Finding Freedom with Jemma Rose

We’ve been sold so many lies about what it takes to be confident, but true confidence has NOTHING to do with your body, your productivity or anyone else’s approval. That’s exactly what I’m diving into with today’s guest, Kyira Wackett - a licensed therapist who specialises in shame resilience and radical acceptance. If you’ve ever thought, “Why do I still feel like this even after doing all the mi...

We all know that confidence makes you feel good. We know that it helps you to stop obsessing over your body and what other people think. But what most people don’t realise? Confidence makes your entire LIFE easier, better, and way more fun. So if you’ve ever wondered whether confidence is worth working on - or if you just need that final push to start taking it seriously - this episode is for you!...

Guess who has bad body image moments? EVERYONE! Yes, even the people who advocate for body acceptance or teach you how to be body confident. I’ve been in a little bit of a body image slump lately, so I wanted to share with you the things that I’m doing to move myself back to my baseline of self-love and confidence. In this episode, I’ll share: Why I’ve been feeling a lil sh*tty about my body latel...

When I first heard about intuitive eating, I think I snorted. “As if THAT could ever work!” Yet now, I’m waving pom poms and cheering about intuitive eating to anyone who’ll listen! It changed my life: no more food noise, no more stress or guilt, no more ‘shoulds’ or sh*tty meal plans that left me feeling hangry. Leah Hortin is The Anti Diet Health Coach, and she’s on the same intuitive-eating lov...

I used to be the queen of trying to overthink my way to confidence. I'd logically KNOW that I didn’t need to shrink my body or prove myself to anyone, yet deep down, my body and nervous system didn’t quite believe it.  Can you relate? If you’ve tried all the affirmations, journalling, mindset work, and personal development tricks in the book, but STILL feel like your confidence isn’t sticking...

So you’ve read the body positive books. You’ve unfollowed the influencers who make you feel like shit. You’ve tried affirmations, therapy, journalling… And yet, you STILL struggle with your body. WTF?! In this episode, I’m breaking down the biggest reason why you can’t shake your body insecurities - even after doing ALL the things - and how to finally move past them for GOOD.  I’ll share: The snea...

💥VALENTINE’S DAY SALE: Save 25% on all 1:1 coaching packages! Click here to check them out 💥 Recently, I was told that my social media content had triggered someone. My response? GOOD!  No, not because I’m an insensitive a-hole who likes to see people upset. But because I believe that triggers are our gifts, because they’re a mirror for the next step of work that you need to do to heal. After li...

💥VALENTINE’S DAY SALE: Save 25% on all 1:1 coaching packages! Click here to check them out 💥 Today is my birthday! Birthdays always get me into reflection mode, so this year I decided to hit record and share those reflections with you. After listening to an episode of The Imperfects Podcast with Bronnie Ware about the top 5 regrets of the dying, I realised that NONE of those regrets felt relevan...

I used to believe that a confident person was the loudest person in the room, who had no self-doubt and was nailing it in all areas of their life. Now that I’m a confident person, I can categorically say that this is not true (unfortunately)! There are a few things that I’ve learnt about being a confident person which I wish I’d known before becoming one myself. In this episode, I’ll talk you thro...

People comment to me all of the time that I just don’t seem to care what other people think, and that they wish they could be like that too. 🤔🤔🤔 < my face. Do you think I was BORN this way?! No! I’ve had to cultivate my no-f*cks-given energy through years of practice and confidence building. In this episode, I’ll share: How to choose what to give your f*cks to Why giving less f*cks is the ke...

Building body acceptance and confidence can be hard enough, but what about when you have a body that keeps denying you something that you desperately want? That can take the difficulty to a whole new level. For people who are struggling with infertility or have experienced pregnancy loss, body image struggles can feel particularly heightened. Sarah Cox has experienced both, and in this episode she...

New podcast intro, new bio, new title, new programs coming… what’s going on at Inspire Wellness?! After doing a tonne of reflecting about 2024, I’m ushering in a new era in my business: The Confidence Era. Some things are changing, some things are staying the same, but one thing is for sure - I’m still on a mission to create a world where body acceptance, confidence and self-love are no longer an...

We all know how harmful eating disorders are, but the same attention isn’t given to disordered eating, despite it being far more prevalent. So, how do we know when our eating has become disordered and what can we do about it? Dr. Maria-Christina Stewart is a Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Clinical Instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine with a specialty in treating and preventing e...

How many times have you set a goal at New Years, only to look back a year later and think ‘lol, I failed again’? I’d bet my entire savings balance that it’s happened to you before! You’re in luck, because 2025 is the year that you’re going to turn it around. All you need is this podcast episode, because I’m going to be sharing the ONE secret thing that you need to guarantee all of your 2025 goals....

The festive season brings plenty of fun - parties, mince pies, Christmas decorations, beach trips with your friends - but it can also bring a lot of ‘shoulds’, with a side serving of guilt and shame if you don’t live up to them. This year, I’d love you to take a healthier approach to the festive season: choose nourishment over punishment. Today’s episode is taken from a talk I recently did for The...

Recently, my coach suggested that I shift away from ‘body image and food freedom’ coaching and into confidence coaching - without the focus on our relationship with our bodies. My answer was “respectfully, f*ck that - I care too much about my mission!”. Yet the conversation got me thinking about how body confidence and ‘regular’ confidence are actually quite interchangeable, and the work I do help...

Choosing to live a life of body acceptance and food freedom can be seen as going against the grain, since society tells us to pursue thinness at all costs. Overcoming the fear of what other people think can be a huge barrier for many of us, but it can be done! Kirsty Head knows all about choosing your own path, rather than the one society tells you to choose. In this episode, Kirsty and I chat abo...

I’m a Body Image and Food Freedom Coach, so my entire job is about body acceptance and confidence, self love, and knowing that your worth doesn’t depend on the way you look… but sometimes I look in the mirror and think “f*ck… I wish I didn’t look like that”. (This is where you can faint with shock!) I still have bad body image days. But how I respond to them now is completely different! In this ep...

Imagine if you looked at photos and felt happy, rather than shying away from the camera? For boudoir photographer Amy Donovan, the journey of self-acceptance has been both personal and professional. After struggling with body image from a young age, Amy has made it her mission to help women see their TRUE selves reflected back in her lens - not an idealised, filtered version, but the raw, authenti...

Is anyone else feeling like they’re absolutely slogging it out to make it to the end of the year? I can relate! Many of us feel the pressure to ‘do it all’, and when we can’t balance all of our commitments perfectly, we feel like we’re failing - especially when we reach the busy season and our plates are extra full. That’s why I’m a huge believer in learning to embrace the season that you’re in (a...

When you spend a lifetime at war with your body, it’s easy to feel disconnected from it. This makes it harder to practice intuitive eating (how are you supposed to TRUST your body’s cues?!), harder to enjoy movement (every workout is a fight) and harder to show it love (when what you see in the mirror doesn’t feel like ‘you’). Emma Walkinshaw is a Body Confidence Coach and accredited yoga instruct...

I hosted a live, in-person workshop on body confidence a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t want you to miss out on all of the goodness because you couldn’t make it! Today I’m sharing four of my favourite, simple exercises for body confidence. These are tools that you can use right now, without needing any extra support or to know the ‘why’ behind them. So get your pen and paper out, and get ready t...

Let’s get honest about what it means to embrace your whole self (without the toxic positivity and ‘love and light’ energy 24/7), and get comfy with the duality of life.  I met Lisa last month at The Mind School, and I knew I’d met someone who can sit in the contradictions of being a human too. Our conversation is here to empower you to show up authentically, with all of your flaws and imperfection...

Have you ever felt like body acceptance isn’t for you, because of your body’s shape, size or weight? I’m here to tell you that is straight up FALSE. Recently, I went to a screening of Your Fat Friend: The Film (by Jeanie Finlay and Aubrey Gordon), and it cemented my belief that body acceptance and fat liberation are so tied up in one another. In this episode, I’ll chat about: Why it’s problematic...

Have you ever noticed that body image and self-love are generally seen as a ‘women’s issue’? In actual fact, 45% of men in Australia dislike their bodies. We need to start the conversation about how we can support the men in our lives to love themselves more, have more freedom in how they express themselves and to join the body acceptance movement, and I could think of no better person to speak on...