Positive body image is SO MUCH MORE than feeling comfortable in your skin;

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Wow! We have been buuusssyyy working very hard behind the scenes with a powerhouse community to bring you the 2.0 version of Free To Be! It's all going to be unleashed soon and I think you are going to love it! We have a video (🎬say what?!), stronger more powerful curriculum (💪), parent workshops & practical resources ✍️, blog posts, and more.... coming soon! Xo Renae #freetobe #comingsoon
Did you know our curriculum, Free To Be, has been tested and shown to increase positive body image and healthy body image coping strategies for BOTH boys and girls? ・・・ This info is needed more than ever, read more from our friends across the pond @mediasmartuk as to why.👇 ・・・ Images of idealised male bodies are becoming part of everyday advertising nowadays and increasing numbers of boys are now unhappy about how they look. 🔶 Furthermore, boys may be slower to open up about any images or messages that affect their body image. They may even make light of the idea that their body image can be impacted in this way, and view it as a girls-only issue. 🔶 For these reasons, it can be harder to initiate a conversation on this or related topics with a boy than a girl. 🔶 Check the link in our bio to bring FTB to your school next year. #freetobeme
Wisdom from Little Women's author, Louisa May Alcott; telling the world that we have so much more to offer the world than our physical appearances. What is truly going to be meaningful and lead to long lasting happiness and a positive body image? Your kindness, empathy, determination, tenacity, curiously, wit, love, honesty... and the list could go on. You, ALL of what makes you YOU is so valuable. #freetobeme #littlewomen
An afternoon well spent with an amazing group of girls doing yoga,learning about the ins and outs of media, & equipping them with tools so they can thrive they life 🙌 @bodhistudios @ivivva_w4th @ivivva_w4th #freetobeme #ivivvaxFTB
What you focus on becomes your reality; if you all we see on Instagram, Facebook, music videos, magazines etc. are unreal images, then our idea what is normal is going to become very distorted and based on impossible standards. And the result is we feel like we are never measuring up, and the truth is we can't and won't, because the bar we are comparing ourselves to is not based on reality. So take a moment to fill your feed and life with things that build you up: ✔️Follow accounts that are meaningful with content that fuels you up and make you feel good about yourself. ✔️Power down from social media break for a few days to recharge and live fully in the moment. ✔️Snap a photo of yourself with no filters, no editing, and no makeup and tag @kaitlynbristow and @rawbeautytalks to be part of their #realstagram campaign. Any other ideas. Share em' below :) #freetobeme
A study of 400 children found that boys and girls at 5 years old thought their gender was brilliant, but sadly, only one year later girls started to see themselves as less innately talented. As girls get older they are bombarded with ideas and images that their appearance is the ticket to their success in life; and consequently, their self worth becomes continent on their appearance. Thus begins the potentially lifelong embark to feel satisfied, but as we know, never proves fulfilling when appearance is the main focus. It's so sad how young these worries start, and the extent to which girls are going to be validated (hence asking a random world of strangers about their beauty). We can help them rewrite their story to see themselves as more than just a pretty face by cultivating and valuing themselves (and ourselves) on qualities that have control over and can grow. There is no limit to our empathy, kindness, determination, curiosity, compassion, or sense of humour. When we start investing and valuing in these qualities, we start a meaningful and much happier life. #freetobeme #freetobe #rawbeautytalks
You know those people that inspire you, make you want to be a better person, or remind you of what is important in life? @TuriaPitt is one of those people and your social feed will be that much better for following her.👌 She is a woman of incredible strength, courage, hilarity, and honesty. As a bushfire survivor during a marathon, she had 65% of her body burned, to which she later spent 2 years in recovery and underwent over 200 surgeries. She is also a engineer, athlete, author, and soon to be mother. Part of having a positive body image is surrounding yourself with others who remind you that appearances are just *one* aspect of who we are, and that there is so much more to life (and ourselves) than what we look like. If you are looking for a witty, interesting, and inspiring account to follow. We highly recommend her. Now your turn. What other accounts do you recommend? 👇👇 #freetobeme #freetobe #inspiringwomen
Don't you agree? How many of your greatest memories are because you looked a certain way vs. you were made to feel special, important, funny, or that were the certain of someone's world. Give a 🙌 if you agree. #freetobeme