Supporting women on a journey of wisdom, mental health and body image healing

Would you love to feel empowered and confident without the nagging thought that you need to change how you look first?

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The Wise Body Hub is for you if...

  • You're a woman who is unhappy with your weight, size or appearance
  • You criticise yourself or feel embarrassed when you see your body or reflection
  • Your fears of being judged for your appearances have depleted your self-confidence
  • Your sense of self worth or feeling 'good enough' is closely tied to how you look
  • You compare your body negatively to others or to your younger self
  • You often diet or have a 'roller-coaster' relationship with food and exercise
  • You spend $$$$$ on weight loss or appearance enhancement products and services
  • You hold back from engaging in life activities or intimacy because of body insecurity
  • You're concerned that your body image issues are affecting your children or partner
  • You're super busy but willing to work on your body image with practical solutions

Statistics and research reveal that...

"Body dissatisfaction costs Australia $36.6 BILLION a year, of which $11.1 billion is the economic cost"
Source:
Source:Butterfly Report (2025) The Real Cost of Appearance Ideals and Discrimination
Nearly half of Australian women are dissatisfied with their body.
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Source:National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC). (2017). Eating disorders prevention, treatment and management an updated evidence review. Sydney: NEDC
Women who have attempted multiple diets end up regaining the same or more weight throughout their lives.
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Source:Obesity Action Coalition, "Weight Bias and Stigma," https://www.obesityaction.org /community/article-library/weight-bias-and-stigma/
85% of women reported that they would opt out of important life activities when they don't feel confident in their appearance.
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Source:Dove Global Beauty and Confidence Report (2016)
93% of women in a study admitted to readily engaging in "fat talk" with others.
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Source:Fitzsimmons-Craft, E. E., Bardone-Cone, A. M., & Harney, M. B. (2012). "Development and validation of the Body Talk Scale: A self-report measure of fat talk." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(7), 729-755.
"Women, girls and the LGBTQIA+ community experience the highest rates of body dissatisfaction"
Source:
Source:Butterfly Report (2025) The Real Cost of Appearance Ideals and Discrimination
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“Being thin does not address the emptiness that has no shape or weight or name. Even a wildly successful diet is a colossal failure [if] inside the new body is the same sinking heart”

~ Geneen Roth- Writer ~

A Welcome from the Founder, Dr Salena Bhanji, Clinical and Counselling Psychologist and
Body Image Coach

Hi Wise Women,

I’d like to extend a big, warm welcome to any woman who has landed here because she is tired of sacrificing peace of mind to the bathroom scales, the calorie trackers, the diet influencers, the food noise, the fear of judgement or the body discontentment.
The Wise Body Hub offers an open door for women who want to learn how to live fully and unapologetically in their now bodies by cultivating body-mind wisdom.
You will learn how body awareness and body trust can radically shift how you relate and respond to your inner experiences.
You will also learn pathways for becoming more adaptive and resilient in your mindset as well as more effective and empowered in your interactions with others in the world- online or IRL.

Watch the video below for a brief overview of how body-mind wisdom can pave the path for body image healing…

Learn more about The Wise Body Hub

body-mind wisdom (noun)/ 'bodi wizdem'/

  1. Noticing and responding to your body’s inner experiences alongside using knowledge and reason to make good judgements

2. A harmonious connection between body and mind fostering well-being, emotional resilience and holistic healing

The Wise Body Wheel

The Wise Body Wheel is our signature model to illustrate five repeatable processes for cultivating body-mind wisdom. The processes include being able to:

Recognise

inner sensations, states and signals arising in your body.

Regulate

uncomfortable emotions and create balance in your nervous system.

Reframe

stuck mindsets and unhelpful thinking patterns for meaningful new perspectives. 

Respond

with effective behaviours that align with your core values and life goals.

Reinforce

sustainable lifestyle habits that promote health and wellbeing.

These five processes are scientifically supported in mental health research and form the foundation of all our body image healing courses.

And I said to my body, softly, "I want to be your friend". It took a long breath and replied, "I've been waiting my whole life for this."

~ Nayyirah Waheed- Poet and Author ~

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What are the signs that you need body image healing?

Download The Body Image Checklist to find out

Body image healing is so much more than just changing how you see your body. It also involves changes in how you feel, think and act in your body when you’re in life situations that bring up body discomfort or dissatisfaction.

 The Body Image Checklist outlines detailed signs of poor body image in four key areas to help you identify if a body image healing journey could benefit you.

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“Body image healing has everything to do with your body; and nothing to do with your body… that’s what makes the journey so complex and rewarding”

Dr Salena Bhanji (she/her)- Founder of The Wise Body Hub