Dr Emily Matheson is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research who investigates the development and evaluation of body image and sports-based interventions for girls and coaches.

In this episode we discussed:

• Importance of role models & social justice
• Why a positive body image is not about loving every part of your body
• Reimagining what it means to be an athlete
• Redefining our relationship with exercise
• How a lack of education has led to coaches having a negative impact on their athlete's body image
• How coaches can remedy future damage by facilitating protective factors to enhance positive body image
• Addressing negative body talk

You can find Dr. Matheson here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-matheson/

Appearance Matters podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters

Center For Appearance Research

https://www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-and-groups/appearance

Sign up for the Body Image Fundamentals Course here (use Podcast10 for 10% off): 

https://www.coachshannonbeer.com/body-image-fundamentals

Find me here:

https://www.coachshannonbeer.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shannonbeer_/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxiPSmr4OcCV4P4nGGSaZCQ