The Real People Project

Do you ever look through your Instagram feed and immediately feel crap about the chocolate you just munched while drinking your cuppa? Or feel guilty about the pizza you scoffed at the weekend? Does it ever make you feel like you aren’t enough?

If you answered yes to the above questions, then… join the club! However, instead of this story being one of self-loathing, let it be one of self-loving.

After discussing this at length with a good friend, over some wine, we decided that we wanted to change the narrative. We wanted to create Instagram feeds where people felt enough.

And this was the birth of the Real People Project; an Instagram-based movement to display real people and their stories in order to promote body confidence and self-love in all people. 

Since its creation, we have had nearly 50 real people sharing their stories, and have spoken to vast audiences about topics such as self-love, imposter syndrome and body confidence.

The really interesting thing that we have learnt, as founders of the movement, is that firstly everyone has a story, and with that story comes their own struggle of self-love. And secondly, that narrative may not have been anything you may have expected!

So my take-home message is simple. You are not alone if you struggle with self-love, but you can reach out to others and open the dialogue!

Lots of love

The Real People Project

(@therealpeopleproject)