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Jun 2024
1h 3m

How Women's Body Image is Plagued by "Be...

Mary Jelkovsky
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Our culture is OBSESSED with female bodies and their appearance making us all “beauty sick.” From constricting clothes to anti-aging skincare products, beauty culture eats up our precious time, money, and energy. This is an eye-opening and deeply-relatable discussion with Dr. Renee Engeln about “beauty sickness,” the disease that plagues so many women (to no ... Show More
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