Roz Purcell has embarked on a journey of self-love and body positivity.

Although never an easy journey, the former Miss Universe Ireland shares the good, the bad and the ugly with her 282k Instagram followers.

She uses her platform to share her own approach to wellness while still keeping it real and trying to break the Instagram illusion.

Followers are huge fans of her Natural Born Feeder recipes, Hike Life community and brand new podcast Bite Back.

Roz joined Alison on Weekend Breakfast to tell all about her journey to self love and why being real online is so important.

To hear the full chat press the Listen button on this page.

 

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My bad I forgot to smoothen out my ass. So can we all agree this summer that stretch marks cellulite and all that are totally bloody normal and fine? So it's not gonna stop you from wearing those tiny shorts or bikinis yea? First sea swim of the year( I know, I know can't believe I put it off this long!) #bodypositive #bodyconfience #biteback

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”You have the right to your own mind, you have the right to express all parts of you and live a whole life....trying to achieve that through food will never work” @foodandpsych I'm really looking forward to tomorrows episode of #biteback with this wonderful lady. It's informative and insightful of where to start when you are ready to get help. I felt so stuck and trapped by my own thoughts, I had this destroying attitude towards by body and food so deeply ingrained. I thought I was different that no one could help me and that this was just how I was going to live my life in a constant battle with myself. You do not have to do that and you are not alone. Although

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