Taryn Brumfitt

Like, that's my metric.

I feel really good in my body.

But

A couple of decades ago, if I'd looked at the scales and used that as my metric, I would have felt very lousy about that number.

And I think that's, again, the possibility that we all have is how to reconsider the metrics of health for us.

When do we feel good?

And we live in this world now where there's so much information on that.

I mean, even that's a

It can be paralyzing sometimes just if I'm saying, do this, don't do this.

It's like, how do you keep up?

But I think it's a nice reminder that nobody knows our bodies the way we know our bodies and our intuition is king.

Like we've just got to listen to ourselves.

I mean, I think the first thing is the hardest thing for people to sit in the discomfort of how much

they've missed out on by hating their bodies.

I think we just, we have to acknowledge that to move us forward.

But when it comes to practical strategies, you know, as mentioned, functionality over appearance, self-compassion, yes.

I find reframing can be very powerful as well.

I mean, it's a shame I can't show you guys today, but I always say when I'm delivering keynotes that I always have the world, I have the world's friendliest arms because I will wave goodbye to somebody and I'll look under my arms and then I'll wave

It's really interesting because I used to hate, we call them tuck shot arms.

That's what lots of people do.