Lately social media has been a keen topic of discussion in my life. The general consensus is that it’s a toxic environment and has a big impact on mental health. I wrote a blog post previously on detoxing your social media. This is something I like to do fairly often, especially since social media algorithms have a habit of clouding our feeds with unrealistic and … Continue reading The impact of social media on mental health
These days most of us consume news via social media, and that’s how I came across this news article. I mentioned in my social media detox post how I try and keep my pages quite body positive and therefore follow people who promote that message. Well one of them posted a screenshot of an article with the headline: “People can be ‘fat but fit’ and … Continue reading The Fat but Fit Paradox: Why you should focus on fitness not weight loss
In February I spoke about how to focus more on yourself, and in that post I mentioned a few techniques I use to make my social media a more friendly place. This week, Instagram has had to apologise for a “mistake” as the platform promoted weight loss content to users with eating disorders. It’s no secret that social media is a major contributor towards weight … Continue reading Detox your social media as Instagram apologises for mistake “promoting harmful diet content”
I haven’t done a mental health post in a while, and I was having a think the other day and realised something. So, there is a thing that I do whenever I start to feel insecure about my body, and I thought it may help other people. As women — and men, I can’t really speak on their behalf not being one and all — … Continue reading How to focus less on your insecurities and be more body positive
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