The Embrace Collective is a DGR1 registered health promotion charity dedicated to building better body image to help people achieve optimal physical and mental health.

 

Led by 2023 Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt and international body image expert Dr Zali Yager, The Embrace Collective brings together the best of science and creativity for impact. Our global network of researchers, experts, advocates, and lived experience advisors inform our programs, advocacy and campaigns that change the way the world thinks and feels about bodies, weight, and health.

 

Through our suite of age-appropriate Embrace Kids programs and resources, we get in early to teach the message of body appreciation to young people and support the adults around them to create a culture of kindness and body inclusion in all the places where young people live, learn and play to build better body image, now and for generations to come.

 

Our vision: A world where people are empowered to thrive, free from feelings of pressure, judgement and shame about their appearance.
 

This is needed because building better body image has the power to prevent eating disorders and depression, help young people achieve optimal health and wellbeing, and ensure that they are free to reach their full potential.

 

Our mission: To build better body image from the beginning, so all people can be happy, healthy and thrive. 

 

Taking a holistic, multi-layered approach, we are driving change through programs, settings, and policy change, and by leading a national conversation about bodies, weight and health that has the power to shift social norms in ways that benefit health and wellbeing, now and for generations to come.