Social Media and Body Image: What Is Your Reaction Actually Telling You?

Love the Body You Have: Begin to appreciate what and who you see in the mirror. · Sep 2, 2026 · 6m

Social media can absolutely affect the way we see our bodies.

There are filters, carefully selected angles, highlight reels, comparison, and plenty of unrealistic standards. But in this episode of Love the Body You Have, I want to go one level deeper.

What exactly is that content bringing up inside you?

I talk about why social media may sometimes be amplifying an insecurity that already exists rather than creating the entire body image problem on its own.

That distinction matters.

One of the most common pieces of advice around social media and body image is to curate your environment…