nicole mathieson
DipCouns, DipKin, ACA accredited
Relationship Coach, Counsellor, Couple Therapist & Author
Nicole Mathieson is a Brisbane based counsellor and couple therapist, has a couple of podcasts and is the author of The Beauty Load, How to feel enough in a world obsessed with beauty. Her relatable, practical and big-hearted wisdom sees her explore personal and intimate topics that many others dare not speak about. As a counsellor, Nicole has seen the Beauty Load doing its self-esteem stealing damage in real time as she helps her clients grapple with not feeling good enough to love and be seen. As a flat chested, red headed, freckle faced woman, Nicole has felt it too, and intimately knows the negative thinking and the cascade of insecurities that follow. And as a mother, Nicole has felt deeply concerned about what the unavoidable exposure to beauty messaging is doing to her children.
Nicole sees that the Beauty Load makes us mean and self-critical to ourselves and is passionate about helping women keep the nastiness out and create kind self-compassionate inner worlds for ourselves. Nicole has created her mini online course "From Insecurity to Body Confidence" to help us become soft, kind and understanding on the inside.
Why We Need to Stop Gaslighting Our Body Image Angst and Find Self-Compassion
In her presentation, Nicole will talk about:
What self-gaslighting is and what it is doing to us
How to be clear if we are doing this to ourselves in this world where it is so normal
Where this starts and where it comes from
How to stop internalising the toxic beauty culture
Why self compassion is the antidote & the "how' of self compassion for your body.
