Reclaiming Self-Esteem with Shondaland: Dominant Stories Podcast

The low down about bodies, beauty and identity:

Hosted by cultural expert and Dove Self-Esteem Project partner, Jess Weiner, you’ll be invited into 12 intimate chats with celebrities, experts and empowering voices. From discussing the impact of social media on body image to breaking the binary in the beauty industry, the series takes listeners on a journey of self-reflection. Prompting us all to rewrite the ‘Dominant Stories’ we’ve told ourselves about our bodies, beauty and identity – it’s all about reclaiming our self-confidence.

Unpacking topics like unrealistic beauty standards, appearance-based anxiety, our ‘always on’ social media culture and building body-confidence, 'Dominant Stories with Jess Weiner' provides a safe, open and honest space to chat about issues that impact women, girls and non-binary individuals today.

Empowering action through the Dove Self-Esteem Project

We want to create a world where beauty is a source of confidence, and not anxiety – and that’s just one of the reasons we launched the Dove Self-Esteem Project. At the end of each ‘Dominant Stories with Jess Weiner’ episode, listeners will be given an empowering action to build self-esteem and body confidence, including our free evidence-based resources – created in partnership with the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of West England.

So far, as the largest provider of self-esteem education in the world, we’ve reached more than 82 million young people across 150 countries. Now, it’s our goal to help 250 million young people form a positive relationship with how they look and realize their full potential. Listen to ‘Dominant Stories with Jess Weiner’ now and join us.

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