Summary: It’s one thing to have goals and aspirations. It’s another thing entirely to act upon them. In this episode of the show, I sit down with my friend – model and body activist – Charli Howard. In many ways, her story epitomizes what it means to take massive action towards one’s dreams. At the start of her career, that meant battling with bulimia and anorexia in a bid to conform to the industry’s expectations of models. But after getting dropped from her first agency, weighing 100 pounds for not having a body that ‘isn’t designed for modelling’, she hit back against the pressure. She wrote an update on Facebook denouncing the industry – and it went viral. Shortly afterwards a literary agent came knocking, she relocated to New York, signed with a different agency and the rest is history. Since signing, she’s gone on to appear in British Vogue and has fronted campaign from Express to Mango and co-founded her own body-diversity non-profit called All Women Project. In this conversation, we talk about how she garnered the coverage to start again after being dropped from, what once her dream agency. She shares the process of writing her first two books, which were both published this year, from finding the time to commit to the key things you need to think about in choosing your publisher. Now at the forefront of the ongoing conversation about body diversity in fashion, criticism is a natural by-product so I wanted to find out how she copes with the pressure and the strategies she’s used to separate Charli Howard ‘the brand’ with Charli Howard the person. Please subscribe, rate and review the podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful for spreading these episodes to more female founders. Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Resources: · Read our interview with Charli here: http://bit.ly/2BrHI5n · Read Charli’s debut book, Misfits: https://amzn.to/2kohdng · Pre-order, Splash: https://amzn.to/2s7IhM6 · Check out our podcast episode with illustrator, Kimothy Joy: http://bit.ly/2xOy3FG Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: bit.ly/2wttos2 · Book a business coaching strategy Session: bit.ly/2G9ESEK · Apply to join our business accountability group: http://bit.ly/2spybFG · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh
