New Year, New You" How These Cliché Messages Are Having A Detrimental Impact On Us All
BOOST THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUNG WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE
WITH THE DOVE SELF-ESTEEM PROJECT
It?s such a cliche, but every January without fail the phrase ?New Year, New You? is bashed around like it?s the last box of gifted chocolates you?re trying to get rid of. With the dawn of a new year and a new month, it provides the perfect opportunity to refresh and restart - counteracting all the damage you did over the party season, when too many glasses of fizz and too many second helpings left you feeling sluggish and a little bloated. However, whilst messaging around taking care of yourself isn?t necessarily damaging, this constant focus on reinventing ourselves and reaching impossible heights, rather than just living our best lives, can leave us with lower self-esteem than ever before.
According to Dove, ?new you? messaging was posted on Twitter over 13,000 times during January 2017. With an increasing amount of pressure for us to jump on a treadmill and undertake a juice cleanse just to feel worthy at this time of year, I can tell you that my inbox will be flooded in the next few weeks with press releases heralding every product going as the key to a slimmer body, more beautiful face and detoxed mind - and it does get a touch too much. Although I fully intend to get back on the gym bandwagon and reduce my pigs-in-blankets consumption considerably, I'm realistic in my expectations and know that I won't reveal a supermodel body with a few weeks living a bit healthier; but how many yo...
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