Mind the Body Podcast

🎧 Episode 23: Lost Boys - Why So Many Young Men Are at War With Their Bodies Why are so many young men struggling to feel at home in themselves? Why are increasing numbers turning to the gym, self-optimisation, or the online world in search of confidence, identity, and belonging? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore the growing crisis in male body image through the lens of psychoanalysis,...

🎧 Episode 22: The Hypervisible and the Unseen - Algorithms, Body Image, and the Fragile Self What happens when we become more visible than ever before, yet feel increasingly unseen? And why does the digital world so often leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves rather than more understood? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore the psychological impact of algorithms, AI, and social med...

🎧 Episode 21: Glass Skin - Cosmeticorexia, Looksmaxxing, and the Face We're Really Looking For Why are children as young as eight becoming obsessed with perfect skin? And what are we really looking for when we can't stop trying to improve our faces? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore the emerging phenomena of cosmeticorexia and looksmaxxing through the lenses of psychoanalysis...

🎧 Episode 20: Loving What Can't Leave You - AI Companions, Attachment Hunger, and the Body We Are Forgetting What happens when the thing that understands you best has no body of its own? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore the growing phenomenon of AI companionship through the lenses of attachment theory, psychoanalytic thinking, and body image. Beginning with attachment hunger and...

🎧 Episode 19: Limerence, Attachment, and the Other We Create What happens when longing becomes more real than the person it is attached to? In this episode of Mind the Body, I explore the psychology of limerence - the intense, consuming experience of longing for another person who often remains emotionally unavailable, uncertain, or just out of reach. Drawing on attachment theory, psychoanalytic...

🎧 Episode 18: The Body We Are Leaving Behind - AI, the Machine Gaze, and the Foreclosure of Mourning What happens when technology begins to shape not only how we think, but how we experience our bodies? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore how AI and algorithmic environments are transforming our relationship with embodiment, identity, and emotional life. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory,...

🎧 Episode 17: Invited In - AI, Attachment, and Emotional Truth What happens when we begin turning to AI for emotional reassurance, certainty, and answers that once belonged to human relationships? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore AI through the lens of attachment and psychoanalytic thinking. As more people use AI to process conflict, loneliness, self-doubt, and relational pain, I exam...

🎧 Episode 16: Body Image in Survival Mode - The Impact of Insecure Attachment on How You See Your Body Why can a difficult moment in a relationship suddenly leave you feeling intensely critical of your body? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore how insecure attachment can place body image into survival mode. When relationships feel uncertain through withdrawal, criticism, distance, or emo...

🎧 Episode 15: The Body at the Edge of Love – Body Image Disturbance in the Space Between Us Why does body image disturbance often get louder just as closeness becomes possible? In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore the relationship between body image disturbance, attachment, shame, and emotional intimacy. When someone begins to matter to us - whether in romance, friendship, or vulnerabilit...

🎧 Episode 14: Coming Home to Your Body – Healing After Complex Trauma What happens when the body no longer feels like home? In this episode of Mind The Body , I explore how complex trauma shapes the nervous system, disconnects us from the body, and affects the way we experience ourselves, relationships, and the world around us. Drawing on the work of Judith Herman, Caroline Garland, Ruth Lanius a...

🎧 Episode 13: The Constructed Self, The Disconnected Self - On feeling lost, hidden, and finding your way back Something feels off, but it’s hard to name. In this episode of Mind the Body , I explore two experiences I hear often: “I don’t know who I am anymore” and “I just feel lost.” While they sound similar, they speak to different kinds of disconnection - one psychological, one deeply embodied...

🎧 Episode 12: The Changing Body - Perimenopause, Identity and What We're Really Carrying Something is happening that remains largely unspoken, yet deeply felt. In this episode of Mind The Body , I explore the psychological and relational experience of perimenopause - a biological transition that also reshapes identity, visibility, and self-perception. This conversation moves beyond symptoms...

🎧 Episode 11: The Hunger That Isn't Just Hunger - On “Skinny Jabs” and What Goes Quiet Within What happens when hunger disappears, and what else might go quiet alongside it? In this episode of Mind The Body , I explore the psychological and relational meaning of hunger in the context of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro. While these drugs are often discussed in terms of weight loss...

🎧 Episode 10: Pretty Hurts – What Cosmetic Surgery Tells Us About Childhood Trauma What drives the desire to change the body, and why can it feel so urgent? In this episode of Mind The Body , I explore the link between cosmetic surgery, childhood trauma, and body image. While cultural pressures like beauty standards and social media are real, research suggests something deeper may also be at work...

🎧 Episode 9: The Virtual Body: Gaming, Chronic Illness & Escape When the body becomes a source of pain, unpredictability, or shame - where does the self go? In this episode of Mind The Body , I explore gaming, chronic illness, and body image, and why virtual worlds can feel like relief when the body feels difficult to live in. For some, the virtual body offers a return to a self interrupted b...

🎧 Episode 8: The Body as Stage - Chronic Illness, Body Image & Body Grief What happens when your body changes in ways you didn’t choose, and you no longer recognise yourself within it? Over the past seven episodes, we’ve explored how body image is shaped by culture, trauma, attachment, and neurodiversity. In this episode, we turn toward chronic illness and the psychological rupture that can o...

🎧 Episode 7: Why Your Body Feels Different: Neurodiversity, Sensory Overload & Belonging Over the past six episodes, we’ve explored how body image is shaped by culture, trauma, and attachment. In this episode, we explore the missing piece: neurodiversity and how differences in sensory processing, interoception, and regulation shape how the body actually feels, not just how it is perceived. Dr...

🎧 Episode 6: Bridget Jones - Attachment, Body Image, and the Anxious–Avoidant Pattern Over the past five episodes, we’ve explored how body image is shaped by culture, early relationships, trauma, and attachment. In this episode, we use the character of Bridget Jones from Bridget Jones’s Diary as a lens to explore these patterns. While often framed as romantic comedy, Bridget’s struggles with body...

🎧 Episode 5: The “Revenge Body” - What We’re Really Trying to Fix After Heartbreak Over the past four episodes, we’ve explored body image as shaped by culture, attachment, and trauma. In this episode, we bring those threads together through a culturally familiar phenomenon: the “revenge body.” The post-breakup transformation. The intense focus on changing your body after heartbreak. The belief th...

🎧 Episode 4: Building Secure Attachments - How Attachment Styles Shape Body Image and Relationships Over the past three episodes, we’ve explored body image as something shaped by culture, early experiences, and trauma. In this episode, we turn to attachment. Attachment is formed through the body - through early experiences of being held, soothed, mirrored, and responded to. These early relational...

🎧 Episode 1: Your Body Image Isn’t About Your Body - It’s a Language Welcome to the first episode of Mind The Body . I’m your host, Yvette Vuaran , psychodynamic psychotherapist and EMDR therapist specialising in body image, attachment, and trauma. In this episode, I explore why body image struggles are rarely about appearance. Instead, they often reflect early relationships, unprocessed trauma,...

🎧 Episode 2: Body Image in Love Where does body image really begin - and why does it show up so powerfully in our intimate relationships? In this episode of Mind the Body , I examine how body image struggles are shaped long before adulthood - through cultural messaging, early attachment relationships, and experiences that disrupt safety in the body. While body dissatisfaction often appears to be...

🎧 Episode 3: Understanding Trauma and Its Impact on Body Image Over the past two episodes, we’ve explored body image as a language - shaped by culture, attachment, and relationship. In this episode, we turn directly toward trauma. What if body hatred isn’t superficial - but protective? What if the way you relate to your body makes perfect sense given what you’ve experienced? This episode traces t...

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body — unsure how to bridge the gap between what you think and what you feel — this podcast is for you. Hosted by psychodynamic psychotherapist and EMDR therapist Yvette Vuaran , Mind the Body explores how trauma, body image, and relationships shape our sense of self — and how healing the divide between mind and body helps us feel more at home within ours...