As a mother, author and purpose-driven entrepreneur, Married At First Sight’s Jules Robinson has long been an inspiration for self love and positive body image.
But the soon to be mum-of-two has admitted it hasn’t always been easy.
Speaking on The Sh-t Show with Tammin Sursok this week, Jules, 42, sat down with the Aussie actress to reveal the one rule that changed her perspective on everything.
It’s an episode that Tammin admitted “really hit deep”.
Like Tammin, Jules admitted she was part of a generation of women who thought they would “never make it in the world unless they were thin”.
“That took a lot of work on myself to go, ‘I am who I am, I am curvy and I am never going to be that’,” Jules began.
As an actress growing up in the film and TV industry, Tammin admitted it was a journey she was still experiencing – especially as a mum of two.
“I don’t look at my tummy and go, ‘Wow, that cre ated life’. I go, ‘F–k, there’s stretch marks’,” said the former Home and Away and Pretty Little Liars star.
“I don’t know just how to love it,” Tammin said of her body.
Loving your body – and just as important, knowing your body – is the exact kind of message Jules’ shapewear brand FIGUR was founded on.
“I think toxic positivity is definitely a thing,” Jules explained. “I don’t think we’re meant to look at ourselves and love every single aspect of it. I know I personally don’t.”
“It’s about accepting your body for where you are in life,” said Jules before revealing the “one rule” she lives by.
“When you look back at a photo of yourself in 10 years and go, ‘F–k, I look smoking’,” she began. “You’re doing to do that and remember, when you were younger, how your mindset felt about yourself.
“There’s nothing wrong with your body, there was something wrong with your mind.
“That’s what you need to remember at every stage of your life especially as a woman, just to appreciate where you are.”
Jules recalled how she put on 20kgs during her last pregnancy, when she welcomed son Ollie in 2020.
“I was like, ‘There is no shame’,” she said of her body’s changes.
Jules said there was nothing wrong with wanting to get back to her pre-pregnancy wardrobe, but she would never change the way she dressed at that stage in her life.
“It’s about accepting yourself where you are, and not letting it define your happiness or your purpose or your potential,” she concluded.
Definitely words we can all take onboard!