Nourish Don’t Punish

Helping Girls Develop Healthy Relationships with their Bodies

Day: Sunday 25th April
Who can attend: Teen & Carer / Carer
Time: 14:30
Duration: 1 hour
Panelists: Abby Baravak, Natasha Devon

Body, Identity & Nourishment: Building Respect, Awareness & Self-Trust
Adolescence is a critical time for shaping lifelong relationships with food and body image. This panel focuses on nourishment, emotional wellbeing and recognising early signs of body dissatisfaction or disordered eating. We will explore how family language, digital culture and comparison impact self-esteem, and how to foster body respect and resilience.

Meet the panelists…

Abby Baravik

Abby Baravik is an experienced footballer, coach and PE teacher who has worked across both the UK and US women’s game. Passionate about confidence-building and positive participation in sport, she supports girls in developing resilience, self-belief and healthy lifelong relationships with movement and wellbeing.

Natasha Devon

Natasha Devon MBE is a writer, broadcaster and activist who speaks at schools, universities and events around the world on mental health, body image, gender and equality, while campaigning for a fairer society both online and offline. She is the founder of the Mental Health Media Charter and co-founder of Where’s Your Head At, an initiative focused on improving mental health in UK workplaces. Natasha is Patron of No Panic, Pride at Global and a fellow of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, as well as an Ambassador for Glitch and The Reading Agency. She hosts a weekly Saturday evening show on LBC, writes a regular column for Teach Secondary magazine and contributes to publications including The Guardian and Grazia. In 2015, she was awarded an MBE for services to young people.