Mission Statement:
Promoting healthy body image through creative resource materials.

BODY IMAGE WORKS INC. is dedicated to the development, evaluation and dissemination of resources that encourage children, youth, and the adults in their lives to formulate healthy attitudes and behaviors about body image and self-acceptance.

DR. SHELLY RUSSELL-MAYHEW, C.PSYCH
shelly@bodyimageworks.com
Shelly has specialized in the area of eating disorders for more than 10 years. She completed her doctorate in the Division of Applied Psychology at the University of Calgary where her focus of study was eating disorder prevention and health promotion.

Her most recent positions at the Eating Disorder Program, Calgary Health Region include aspects of service across the entire continuum of care for eating disorders including promotion, prevention, early intervention and treatment services.

Shelly has extensive research experience and has many publications in the areas of body image and eating disorders. Shelly and Sabine co-authored the publications "BRIDGE and BRIDGE 2" which provide a theoretical foundation for eating disorder prevention and health promotion.

SABINE RYDER, BA
sabine@bodyimageworks.com
Sabine has extensive experience in the area of promotion and prevention having worked as a Health Educator for over 20 years.

In her most recent position as a Mental Health Consultant with the Calgary Eating Disorder Program, she participated

in the planning, development and delivery of health promotion strategies related to eating disorder prevention. Sabine has comprehensive experience in developing innovative resources that help people learn.

Shelly and Sabine established BODY IMAGE WORKS INC. in February of 2003, a business dedicated to the promotion of healthy body image through the lifespan.

Presentations, training seminars, curriculum review and implementation, in-services and workshops available upon request on a wide variety of topics related to eating disorder prevention, health promotion, resource development, early intervention, program evaluation and much more!

*A price break on speaker fees is given to organizations that purchase 4 or more body image kits.

Goals of consultation include:

- To support the implementation of curriculums regarding body image, self-acceptance, size-acceptance and other eating disorder prevention outcomes.

- To partner with other stakeholders invested in the promotion of mental and physical health for children and youth (ie. Obesity prevention).

Please contact us for more information:
info@bodyimageworks.com

We would like to acknowledge the numerous contributions that people and organizations have made to the history and development of BODY IMAGE WORK INC.

Firstly, it is through the support and funding of Alberta Mental Health Board, Children's Mental Health and the Calgary Health Region that the original vision came to life. Now, these "second generation" Body Image Kits will be accessible and available to so many through BODY IMAGE WORKS INC.

Secondly. Alberta Learning and the Alberta Human Rights Commission were staunch advocates of the "first generation" Body Image Kits and their enthusiasm for the product continues. It is through partnerships like these that children's lives are changed for the better.

Thirdly, the community of Calgary has shown their support for our work in so many ways. People too numerous to mention have made significant contributions to the development and implementation of our ideas. We are so grateful for our region's interest and participation.

Finally, we would like to thank our friends and family for providing us with the foundation of love that allows us to pursue our dreams...just imagine a world where people felt good about their bodies.