
This lecture by Tara Deliberto, PhD, introduces the course, 8 Steps to Healing Your Relationship with Your Body. Here, Dr. Tara explains that the following topics will be covered in the course:
What accepting your body really means and how to do it
What contributes to unhealthy body image
What behaviors you engage in that maintain your unhealthy body image
What emotions underlie unhealthy body image and how to confront as well as move past them
How to move away from judgment and towards gratitude and acceptance
And lastly, how to continue improving body image after the course is over
Each lecture comes with a meditation and a handout. See below for the introductory meditation on a technique called "square breathing." After watching Lecture Video 1 and practicing Meditation 1, complete Handout 1 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
Lecture 2 is on what acceptance of the body is, and is not. The really ambitious goal of this course is to work towards replacing judgment and the act of conditionally being pleased with our bodies when they behave with unconditional acceptance. It may seem impossible, but it can absolutely be done! This lecture will discuss how.
After watching Lecture Video 2 and practicing Meditation 2, complete Handout 2 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
In this lecture, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD, discusses how your body image may have been impacted by the environment, of what she calls the "emotionally toxic ecosystem."
After watching Lecture Video 3 and practicing Meditation 3, complete Handout 3 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
In this lecture, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD, discusses how beliefs from the "emotionally toxic ecosystem" solidify into the ideals we hold - or the very things we hold to be important and strive towards. We also explore here how those ideals drive our behavior, and therefore, shape our lives.
After watching Lecture Video 4 and practicing Meditation 4, complete Handout 4 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
In this lecture, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD, discusses how to move towards acceptance of the way your body looks. Practical steps that can be taken are discussed.
After watching Lecture Video 5 and practicing Meditation 5, complete Handout 5 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
In this lecture, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD, discusses how underlying emotions such as anxiety, guilt, disgust, shame, and fear maintain poor body image.
After watching Lecture Video 6 and practicing Meditation 6, complete Handout 6 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
In this lecture, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD, discusses how to cultivate non-judgmental gratitude for our bodies.
After watching Lecture Video 7 and practicing Meditation 7, complete Handout 7 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
A final handout with a list of Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD's, recommendations for free & additional resources is also included here.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
In this lecture, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD, discusses how to integrate the material learned in the course and continue to apply it towards the end of improving body image.
After watching Lecture Video 8 and practicing Meditation 8, complete Handout 8 to further reflect and deepen your insights.
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.
If you want to start feeling that internal sense of freedom that comes with loving and accepting your body, this course is for you. This course on improving your body image is taught by one of the world's leading experts in eating disorders, Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD. Prior to creating this course, Dr. Tara was on faculty at Cornell University's medical college where she created & published a treatment for eating disorders called Integrative Modalities Therapy (IMT) that was published by New Harbinger in 2019 and is now used all over the world.
This online course draws from Dr. Tara Deliberto, PhD's experience and will teach you the necessary skills you need to heal the relationship with your body and cultivate self love, acceptance, and compassion. Here you will watch a series of 8 videos, practice skills, and engage in meditations.
A good relationship with your body is at the foundation of a good relationship with the food we eat, the people we love, and the work that we do. Take the steps to improve your relationship with your body now & sign up for this course. Thank you!
Note: This course is for people who struggle with having poor body image. It is not treatment for diagnosable illness nor a substitute for care with a licensed mental health professional.