self esteem
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Lizzo shares unedited nude photo to launch Dove body confidence campaign
80% of girls have used a filter or photo-editing app to change their appearance by the time they turned 13.
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How video calls have impacted our self-esteem and what you can do about it
Another day, another round of Zoom calls.
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Olay will stop retouching photos by the end of 2020
It’s a big step for the skincare brand.
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Alicia Keys opens up about her 'self-worth issues' – 'I feel I'm not deserving of greatness'
Alicia Keys spoke candidly to Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and Willow Smith about her own issues surrounding self-worth.
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Lingerie model slams 'body type' obsession: 'This is about desensitisation'
"I’ve been dainty-skinny, soft and curvy, athletic, and all those places in between."
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Blogger's Instagram versus reality bum post applauded by fans
Blogger Lauren Curtis has shared an honest photo to help encourage women to love their bodies no matter what.Admitting it can be “crippling” to worry about our supposed “flaws”, Lauren posted three photos for her Instagram followers.“I usually only post photos of my best angles with the best lighting because I look at those photos and they make me feel good about myself,” Lauren wrote alongside the first photo showing off her pert derriere.“But it doesn’t mean I’m also not proud of my body when it doesn’t look like that.”She went on to share a side-by-side comparison photo of her bum – cellulite, stretch marks and all.“In the second photo I’m clenching my butt cheeks to demonstrate that I still have my fair share of cellulite….my stretch marks and lil spider veins,” she wrote.“I used to be so worried people would notice all these ‘flaws’ and it’s honestly crippling.“In reality we ALL have them to some degree and they do not matter.”Her fans have applauded the influencer for her truthful post, saying more people on social media should be this authentic.“I love this post so much,” one person commented. “This is going to help so many women feel more confident in their own skin. We need a lot more of this authenticity on social media.”“Thank you for sharing and also making myself and others realise to love our body no matter what shape,” another wrote.And she’s not the only one reminding us that behind every envy-inducing snap is real life, as the gallery below shows.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for non-stop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day. For Twitter updates, follow @YahooStyleUK.Read more from Yahoo Style UK:Jameela Jamil apologises to fans for airbrushed photographsNigella Lawson isn’t here to be edited: ‘Don’t airbrush my sticking out stomach’Woman edits her image to show how the ‘perfect’ body has changed
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Heidi Range: 'I would hate if my daughter shared my low body esteem'
She speaks to Kate Thornton as part of brand new podcast, 'White Wine Question Time'.
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'For the first time I feel thankful for my body': Mum's photo of her stretch marks and cellulite sends an important message
She says having her daughter changed her outlook.
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'It's time for a plus-size Ken!': U.K. blogger wants men to embrace the body positive movement, too
"Embracing a part of yourself you've been taught to hate isn't easy."
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Swim England criticised for telling women how to disguise their 'flabby stomachs'
"Are we living in the 1950s?"
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It's official: this is the age when your self-esteem peaks
There's truth behind the age-old belief that self-esteem comes with age.
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11-year-old with dreadlocks goes viral for standing up to school bullies
"I vowed that if I ever had a daughter, I would instill self-esteem, pride, and courage in her," says mother and life coach Toshia Shaw.
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This empowering engagement photoshoot is giving us all the body positive feels
The loved-up couple are literally winning the Internet right now
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Study proves that looking at thin women can alter body image in just 15 minutes
We need more exposure to plus-size women.
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British women feel ‘ugly’ from just six years old
A majority of respondents said not enough is being done to help increase the confidence and self image of young girls in the UK.
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Plus-size models like Ashley Graham are having a positive effect on women's mental health
Props to plus-size positivity!
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Nadia Sawahla just opened up about hair loss, but why does it happen and what can we do to prevent it?
Hair loss at her age isn't as uncommon as you might think.
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What I learned from six months without alcohol
Last year I quit alcohol for six months. I felt troubled I’d never known myself as an adult who didn’t drink; the longest break I’d ever taken was a week, two at most. From working in restaurants aged 18, to university drinking culture, to sitting in front of the telly with a glass of red. All ‘normal’ stuff. Oh there were times I abused alcohol; a painful breakup and my quarter life crisis saw me use red wine as one hell of a crutch but I didn’t feel my habits were out of the ordinary, not compared to my peers or even the culture around me.
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Instagram is now the main culprit behind low self-esteem
Although Instagram is known for promoting everything from clean living to mental health, some accounts do cause us to feel like failures in the life department. After all, we know that many celebrity photos are heavily edited yet our attempts to rival Kylie Jenner and co are never-ending. Now, a recent study has confirmed that Instagram is more damaging to our self-esteem than traditional magazines and adverts.
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Selfies can be good for your mental health, it turns out
Selfies have been getting a bad rep recently, with people saying that they’re ‘vain’, trigger low self esteem and are something that only ‘self-obsessed’ millennials like to do. The group was then randomly split into three, with one third being asked to take a smiling selfie at this time, another to take a picture of an object of place that made them happy, and the final group told to take a picture of something that would make someone else happy before sending it to the person. In other words, taking happy selfies is far from damaging for our self esteems - in fact, it probably makes us happier.
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Why Alicia Keys Is Leading A #Nomakeup Revolution
This is one of the many reasons that Alicia Keys no longer wears makeup, as she recently wrote a powerful essay on why women should ‘uncover up’. The songwriter believes that makeup has a negative effect on women - especially young women - and that it erodes their self esteem. She wrote on Lenny (Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s feminist newsletter): “We all get to a point in our lives (especially girls) where we try to be perfect. Help! A Lil monster is attacking me!!! 👻👻 A photo posted by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) on Aug 13, 2016 at 4:03pm PDT “Does it start somewhere in second grade after picture day when you wear your frizzy hair out ‘cause your mama says it’s beautiful but all your “friends” laugh at you?
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Fitness Blogger Urges Women To #ScrewTheScales And Stop Obsessing Over Their Weight
Which is why fitness blogger Kelsey Wells, is urging her 300K followers to stop being a slave to the scales and letting weight define how they feel about their bodies. Sharing three side-by-side selfies, one two months after giving birth (145 lbs) then when she reached her ‘goal weight’ (122 lbs) a few months later, and how she looks today after putting 18 lbs back on (140 lbs). Explaining that she used to allow her weight it to totally affect her self-esteem, Kelsey told her followers that after putting on more weight than she expected during her pregnancy, she was desperate to get back to her ‘goal weight’.
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Vitiligo And My Search For The Perfect Camouflage Make-Up
Vitiligo sufferer Tiffany Posteraro got this tattoo to defy bullies who labelled her ‘cow’ and ‘dalmatian’. Around 1 in 100 people in the UK will develop Vitiligo. Thanks to people like Winnie Harlow awareness of the condition is on the rise.
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Amy Schumer Wants to Change Fashion for Women Everywhere
Don’t listen to the messages insisting your body needs to fit with impossibly set societal standards — listen to Amy Schumer. The comedienne appeared on the Today Show Friday to discuss body image, her own struggles with it, and her efforts to help change how debilitating poor self esteem can be. “It’s an emotional thing,” she admitted to Maria Shriver about her battle with body issues. “It’s been a struggle for me my whole life, and especially just being in the entertainment industry.
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Guide to the best self-help books
Most high-street bookshops are heaving with self-help literature aimed at guiding you through life's challenges - but can they really make a difference? Here's our guide to some of the most popular... Top related searches: self help