Megan Shaylor AKA @entirely_koalaqueen, has built a loyal following on IG by showing up as herself - navigating life through battles with severe anxiety, addiction, single motherhood, codependency, and dating. Megan originally started her IG account to share all things related to her love of the keto diet. But after sharing a bit of her personal struggles with mental health, her audience appreciated the vulnerability and honesty in showing that side of her life. Looking back she realizes how promoting diet culture was a mask for her disordered eating. Megan then decided to start to showing up more authentically online, with a mission to break the stigma surrounding mental health, and having those hard conversations with ourselves that lead to self acceptance. 

Megan says, "I know when I speak my truth, I’m helping another person through their pain - and I connect with them. We’re connecting over the fact that we've all got the same emotions, and feelings, and it’s OK to talk about them. My mission [for showing up online] is so people never have to to feel alone." In the world of influencers and the ideal of perfection, Megan is committed to never being 'unreal' again. Megan speaks about how she's no longer defined by her trauma or any other diagnosis, because it's only a story about her and it doesn't have to be her identity. Megan says, “Authenticity is allowing yourself to be imperfect. I want to be known for being myself. When you’ve lived your whole life not feeling allowed to be yourself - to be complemented for being yourself, is the biggest compliment!" 

Her advice for anyone struggling to show up authentically, is to start doing it because you won’t know what’s on the other side. Get out there and do it, imperfectly. 

Follow Megan @entirely_koalaqueen and listen to her podcast! 

The Entirely Koala Queen Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-entirely-koala-queen-podcast/id1535860301