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Taryn Brumfitt has reached more than 200 million people with one message: your body is not the problem. As the 2023 Australian of the Year, founder of the Embrace Movement and creator of the EMBRACE films, Taryn has spent more than a decade doing the work that most of us were told was impossible. Changing the way women feel about their bodies. In this conversation, Taryn and I explore what actually happened the night she posted those now-famous before-and-after photos and went to bed. We talk about why women struggle so persistently with body image in a world designed to profit from their insecurity, and how to reclaim your power in a digital environment built to make you feel not enough. We cover the compare-and-despair cycle, how to tame self-doubt and choose courage in small, repeatable ways, and why the superwoman identity is a myth we need to stop celebrating. Taryn also shares what she has witnessed as a high-profile woman on the receiving end of online abuse, and why calling it out is not optional. We close with her definition of spacious success, which is doing what you want, how you want, when you want, and sitting with the discomfort of even saying that out loud. This is one of the most honest, funny and quietly courageous conversations I have had on this podcast. Taryn is proof that one action taken from truth can change the world. Resources Taryn Brumfitt website: tarynbrumfitt.com Body Image Movement: bodyimagemovement.com The Embrace Hub (free resources): embracehub.com EMBRACE and EMBRACE KIDS films Taryn Brumfitt on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarynbrumfitt/) and Instagram Taryn (https://www.instagram.com/tarynbrumfittkeynotes/) and Body Image Movement (https://www.instagram.com/bodyimagemovement/)
