/27/19 • 5 min
In today's session, Jada will guide you through a mirror exercise, helping you to become more compassionate and appreciative of what you can see in the reflection. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/ Research: Atkinson et al (2014, 2015); today’s activity was adapted from The Mindfulness Mode by Dr Melissa Atkinson and Professor Tracey Wade (researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/melissa-atkinson)
Day 26: De-centering thought exercise
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11/26/19 • 4 min
In this mindfulness-based session, Jada helps you to change the tone of your inner voice by making conscious changes in the vocal language you use. This simple but effective tool can help you break harmful patterns. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/ Research: Atkinson et al (2014, 2015); today’s activity was adapted from The Mindfulness Mode by Dr Melissa Atkinson and Professor Tracey Wade (researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/melissa-atkinson)
11/25/19 • 5 min
In today’s session, Jada introduces a mindfulness exercise. Reinforcing the idea that these thoughts are just thoughts, this tool will help you to contextualise your negative self talk the next time you become aware of it. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-15-body-image-and-mindfulness/id1069856498?i=1000379934986 @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/ Research: Atkinson et al (2014, 2015); today’s activity was adapted from The Mindfulness Mode by Dr Melissa Atkinson and Professor Tracey Wade (researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/melissa-atkinson)
Day 24: Body image and exercise
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11/24/19 • 5 min
Research suggests that those who have a healthy relationship with exercise tend to have a healthier relationship with their body. With that in mind, today Jada leads you through a movement session. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/
Day 23: Body functionality and our ability to communicate
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11/23/19 • 5 min
Your ability to communicate with others is an intrinsic part of what makes you human. In this body functionality session, you’ll learn how valuing your interactions with those around you can shape the way you feel about your body. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/ Research: Alleva et al (2015); today’s activity was adapted from Expand Your Horizons by Dr Jessica Alleva (maastrichtuniversity.nl/jessica.alleva)
Day 22: Embracing self-care
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11/22/19 • 4 min
In this episode, Jada talks self-care, and explains why setting up personal routines which allow you to be more mindful of your needs and emotions is so crucial. You will learn why practising self-care can become a way of showing gratitude towards your body. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/ Research: Alleva et al (2015); today’s activity was adapted from Expand Your Horizons by Dr Jessica Alleva (maastrichtuniversity.nl/jessica.alleva)
Day 28: Compassionate body scan
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11/28/19 • 7 min
As an act of gratitude to yourself, this session is a compassionate body scan. Jada guides you through a check-in process with your body, and encourages you to observe how it's feeling physically. @womenshealthuk #projectbodylove https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/project-body-love/
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How many episodes does Project Body Love have?
Project Body Love currently has 32 episodes available.
What topics does Project Body Love cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Body Positivity, Self Love and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Project Body Love?
The episode title 'Day 30: Reflecting on what you've learnt' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Project Body Love?
The average episode length on Project Body Love is 5 minutes.
How often are episodes of Project Body Love released?
Episodes of Project Body Love are typically released every day.
When was the first episode of Project Body Love?
The first episode of Project Body Love was released on Oct 17, 2019.
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