Hello and welcome to another edition of the Lounge Wellness roundup! Every Saturday, we bring you our pick of the wellness stories we’ve published over the past week, so you won’t miss a single one.
This week we break down three important wellness concepts for you: vanity size, mutually toxic relationships, and games in therapy. From Jen Thomas’ evaluation of Kim Kardashian’s Met, to Divya Naik’s thoughts on the Depp-Heard trial, and then to her take on how ludo and scrabble can help you feel happier, we’ve got you covered.
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What Kim Kardashian’s Met Look Tells Us About Vanity Size
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you know that Kim Kardashian lost 16 pounds in three weeks to fit into that stunning nude nude dress that Marilyn Munroe wore to sing. Happy Birthday Mr President to John F. Kennedy. And yes, while weight loss coach Jen Thomas, like Lili Reinhart before her, doesn’t approve of the means used to fit into that dress, her focus is more on dress size and women’s bodies and what that has changed in them over the years. “We have been operating under the modern misconception that sizes have not only been standardized, but can be standardized,” Thomas writes, continuing to explore the phenomenon of vanity sizing, also known as the practice of assigning smaller sizes. small to manufactured garments, which is the case, to encourage sales. “Retailers are capitalizing on the message to women that to be beautiful and dignified, they must be perceived as small,” she adds, going on to discuss how this could lead to depression, eating disorders, and anxiety, among other things. .
How games can be used in therapy
In this story, Lounge explores how therapists go beyond conventional talk therapy and use play to open up and heal their clients. “Therapists have begun to see play, art and visual aids as tools that can get their clients to open up and begin the healing process in healthier and more comfortable ways,” says Naik, who then talks to three therapists who They have started using games to help in therapy sessions and list their experiences and preferences. Quoting Divya Srivastava, Counseling Psychologist and Founder of Silver Lining Wellness Center, Mumbai, she writes that toys can act as symbols and take on deeper meanings. “It helps us glimpse into the client’s world without the client being on guard or feeling rushed to communicate and process emotions,” writes Naik.
What the Depp-Heard essay tells us about toxic relationships
We have all been following this explosive trial, gasping at every new revelation and evidence that has come to light to expose the personal lives of two very famous people. And yes, although much is still unknown, and we should not conclude anything yet. Divya Naik is inclined to believe this: “Both Depp and Heard have their own baggage, their own set of mental health issues, that make this trial extremely complicated. So far, the relationship seems to have no clear victim-victim dynamic.” perpetrator; Depp and I heard they both could have been toxic to each other.” She then talks to psychologists about ending toxic relationships and explores how you can recognize if you’re in one. “Two people can be bad for each other; they can be highly codependent, disregarding their needs, thus projecting it onto their partner; they can cheat on each other, etc,” she writes, quoting Tanu Choksi, a psychologist. , counselor and associate member and supervisor in RE-CBT, The Albert Ellis Institute, New York.
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