Home - Been There

If you have body
image issues, we've been there too.

A charity offering
one to one mentoring
support, via an app,
from a real person who has
experienced similar challenges.

This is me, Tessa –
the founder

This is one of
my mentors
– Christiane

I struggled with body image issues for as long as I can remember, being self conscious, on a permanent diet, desperately wanting to be someone else… the issues snowballed and suddenly I was making myself sick to try and make myself smaller. Thinking, “What a clever trick”. It wasn’t so clever. I was unable to stop for 11 years, which was detrimental to my health.

For the first nine of those years I was in denial. I kept my deep dark secret, unable to tell anyone I knew. Then I decided to do something. I trawled the internet to find someone who had BEEN THERE to see if they could help me. Someone who wouldn’t judge me, who got it, understood me and who I could relate to. It took years to find that person who I needed to end my cycle of self-destruction. When I did eventually find my Mentor, it completely changed my life, I’d even say it saved it.

I don’t want it to be like that for you. It doesn’t need to be. Because there are people out there who know what you’re going through. And want to support you. Someone who gets YOU, cares and is here for YOU.