Those two words - "diet culture" - are being thrown around online like confetti at the moment. But there are two small words with a big impact, it seems. In all honesty, it is only recently that I have truly started really listening the 'diet culture' narrative, and have begun to understand what the heck … Continue reading The Instagrammers You Need To Follow Who Are Calling Out Diet Culture
Category: Mental Health
Shortlisted: Health Blogger Awards 2019
I have been shortlisted for 'Best New and Noteworthy Blog' at the HBC Health Blog Awards 2019! When I launched my little blog - A Molly Story - never in a million years did I think that within six months of being online, I would be shortlisted for a blogging award. No sir'ee. I already … Continue reading Shortlisted: Health Blogger Awards 2019
Fitness Goals and Body Image
Amongst the multitude of other positive benefits, fitness has really helped me with my body image and body confidence. This week has been #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 2019, I wanted to expand on the relationship between exercise and body image, a little. The Research If you aren't already aware, the month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month. … Continue reading Fitness Goals and Body Image
‘Negative Body Image Days’ and How To Beat Them…
If you're anything like me, these negative body-image days roll around every once in a while. There was a time when this would be my 'every day', but as I started 'working on myself, for myself', as the saying goes, the bad days were interjected by more frequent 'good' days. Fast forward to now, with … Continue reading ‘Negative Body Image Days’ and How To Beat Them…
Make Your Social Media a More Positive Place
I have a true love-hate relationship with social media. I'm only 25, so I know that it plays a huge part in everyday life (mine included), but being 25 means that I also grew up in the 90s, when the only screen I had to play with was a etch-a-sketch, and when I went home … Continue reading Make Your Social Media a More Positive Place
My First Blog Post; Welcome to ‘A Molly Story’
Oh hey! I'm Molly. Thanks for stopping by - it's so nice to meet you! I have thought about having my own blog for a long time. This is actually attempt number three (they say "third time lucky" though, right?) Blog attempt #1: I was in my second year of Uni and I started a … Continue reading My First Blog Post; Welcome to ‘A Molly Story’