Stand like a Superhero and rewire your brain:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-superheroes/201107/superhero-stance

I love power poses and have taught them to many people. The research behind them is fascinating and they really work.

I read about that research. Fascinating!

Thanks for sharing this!

I frequently (or used to) have to give presentations to my peers within our profession, and took a few courses on public speaking and presentation....body image and how one presents themselves in front of an audience was a very large segment.

People do judge books by their cover, just as products you buy off the shelf, packaging is very important.

I did not know it actually effected us by raising testosterone levels, etc.

I will say, it has become very easy, almost pleasurable to stand in front of people now being a normal weight, wearing normal size clothing, and proud of your body....Power Poses come naturally....

Reading the article, I actually thought of times (yesterday actually) where I purposely had to assume low-power postures, sort of out of respect.....not to be too overwhelming.....but once me and this community got to know (and trust) each other, things loosened up.

This is interesting. For me it brings up lots of questions, especially related to gender and culture.

Another thing that is interesting is that it talks about how a power position is meant to take up more space, but as an obese woman, taking up more space is what seems to have diminished my power.

@@Inner Surfer Girlf, I know, much to think about -- standing out because of overweight issues was so painful....the power pose that has worked for me came from watching a Ted Talk a while back. The crossing the finish line arms up in the air - yippee, I made it, I'm a success -- has changed the way I approach certain things (I use it when I get on the treadmill, for example). And Wonder Woman above is actually not in a power pose because that supposedly-sexy stance is one of weakness, the one leg down does something to the pancreas. And probably projects a message of "take me." Let's go back to school and become cultural anthropologists!

Bandista, our power poses don't match at all.

That open-legged pose by WW says: Get ready -- I'm about to devour YOU!

(BTW, the "pancreas" comment I don't get at all. Where is the damned pancreas? LOL!)