I AM A BEAUTY REBEL - The Beauty Rebellion Podcast

I reckon there couldnt be a conversation more important this week as it is Transgender Awareness Week. Alex Lynam is one of the most beautiful souls I have had the pleasure of meeting and they are doing an incredible job educating on Inclusion and Identity. Alex is a trainer, consultant and public speaker sharing their experience and knowledge of the LGBTQIA+ community. In this episdoe Alex and I explore all of the questions that come up on this subject including is it just a fashion trend, how should schools be dealing with the subject, how should parents deal with a child who has gender/sexuality questions, use of pronouns etc.

You can find links to Alex and Beyond the Binary on the girltalk directory

Christina Flach is a makeup artist and the CEO and founder of Pretty Girl Makeup. Her celebrity clientele includes Condeleeza Rice, Hilary Swank, Isiah Washington, Melissa McCarthy, Rita Moreno, Renee Zellweger, Tyler Florence and more. She has worked with high end brands such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton, has been featured in campaigns for Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue , and Bloomingdales, and has been featured in magazines including Vogue, Time, People, and Elle. In addition, Christina also writes articles about the best tips, tricks, and hacks in makeup and is featured as a beauty expert on California Live on NBC.

In addition to her career, she is a devoted single mother of four, philanthropist, actively raising funds and awareness for Sepsis. She also started the Beau Friedman outdoor classroom at the Edna McGuire school in Mill Valley, California, raising money for the Baby Beau and Ken Flach educational funds at the Northern Light School in Oakland California.

Christina uses her platform to promote the importance of feeling beautiful from the inside out. She inspires women to be the best version of themselves and how to overcome life's greatest obstacles. So you can imagine how much I loved this conversation.

Head to the Girltalk Directory to find Christinas links

Michelle Flynn is a certified health coach and CBT Practitioner. Her personal journey to this point is one of burnout, health scares and a whole lot of self discovery, healing and growth. Michelle talks about her frustration with working out but gaining weight and the complexities of our bodies that mean that your health status is definately more than just what you eat and do. Find out how Michelle helps her clients achieve more than they even realised they would need and the key areas that need addressing to manage your overall health, wellness and happiness.

Find out more from Michelle at the Girltalk Directory

Donna is an international Yoga educator, wellbeing coach and author of Teaching Body Positive Yoga. Since suffering with Bells Palsy 16 years ago after a stressful corporate career, she entered the holistic world and began practicing Yoga it has transformed her life. After recognising a huge problem with many not feeling they had a body for Yoga, Donna has been leading the body positivity movement to show that Yoga is for all bodies.

This episode will leave you inspired to find exercise that makes you feel good and find a million motivations other than changing your body to include exercise and yoga into your life. Donna is a hugely inspirational lady with an appetite for letting the universe guide her to where she is meant to be.

To find out more from Donna head to the Girltalk Directory

Suzanne Samaka is the founder of the #honestyaboutediting campaign. In this episode we find out about Suzanne's personal family experiences with eating disorders that led her down the rabbit hole of body image issues and to developing the honesty about editing campaign. There is so much to learn about why Suzanne believes we need some regulations around filters and editing and this conversation will be great to listen to if you are dealing with teenagers and young people aswell as for yourself.

You can find more about Suzanne and the campaign including the petition on the Girltalk Directory

Rachel Peru is a silver haired curve model, body confidence activist, influencer and Out of the Bubble Podcast Host. She is passionate about showing other women, particularly those in midlife, that they are not invisible. Rachel broke barriers when she appeared in a ground-breaking swimsuits campaign with Ashely Graham, and her career was launched from there. After starting a new career in modelling at age 46, Rachel now champions women in midlife, inspiring others to step out of their comfort zone to become more confident.

In this episode Rachel talks to Amy about her modelling career and why she has chosen to be a body confidence activist. Her story is inspiring and she has some fantastic ideas on how to improve your body confidence.

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Womens Assertiveness Coach and founder of Womanifest, Jodie Salt talks to Amy about her mission to have 100 women exhibit a cast of their vulvas at her upcoming female empowerment festival Womanifest.

Jodies work within coaching women in the corporate and private sector has identified that womens confidence issues go far deeper than just the surface and body image issues are a big part of that. Out of the rise in accessibility of porn has emerged a new concern, body image issues around vulvas and vaginas.

In this episode Jodie explains the extent of the issue, how porn is affecting our teenage children and how to discuss body image with teenagers.

Its a fantatsic episode full of girl power and one not to be missed.

Lindsay McGlone is an absolute powerhouse of a woman using her voice to discuss the taboo subject that is Fatphobia. Having lived in a fat body all her life, Lindsay isnt backwards about coming forwards when it comes to challenging the way fat people are treated by society and the things that need to change.

This woman is a true inspiration and her story will blow your mind. A perfect addition to the body image series of Girltalk! Head over to the Girltalk directory to find out more www.beautyrebellion.co.uk

In this episode, Amy explores the Know your strengths section of the Body Confidence Masterplan Book to look at how learning to recognise and communicate your strengths can be the first steps to body neutrality. Amy shares her insights and ideas to help you with yours

Head to www.beautyrebellion.co.uk to buy your copy of The Body Confidence Masterplan

In this episode Amy delves into chapter two of The Body Confidence Masterplan and talks about getting control of your monkey mind and what this looked like for her. Plus a look at other tools that can help move you forward on your way to body confidence and self-love!!!

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