If you have a quick scroll through your Insta, how many posts do you think actually feed you in a positive way? I just took stock of my own follows and I reckon it’s a real 50/50 split. Half make me smile and dish up a good serve of inspo, but the other half? They put a big dent in my feelings about my body. 99% of the time, the pics I’m scrolling through see me comparing my own bod to those long-limbed, peach-bummed models with impossibly perfect hair and flawless skin, which more often than not, leaves me feeling like a big old bag of dicks. Of course, it’s up to me to hit ‘unfollow.’
Last year we had Taryn Brumfitt ‘On The Couch’ and she gave us some tips on how to learn to love our bods and re-frame how we think about them. One of my fave tips was to fill our Insta feeds with as many diverse accounts as we can; ones that will fill our cups by celebrating gorgeous bodies, which we KNOW come in all shapes and sizes.
Simply put ladies, we need to start curating our Insta feeds to mirror want we want to see. It’s really quite incredible what happens to your brain when you’re exposed to confident and gorgeous women in an array of shapes and sizes who love their bodies. You see, all those things we see as ‘flaws’ – cellulite, stretch marks, soft flesh and belly rolls – they’re just parts of us, in the same way our hands and feet are. Not good, not bad, just… normal. And it ain’t just about bodies, the same goes for ALL the parts of us – our skin, our facial features, our scars, EVERYTHING.
If you’re keen to start celebrating ALL kinds of bodies and in turn, your own, here are 13 Insta accounts to follow that’ll make your feed a much more positive – and beautiful – place to be…
1. Taryn Brumfitt: @bodyimagemovement
2. Megan Jayne Crabbe: @bodyposipanda
3. Chidera Eggerue: @theslumflower –
4. Katie Sturino: @katiesturino
5. Sylvia Mac: love_disfigure
6. Lizzo: @lizzobeeating –
8. Jada Sezer: @jadasezer
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9. Chessie King: @chessiekingg –
10. Em Ford: @mypaleskinblog –
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11. Sarah Frances Young: @bodypositivepear
12. Karina Irby: @karinairby_raw
13. Jessica Megan: @jess_megan_
You can watch our awesome On The Couch chat with Taryn here and her top tips in the vid below:
If you prefer to listen, you can get Monty’s full chat with Taryn in pod form into you below. While you’re there, consider subscribing to our pod here. It’s free and awesome.