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Phillippa Diedrichs Phillippa Diedrichs

How Emotion Rules Social Media

On average, people spend about 2 hours and 24 minutes on social media per day. Why is social media so addictive? How does emotion play an important part in this? This article looks at how refocusing social media marketing strategies on communities rather than individuals can improve mental health.

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Shaking the Stigma - How Mental Health is Gaining a New Reputation in India

This article focuses on India’s gradually increasing engagement with mental health issues and recent initiatives by the government, non-profit organizations, mental health professionals and celebrities to challenge the silence and stigma around mental illness and its treatment in the country.

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Courageously disrupting diet culture within the fitness industry using positive body image principles

Diet culture has plagued the fitness industry and society more broadly since the 1800’s. Therefore, a shift in attitudes, values and beliefs will not occur overnight. In order for all bodies to feel welcomed and encouraged within movement spaces, we need individual and collective change to occur. Read more to find out how the fitness industry can coexist with positive body image.

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