Conversations With Dr Zali Yager, The Embrace Collective

Dr Zali Yager is an internationally-recognised expert in the body image space, known for figuring out ‘what works’ to help people feel better about their bodies.

Zali is the co-Executive Director of The Embrace Collective and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University, with a background in health and physical education. She has been involved in the development of almost every evidence-based body image school program around the world, and was a consultant on two EU-funded Erasmus+ projects - Body Confident Mums and Body Confident Sport.

Zali co-authored the Embrace Kids book with 2023 Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt, and was the body image expert advisor on the EMBRACE KIDS film. She is ridiculously passionate and driven by the desire to create a safer body image environment for the next generation.