Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan

But what I have now that I didn't have before is I have another, I have a moment of reflection that comes in after I think maybe I'll get that Botox or maybe I'll get that lip filler.

Maybe I'll go on another drastic diet or join that gym.

I have another voice that comes in and go...

Would this be helpful to little Katrina?

Is this going to get you back to a place where you want to cartwheel freely?

Is this where you're going to feel safe and supported in your own body?

And that moment of reflection has come through therapy.

And sometimes I still decide to buy the product, Claire.

I bought one of the red masks recently.

I'm not, I'm not, like this, there's no perfect arc in this story and in some ways that's why it seemed the way it is because I still live as a woman in this world and I still have the challenges of being a bigger woman, I'm not small, of wanting, of thinking there might be a destination but now I have a moment and I have more choice now than I ever had before.

I didn't have choice before.

I was just driven by the hurt, by the insecurity and by the world that I lived in.

Now I have

autonomy and the capacity to say, maybe I don't need to go on that extra diet today.

Maybe I just need to take a rest and like myself a bit.

It's really important to say, because I read a review of my book recently and

the reviewer had said, but is she saying that we shouldn't be healthy?

Is she saying that we shouldn't diet?

Is she saying that we, you know, so I am a strong advocate for health, okay?

But I make a reflection about the difference between poorer women and women who are more privileged.