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Why do Some Athletes Struggle with Body Image?

By TrueSport — 2020

Body image issues in athletes can come from a wide variety of sources: certain sports value specific weights and body types more than others, athletes will deal with puberty in different ways and some student athletes struggle with control in other areas of their lives, which can lead to body image issues and unhealthy behaviors around food and exercise.

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Bradshaw On: The Eight Stages of Man (1982) E5: Don’t Start the Crisis Without Me!

Episode Five: Don’t Start The Crisis Without Me. Psychologist/Theologian John Bradshaw traces human life through eight stages of psychosocial development (based on the works of Erik Erikson) focusing on the ego needs and strengths of each stage.

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Why Professional Athletes and Olympians Struggle with Life after Sport | Four Corners

Around the world, fans love to share the triumphs and heartbreaks of elite athletes on the football field, the cricket pitch or in the swimming pool.

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Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self

Lori Gottlieb—psychotherapist, national advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone—shares her “gripping” (The Boston Globe) chronicle of adolescent anorexia that “stands out as a fresh, edgy take…on that perilous time in a girl’s life when...

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