Fostering conversations about embracing our Imperfections

Fostering conversations about embracing our imperfections requires creating a safe and supportive environment where individuals feel comfortable sharing their vulnerabilities. Here are some steps you can take to encourage and facilitate these discussions:

1. Lead by example: As a conversation facilitator or participant, it's important to demonstrate vulnerability and openness about your own imperfections. Share personal stories that highlight your struggles and how you've learned to embrace them. This sets the tone for others to feel safe sharing their own experiences.

2. Create a non-judgmental space: Establish ground rules for the conversation that emphasize respect, active listening, and non-judgment. Encourage participants to be empathetic and compassionate towards one another's imperfections, ensuring that everyone feels supported and understood.

3. Set a positive tone: Encourage participants to focus on the positive aspects of embracing imperfections. Frame imperfections as opportunities for growth, learning, and self-acceptance. Emphasize that imperfections are a natural part of being human and can contribute to personal development and resilience.

4. Promote active listening: Encourage participants to actively listen to one another without interruption or judgment. This helps create an atmosphere of understanding and allows individuals to feel heard and validated. Encourage reflective responses that demonstrate understanding and empathy, such as paraphrasing or summarizing what someone has shared.

5. Ask open-ended questions: Pose questions that encourage self-reflection and deeper exploration of imperfections. For example, "How have your imperfections shaped your personal journey?" or "What strategies have you found helpful in accepting and embracing your imperfections?" Open-ended questions encourage participants to share their thoughts and experiences more freely, fostering deeper conversations.

6. Provide resources and support: Share relevant articles, books, or personal development resources that can assist individuals in their journey of embracing imperfections. This can include self-help books, TED Talks, or online communities focused on self-acceptance and personal growth. Offering support beyond the conversation itself demonstrates a commitment to ongoing growth and encourages participants to continue their journey outside of the discussion.

Remember, fostering conversations about embracing imperfections is an ongoing process. It's important to create a supportive community where individuals feel comfortable being vulnerable, learning from one another, and continuing their personal growth.

Mel Greig Shares her Body Positivity & Spreads Awareness Around Our Mental Health Roundtable Series

We had such an in-depth discussion on the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign Roundtable Series this week with @melgreig_ @edensassoon @andrealoganfitness @kimlifecoach and founder @_glennmarsden discussing and being open and honest about keeping it real, embracing body positivity and your imperfections. So much so that Mel led by example after talking on the forum and posted an amazing post to her socials about her daily dose of keeping it real. #bodypositivity

A big thank you to @dailymailau for picking up on this and spreading the message of embracing body positivity and Mel sharing news about the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign mental health forums.

To find out more about our International Roundtable Series and how you can get invovled simply head to the link below:

https://www.imperfectlyperfectcampaign.org/roundtable-digital-series

Having dealt with Body Dysmorphia with Founder Glenn Marsden

'In a general sense, it's depicting yourself or finding a 'perceived' flaw on your body or on your face that kind of takes grip of your mind. With myself, it...

‘In a general sense, it’s depicting yourself or finding a ‘perceived’ flaw on your body or on your face that kind of takes grip of your mind. With myself, it stemmed from living in Sydney, Australia, I was the first person to go to the beach, throw my top off. It was something that never bothered me. I always say, and I can laugh back at it now and go, when your 30 and suppose to be settling down and enjoying that later life and not being bothered about ‘aesthetics’ it kind of got to a point with me where I started comparing myself to these guys with the big aesthetic chest and arms and wondering, I’m in the fitness industry, I’m training equally as hard, I’m eating as much. Why am I not getting this body that so many of these guys are getting? Little to say, & a little bit of naivety as well, not knowing what people were putting in to their body. But what I was putting and feeding into my mind was detrimental. - @_glennmarsden

Founder Glenn Marsden sharing his story and doing a Q&A on the ComingCleanPodcast with Peter Estevez over in San Diego, USA as well as going live to the Rehab911 community to an audience of over 9 million people.

'It's a darkness that overcomes you and becomes a habit' with Andrea Logan

Listen to this episode from ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast on Spotify. She is not only one of Hollywood's leading Celebrity Trainers who has had an incredible career training some of the biggest names to date but somebody who has overcomes not one but two rounds of adversity dealing with an overwhelming eating disorder that she describes as a darkness that overcame her and become a habit, to being involved in a near fatal car accident where she was told she would never walk again.

She is not only one of Hollywood’s leading Celebrity Trainers who has had an incredible career training some of the biggest names to date but somebody who has overcomes not one but two rounds of adversity dealing with an overwhelming eating disorder that she describes as a darkness that overcame her and become a habit, to being involved in a near fatal car accident where she was told she would never walk again.

In this powerful episode we go deeper than ever before covering the overbearing addiction of an eating disorder and how Andrea came through it.

We hear about how the majority of doctors told her she would be paralysed from the neck down but she wouldn't give up hope and found a doctor who she says performed a miracle on her that not only saw her gain full mobility again but gave her back her passion and career in fitness.

To find out more information about Andrea, simply head to her socials at @andrealoganfitness

To find out more about the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign and our Global Efforts, simply head to any of our socials @imperfectlyperfectcampaign or our official website at imperfectlyperfectcampaign.org

Be sure to head to the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast via all major podcast platforms including iTunes & Spotify

Voice Over: Mike Christenson (voicemonkey.com)

The Imperfectly Perfect Campaign Corporate Series welcomes Rachael Newsham and Deanna Jimenez

RACHAEL NEWSHAM WORKSHOP

This workshop will be Rachael Newsham's key-note of building resilience mentally, and personally overcoming obstacles. Rachael will be joined by a leading professional, Deanna Jimenez, a psychotherapist with a clinical background in trauma and anxiety for an interactive Q&A Webinar on the topics:

• Ways in which to build resilience mentally.

• How to navigate yourself in overcoming obstacles.

• Coping with stress / stress mgt.

• Learning to love yourself.

  22nd SEPTEMBER 2020 | 10:30am AEDT | 5:30pm AEDT

  Booking Link is Available through your Organizations Website HR Portals.