Finding Freedom with Jemma Rose

Nearly 83% of Australian women dislike their bodies, and almost every reason why comes back to one lie: that you’ll be happy, confident and love yourself once your body meets a certain standard. In this episode, I’m pulling that lie apart and showing you how to stop letting it hold you back in life. In this episode, I’ll share: The one lie behind every beauty standard (and why it holds you back) W...

If you grew up learning that looking after your body means making it smaller, this episode is going to hit. This week I'm joined by Chanteik, a personal trainer, nutrition coach, mum and founder of the Strong Her Club. Chanteik has spent 15 years in the fitness industry, and what she coaches now comes straight from her own experience of chasing aesthetics, food rules and a smaller size. Now s...

You can list twenty things you love about your best friend without blinking, right? But if I ask you to do the same about yourself? Crickets. This week I'm calling out why that happens, why it's SO backwards, and exactly what to do about it - because the relationship you have with yourself is the one you're stuck in for life, and it's time you started treating it that way. In t...

Cait Miers has spent twelve years as a surf and fashion photographer shooting some of the most beautiful women in the world, and watching almost every one of them talk themselves down the second the camera stopped. That contradiction is exactly why she started Laugh Lines: a project photographing a thousand women (and counting) completely makeup free. In this episode, Cait joins me to unpack the p...

Someone asked me recently what I do on a bad body image day, and it made me realise… I don't really have them anymore. My bad body image days have turned into bad body image moments - and I move through them quickly. That got me thinking about what has changed, so I wanted to share the tools with you - because I know for a lot of you, the bad days still outnumber the good ones. In this episod...

If you've ever done everything right to protect the people you love from your own pain, only to watch them go through it anyway, this episode is going to hit hard.  This week I'm joined by Nicola Colman, an eating disorder recovery coach, who lived through her own eating disorder as a teenager - and years later, watched her 15-year-old daughter go through one too. Nicola's bringing...

Is it ever actually okay to comment on someone's body? Even a celebrity's? I'm using the internet's current obsession with Ariana Grande to unpack something way bigger than one pop star. Because ‘concern’ isn't always what it looks like, and even the ‘nice’ comments can do real damage. In this episode I'll share: Why the line between body-shaming and concern isn'...

I’ve done some ‘normal’ things to build my body confidence, and I’ve done some pretty unhinged things. Because when I'm scared of something, my brain doesn't ease me in gently - it goes straight for the most ridiculous version of facing it.  So in this episode I'm handing over the receipts. Not the standard body image advice you've heard a hundred times - the actual unhinged st...

There's a space between ‘totally fine’ and ‘diagnosably unwell’, and it's where many women are spending their days, convinced they don't have a real problem because they just need to try harder.  The grey area of disordered eating and body image struggles, where you don’t feel ‘bad enough’ to seek help, needs to be spoken about more. So today we’re diving in… In this episode, I’ll s...

If you've ever swallowed what you actually wanted to say - in a relationship, at work, in a doctor's office - this episode is going to hit. This week I'm joined by Hannah Coles, embodiment and self-worth coach and former mental health nurse of ten years. Hannah spent a decade inside the mental health system watching women be labelled ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’, and now she's do...

What if the way you feel about your body has nothing to do with your body - and everything to do with what you learned before you were old enough to question it? Most of us can't pinpoint one moment we started hating our bodies, but understanding where it came from is one of the most powerful things you can do - for yourself, and for the little ones watching you. In this episode, I'll sh...

Is losing weight actually the key to your health… or is that belief sabotaging you? This is one of the most common things I hear: “I get it, body acceptance is great… but I still need to lose weight for my health.” And honestly? It makes sense, because we’ve been taught our entire lives that smaller equals healthier. But in this episode, I’m pulling that belief apart - not just to show you why it’...

Ever felt like you should be able to push through… but your body just isn’t playing along? In this episode, I’m joined by Chrissy Elle to unpack the real reason behind those low energy days, lack of motivation, and “why can’t I just get it together?” spirals - and spoiler: it’s not because you’re lazy or undisciplined. Please note: This episode includes themes of interpersonal violence, control an...

Have you been feeling the temptation to lose weight again lately? Right now, weight loss is being sold to us as quick, easy and accessible like never before. So if you’ve found yourself wondering whether you should lose weight too, even if you thought you were past that, you are definitely not alone. In this episode, I’m breaking down the psychological cost of fast body change, and why the promise...

So many women feel like they’re doing life ‘wrong’. Maybe you don’t want kids. Maybe you’ve left diet culture. Maybe you’re making choices that don’t fit the mould that society expects from women. In this episode, I’m joined by Liz Owens from Haus of Worthship, who is all about teaching you how to trust yourself, tune out the noise, and stop letting other people’s expectations dictate your life. I...

SkinnyTok is everywhere online right now - mocking fat bodies, calling it ‘health’, and acting like being thin makes someone superior. But this isn’t actually about fat bodies at all. It’s about something else entirely, and today I’m breaking down what’s really happening psychologically underneath the surface. In this episode, I share: Why SkinnyTok content feels so triggering (and why that reacti...

Imagine if you were tasked with writing a bible on women’s health, so you wrote 10,000 words on the nutrition guidelines that everyone knows about and ✨tries✨ to follow… but then you realised you were missing a HUGE piece of information and not taking into account the experiences of all bodies. Would you scrap half of it and start again? That’s exactly what Meghan Rabbitt did in the writing of h...

So many of us mourn our old bodies - wishing that we could get them back, and believing that our lives would be better if we could. Hate to break it to you, but that’s not the case! If you’ve ever wished that you could get your 20, 30 or 40 year old body back, this is the episode you need to listen to right now. In this episode, I’ll share: The danger of looking back with rose-coloured glasses How...

I’m a huge believer in healing our relationships with our bodies and with food for ourselves , but there’s another reason that sits close to my heart: doing it for the next generation. There have been huge strides made towards the dismantling of diet culture in my lifetime, yet there’s so much more to be done. If you’re a parent, you can start doing that by raising your kids in a non-diet househol...

If I had to choose two words to describe the way that I eat now that I’ve found food freedom, they would probably be ‘balanced’ and ‘realistic’. That’s why I love Leah Itsines so much - because those are the foundations of the BARE principles.  Leah is the founder of the BARE guides and Yes Please Health (and she has an app coming out soon!), and she was also my absolute DREAM podcast guest. In th...

If you’ve ever been told to meditate for stress reduction and thought “I’m too stressed to sit still - how am I supposed to meditate?!” - this episode is for you. Tash Forbes is a breathwork facilitator who helps women learn to breathe again, to bring themselves out of survival mode, stress and anxiety, and into a life of calm and feeling safe in their bodies. Exactly what we need at this time of...

Diet culture is rife at any time of year, but it particularly kicks up over December in Australia. Combine festive parties, lots of food, drinks galore AND bikini season, and you’ve got a recipe for stress for those who are struggling with food and their body.  I asked you what your biggest struggles are during the festive season, and in this episode I’ll give you tips on how to overcome those str...

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I’m back from break! Welcome to Season 3. Last month, I flew to Melbourne to speak on stage at the Life After I Left event , hosted by Cat Dunn. I shared my story about life after I left diet culture, and in this episode I wanted to share that talk with you too. (Prefer to watch it? You can check out the video here ) I’m also sharing some updates about how the podcast will look over the next coupl...

This is my 200th episode, so I wanted to do something special! Today, I’m sharing the most important truth that I want every single listener of this podcast to take away. If Inspire Wellness ended tomorrow, THIS is what I would want you to remember. When you truly understand it, it will make the greatest change in your life. Can you guess what it is? ✋🏻 Download the FREE Banish Your Inner Bitch...