Taryn Brumfitt

But, but also, I mean, there's plenty of there's plenty of ways that we can interject this kind of thinking into our lives.

And I think it's do the work, I think is the other thing.

You know, there's plenty of films, there's plenty of books, like

instead of scrolling, like go deep dive into, you know, body image.

Why do I feel this way?

And I think that's actually, I just think people underestimate the power of feeling good in your body and I think people also underestimate in life that that is actually foundational to feeling

all of the experiences and health and wellbeing, but joy and adventure as well.

I know so many people that have held back from doing things because of how they felt about their body.

I just think that's such a crime when we've only got 28,000 days to do the things.

Yeah, I mean, I think it comes down to the conversation around constantly trying to pepper into everyday normal conversations in the home around diversity and how that we all come in different shapes and sizes and abilities of bodies.

I think the more that we can layer that in from a very young age is really important.

I think never talking negatively about your body or anyone else's bodies is like,

if that was one thing I could get everyone to do, that would be the thing because I think that's actually the fastest way to change because when young people don't hear us talking negatively about our bodies, they're more likely to develop a positive relationship with theirs.

And it's also role modelling positive behaviour.

So it's not saying mean things about yourself in front of your child.

They're watching, they're absorbing, like they're little sponges.

So if you're going for the run because you ate the chocolate cake,

It's not too much of a hop, skip and a jump to them going, oh, okay, so if I eat cake, that's bad.

I need to punish myself.

And then all of a sudden we've got a dysfunctional relationship, not just with food, but with exercise.