Growing up, Jessica Sanders never felt out of place. But it was somewhere during puberty she pieced together the only comments she received, were about how she looked. And being taller than everyone else, that’s what was pointed out. Every single time she met someone. 

So, she began to hate her body. She wanted to be smaller. Thinner. Shorter. She wanted to fit in with the other girls. She didn’t want to stand out. And she certainly didn’t want another person to comment on how much bigger or taller she was since the last time they saw her.

Enter years of fad diets, yo-yo weight fluctuations, restrictive eating and that lie we all tell ourselves. I’ll be happy when... I lose that last 5 kilos. 

Until one day… she realised no matter how many calories she counted… this was her body. For life. So, she flipped her mindset, and decided to embrace who she is and what she looks like and love it for all that it is.

She’s written a children’s book – Love Your Body – full of the kind of information and body positivity she needed to hear when she was young.

Jess followed it up with two more books, Me Time and a follow up to Love Your Body for boys called Be Your Own man. I’ve read it to my son – and it’s a game changer.

This is such a vital listen for mums or mums to be, or anyone who has struggled with dieting.

We chat teaching children resilience and gratitude, role modelling body positive talk, equipping kids with tools to encourage positive mental health and bringing young boys into the conversation about self care and self love.

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