Encouraging women to love, nurture and embrace their bodies is at the heart of what we do here at The Healthy Mummy. This is why we’re throwing our support behind the incredible Taryn Brumfitt and her recently-released documentary Embrace. 
Have a look at the Embrace trailer and if you’re anything like us you will have a tear in your eye at the end – it’s that powerful. The documentary is set to hit theatres across Australia on August 4 and we can’t wait.
Taryn’s dream is to see every girl and women around the world use positive language regarding their bodies and to prioritise health before beauty – and we’re behind her 100 per cent of the way.
What is the Body Image Movement?
It’s a quest to redefine and rewrite the ideals of beauty. Body Image Movement’s job is to harness and facilitate positive body image activism by encouraging women to be more accepting of who they are. Taryn’s goal is to reach as many women as possible around the world and speak to them about how they can all learn to fully embrace and love their bodies.
To show our solidarity for this incredible movement, The Healthy Mummy team endorses the Body Image Movement’s following philosophy:
We say no to:
- Excessive “Photoshopping” of body images in the media
- Being programmed by the media and corporations into accepting unrealistic body images
- Prescribing to the notion that being a certain weight determines whether you’re healthy
- Sexualisation of girls in the media and modern culture
- Women being treated as sexual objects and the objectification of women
- Society and advertising preying on women’s insecurities
We say yes to:
- Body diversity and embracing all body types, shapes, sizes, colours and revelling in the beauty of the human form
- Celebrating the journey our bodies have been on
- Giving an alternative to cosmetic surgery, and learning to live and love your body
- Growing old, and acknowledging the privilege to do so
- Women focusing on things that are important, rather than comparing ourselves to others
- Teaching women that their body is not an ornament, but a vehicle to their dreams
- Teaching women to arm themselves with the skills which will make them resilient and unshakable when bombarded with negative body image in the media
- Healthy weight loss
“Your body is not an ornament it’s the vehicle to your dreams” – Taryn Brumfitt.
At The Healthy Mummy we aim to empower you to live a healthier life, to lose weight in a healthy way and show you how to make your families healthier. It’s not about making extreme changes to your life or about becoming a health and fitness fanatic and is instead about making health fun and part of your life. Here’s to embracing our bodies no matter what shape or size we are at.
