Social media has a corrosive impact on girls’ physical and mental health. Dove’s commercial, which is one of the most powerful, heartbreaking, and touching that I’ve ever seen, shines a spotlight on this epidemic.

Interoceptive awareness is the ability to perceive and understand the internal sensations and physiological responses of the body - and it’s central to issues of emotional and disordered eating. Self-compassion can help boost interoceptive awareness.

Self-compassion is a more powerful tool than Intuitive Eating for addressing disordered eating.

Interoception is the ability to sense and understand internal bodily sensations, which is crucial in emotional regulation and hunger sensations. However, for individuals with disordered eating, interoception is low.