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It’s Not Just About the Food

Challenging beauty ideals and disordered eating and embracing the real you

Relationships
Pass the Turkey—and Put Down the Phone

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on November 27, 2024

Struggling to get teens to unplug this Thanksgiving? Discover simple, research-backed tips to balance screen time and create meaningful family connections around the table.

Struggling to get teens to unplug this Thanksgiving? Discover simple, research-backed tips to balance screen time and create meaningful family connections around the table.

Adolescence
3 Ways to Help Children Deal with Peer Pressure

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on November 21, 2024

Peer pressure shapes kids’ choices—for better or for worse. Learn how to help your child handle it confidently, stay true to their values, and thrive in social situations.

Peer pressure shapes kids’ choices—for better or for worse. Learn how to help your child handle it confidently, stay true to their values, and thrive in social situations.

Anxiety
Transforming Anxiety: How to Turn Worry Into Success

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on September 18, 2024

Contrary to popular belief, anxiety can be a helpful motivator. By reframing how we view it, we can turn worry into action, and use anxiety to problem-solve and achieve goals.

Contrary to popular belief, anxiety can be a helpful motivator. By reframing how we view it, we can turn worry into action, and use anxiety to problem-solve and achieve goals.

Anxiety
The Healing Power of Paws

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on July 9, 2024

Discover how dogs can alleviate anxiety through routine, companionship, and physiological benefits, transforming mental health with their unconditional love.

Discover how dogs can alleviate anxiety through routine, companionship, and physiological benefits, transforming mental health with their unconditional love.

Resilience
How to Raise Resilient Kids

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on June 14, 2024

From an early age, we learn that failure does not feel good. But what if we could harness those feelings and use them as motivation to keep trying? Our kids can learn this skill.

From an early age, we learn that failure does not feel good. But what if we could harness those feelings and use them as motivation to keep trying? Our kids can learn this skill.

Confidence
The Role of Confidence in Eating Disorder Treatment

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on December 21, 2022

Learning to look inwards and to self-reflect can be the first step in the growth process that will ultimately improve self-esteem for someone with an eating disorder.

Learning to look inwards and to self-reflect can be the first step in the growth process that will ultimately improve self-esteem for someone with an eating disorder.

Self-Esteem
How to Raise a Confident Girl

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on March 2, 2021

Are you worried about your daughter's self-esteem? In this three-part series, I'll tell you how to support and create the building blocks for lasting confidence.

Are you worried about your daughter's self-esteem? In this three-part series, I'll tell you how to support and create the building blocks for lasting confidence.

Body Image
How to Protect Your Daughter's Body Image

Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on February 14, 2021

It can be difficult to compete with the body image messages your daughter is exposed to in social media. You can make a difference and here's how.

It can be difficult to compete with the body image messages your daughter is exposed to in social media. You can make a difference and here's how.