13: So We’re Gonna Get Talking About Taboo Topics: with Body Positivity Activist, Burn Survivor and Motivational Speaker, Catrin Pugh

All over the media, we see actors and musicians talking about body confidence and clothing campaigns pushing body positivity…but what does that really mean if you don’t know how to become more body confident? Add onto that all the complications of being a young person with chronic illness and disability and life can get complicated. We are completely fangirling over our British guest on this InvisiYouth Chat Sessions episode because she has carved a place for herself as a stellar Body Positivity expert, it is burn survivor and motivational speaker, Catrin Pugh. Surviving an Alps coach crash five years ago which resulted in 96% burns on her body, Catrin has led a mission of celebrating scars and health challenges and bringing confidence to those who living with any physical difference. In this episode, Catrin and Dominique swipe right or left on some mainstream body positivity trends to see what’s a heck yes on Life’s Tinder, chat about the step-by-step ways anyone can challenge stigmas on health and beauty not only in their personal life but on a public activism scale, learn the story behind Catrin’s very first Instagram post with a medically-friendly selfie stick while in recovery in hospital, talk openly why an ideal world of no one reacting to physical difference should not be a focus—but rather how to respond to those that make negative comments or how to build your support safety net of family/friends when going out and trying new things, explain the rationale of why it’s okay to have unconfident days and let that feeling sit with an Adele record in the background for a short while, and create a playlist to a life of body positivity with Catrin’s must-have tools to balance health with work, musicians that lift you up or let you sit in sadness temporarily, and organize your schedule when it’s filled with schoolwork, social activities and medical necessities. This is an episode that you’ll want to take notes on from the very first minute! Catrin and Dominique bring the humor, the uplifting motivation, and the best lifestyle tips that will be able to start the steps of your body confidence journey TODAY! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Wanna support our nonprofit?Watch on YouTubeShopInstagramTwitterFacebookDonate