I’m a plus sized model and influencer. I do what I do for guys like me who have had such a difficult time with body image and self-love. For the little boys that are growing up feeling less than. For the men that genuinely look in the mirror and hate what they see. Masculinity isn’t singular but that there are as many forms of manhood as there are men.

Being diagnosed with an incurable cancer aged 28 comes with heaps more complications to life. I was never an anxious person before cancer but after this I became constantly worried about the future, about leaving the world I enjoyed behind and about not being able to fulfil what I wanted to do in life.

The quest to being thin governed my days, which quickly turned into an obsession and disordered eating habits. I started going to the gym, weighing my food, and making only “healthy” recipes. I spent my time reading about what diet is healthiest, what foods are most nutritious and how to be lean. All of my thoughts were about food, body image and fitness.

I find it comforting and helpful to speak up about mental health in general and my own struggles because it is freeing for me and it can be helpful to anyone else that struggles with their mental health.

It's now going on week 6 of isolation, living alone in a state I hardly know. The truth is, I'm not ok, or I’m ok-ish. I'm slipping into a depression and fighting to stay out. I'm doing everything I'm supposed to, everything I've been taught to, everything that from an empirical stand point is supposed to work.

There often seems to be no rhyme or reason to who is successful & who isn’t. It is not always based on your skill level, your work ethic or your 'hustle'. So if you are doing everything in your power, putting all your money, time & effort into making music your career and yet nothing happens, you can start to feel rejected.

Understanding my gender identity has brought me nothing but happiness, it was only ever the outside world that made it difficult. But despite the negative impact being openly queer sometimes has on my mental well-being, I am proud to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community and wouldn’t change that for the world.

The fitness industry is a great place to hide an eating disorder, and also a great place to hide mental health. I trained as a Personal Trainer and all the while feeling the immense pressure to live up to what I "should" look like.

I've overcame the mental traumas and anxiety of my period and having a reproductive condition like Endometriosis. I allowed for it to plague my view of myself as a woman, but I had to learn that it's not my fault and I'm a woman regardless of my condition. I had to learn to love me.

In a world that is so focused on external beauty and these unattainable standards, I aimed to put it all publicly out there to shatter society's perception of beauty. Not just for myself, but for all the other people in the world as well because our skin does not define us or tarnish our inner beauty. Acne is normal and it should not corner us into depression because we are greater than any social standard imposed upon us!