It happens all over America every morning; women wake up and look at themselves in the mirror. They judge their stomachs, stretch marks, and thighs wondering to themselves why their husband or boyfriend still wants to see them naked. Women verbally bash themselves over and over again about the way their bodies look in the mirror, but the men in their lives do not see them the same way. A woman’s perceived body image of herself can greatly affect her sexual relationship with her partner. Sometimes it can help for the woman to hear her partner’s thoughts about her body to help reassure her and start to replace her negative thoughts of her body with more positive ones. Another way to help a women start to change her body image is by looking at more realistic body types and weights instead of airbrushed photos and super thin super models. If you struggle with this I challenge you to start being mindful of what you are looking at and what you are thinking about yourself. Only you can decide to change you and how you view you.

Jennifer Wilmoth, LAMFT
JWilmoth@ GROWCounseling.com