DR ZALI YAGER

Body Image, Mental Health, and Wellbeing Expert

Researcher | Consultant | Mentor | Author | Speaker

& Executive Director of the Body Confident Collective

After 16 years in academia leading the latest applied research in maternal mental health, body image and wellbeing,
I have moved beyond the university setting to focus on impact.

Powered by my deep research knowledge,
skills in design thinking, leadership, and education,
and my personal lived experience,
I am passionate about bringing transformative insights and experiences across the breadth of my work
in health promotion and prevention.

I now work across the Body Confident Collective, the not-for-profit research translation organisation that I co-founded;
and engage in consulting, mentoring, speaking, and writing in the areas of body confidence, motherhood, and making research matter.

"Tips for dealing with

Mum guilt"

"The Importance of Role Modelling Body Confidence to our Children"

"Practicing Self Care when it feels like another Chore"

"5 ways to change the way you think about your body, and your health- today"

Selected Media

Successful Collaborations

Your own pretty little place of calm and order When I first wrote ‘creating space’, it made cry. I was journaling about what I think...

I was really bad at practicing gratitude. When I finally forced myself to do it, I would write what I thought I should write in my...

I know exactly how you feel... there's so much that needs to be done. The work, the kids, the partner, the extended family, the cleaning...

One weekend, I gave and gave and gave myself to the kids, the house, the work I hadn't finished that week, and my husband, and by Sunday...

In mid and late 2020- amidst the ebb and flow of pandemic news and lockdown rule changes, Meghan Markle and Chrissie Teigan went public...

Academia can be really lonely when you don't feel like you fit in, and working harder is not the solution! I fell in love hard with...