Ten Steps To Positive Body Image One list cannot automatically tell you how to turn negative body thoughts into positive body image, but it can help you think about new ways of looking more healthfully and happily at yourself and your body. The more you do that, the more likely you are to feel good … Read More
Host a viewing of a Movie! (Miss Representation, America the Beautiful, or Killing us Softly) Objectives: Encourage men and women to educate themselves on media and how they represent us. Encourage men and women to understand how the media influences our everyday feelings about ourselves. Encourage a conversation about media, advertising, and the way we feel … Read More
Banner Signing! Objectives: Encourage participants to take the pledge and sign the banner that you can be healthy at any size! Supplies Needed: Table Banner Pen for signatures Wristbands to give out Anything else you can think of! Event Set Up and Implementation: Get people to write down things they dislike about their bodies (ex. … Read More
Scales Are for Fishes! Objectives: To help participants identify the positive things about their physical appearance and the aspects of themselves that they like most. To assist in realizing that a person is more than size and shape and that healthy is not necessarily dictated by a number on a scale. To allow creative expression … Read More
PEDAW Educational Video Have you checked out our Youtube site? Here is a video Amy Candido did to raise awareness about eating disorders and disordered eating, in hope to prevent it and show people across the Province that you can be beautiful in your own skin! ENJOY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezEGBeW4K2A&list=FL6x17R_bh8xQ7pgSxaZefeA
The Sum of All Parts! Objectives: Educate participants on the thin ideal and how it can be detrimental to our overall body image, confidence and self-esteem. Encourage participants to identify parts of their bodies that they like, are proud of or are happy with for what it allows them to do. Promote the pursuit of … Read More
Mirror Mirror on the Wall! Objective: To help people identify the positive things about their physical appearance and the aspects of themselves that they like most. Supplies Needed: Large mirror set up in popular area Tape Table Post-its Any event-related handouts or giveaways Wristbands to give out Anything else you can think of! Set Up … Read More
Inspiration Station! Objectives: Encourage participants to identify people they find inspiring for meaningful characteristics. Encourage participants to see past physical characteristics when evaluating those they look up to or aspire to be. Get participants in the habit of thinking about their friends and their loved ones in a way that has nothing to do with … Read More
PEDAW Clothing Drive! Objectives: Collect used clothing by encouraging participants to donate items that may be in their closet but no longer fit thus having opportunity to provoke discouraging thoughts, unhealthy behaviors or unrealistic goals in order to fit into them again. For a good cause! Increase individual confidence by allowing them to get rid … Read More
Our beautiful PEDAW committee member Nafiza put on a PEDAW awareness display at her school. What are YOU doing for PEDAW this year? Not only did she put up this gorgeous display, but she also created a huge discussion with her class about body image and ways to accept our own bodies. Thank-you … Read More
