I took a deep breath, pulled myself together and made a decision. I just decided I didn't care. I didn't care to investigate, I didn't care about begging for forgiveness for something that no one was going to help me understand. I realised all people wanted was to make me feel shit, and I didn't care. I had bigger stuff going on. These bitches were the least of my worries.If people are just constantly being punks to you, then look after yourself, find what you love, get your shit together and get busy.

Celeste on being bullied

Ladies, trust yourselves, and if you are too sleep-deprived to even pull your pants up after going to the toilet and you're scared of making any big decisions, then trust someone who loves you. Someone who knows you, not someone who is paid to push an agenda. We are all different.

Celeste on switching to formula

Feeling healthy and looking a certain way seem to be getting confused with each other. Body Shaming and Healthy Living aren't the same thing. They are different things, completely different ideals, and should be looked at as completely different industries. I'm not against looking good, fit, amazing,small,muscly, whatever throws your hair back. But there is a multibillion-dollar machine supporting this at-times dangerous way of life, and that machine is getting out of control. It gives us made-up advice on our health and how we should or shouldn't look. Enough with the focus on the waistline.

Celeste on Body Shaming

<ul><li>You are the boss of your own destiny.</li><li>You are the best, chuck out the rest.</li><li>Don't care about what others think.</li><li>It's your responsibility to look after yourself.</li><li>It's OK to be big, loud, over the top, full on and brave. It's awesome!</li><li>Let the people around you know how much you love them.</li><li>Don't regret having regrets. They are not things you should be ashamed of; they are things that should make you work on decisions you make in the future.</li><li>If you think something is hilarious, laugh.</li><li>Stay grounded. Don't get too big for yourself.</li><li>If it doesn't involve you, don't get involved.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Anything is possible!</li><li>If it all gets too hard, just hang your head out the window and scream!</li><li>Make people laugh - at you, with you, whatever.</li><li>Learn how to channel shame.</li><li>It's OK to be your loud self.</li><li>Hardships can help you become stronger, funnier, and more resilient.</li><li>Different is interesting.</li><li>You are fine as you are.</li><li>Everyone who loves you, accepts you the way you are.</li><li>Keep on keeping on. Stop trying to change yourself because you think that's what's expected of you.</li><li>Accept what you've got and get on with it.</li><li>Be grateful for your life.</li><li>Go with the flow.</li><li>Sometimes people are just shit.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Support who you want to support and call bullshit to who you think needs to be called bullshit to.</li><li>Judge someone on their worth, their character, and their merit.</li><li>To be honest is not rude.</li><li>Remind yourself every day that how you look makes up a very small percentage of who you are.</li><li>Give yourself a break.</li><li>Stop valuing people on their appearance and expecting different things from different people judged on the varying degrees of hotness.</li><li>The internet has made the world a smaller place.</li><li>"The talking about the thing isn't the thing. The doing of the thing is the thing."</li></ul>

I’ve noticed that when people are named then they become the focus. Taking them down becomes the main objective, and the person who has told her story becomes just another victim and just another woman with a grudge. The perpetrator becomes the focus and is treated as a one-off event, whereas it’s a whole culture that needs to change.

Celeste on #MeToo

Celeste gained internet fame with #celestechallengeaccepted where she recreates celebrity photos in a more realistic setting. She teaches us to look behind the facade and despite personal challenges it is worth to keep going and always retain a sense of humour.

Funny woman, Instagram star and international comedy sensation, Celeste Barber's Challenge Accepted! is a hilarious and outspoken guide to life, unwanted gas and how to rock a sexy scar. It's real, like totally, really real. Actor, writer and comedian, Celeste Barber is one very funny woman - not to mention a global social media comedy phenomenon. Amassing over 3.8 million followers in three years with her hilarious #celestechallengeaccepted pics, she has been dubbed 'Australian Comedy Queen' by ABC Online; voted The Funniest Lady on Instagram; gone on sold-out comedy tours of the US; and won herself fans ranging from Tom Ford and Ruby Rose to Amy Schumer and Dawn French. In the tradition of Tina Fey's Bossypants, Challenge Accepted! is part memoir, part comedy routine, part advice manual. Calling out our ridiculous obsession with celebrity Instagram culture, Celeste reveals all, including her thoughts on keeping it real, the secrets to love, friendship, family and marriage ( oh hai, #hothusband), and how to deal with life's many challenges, like, motherhood, and what to do when your local bottleshop owner can't remember your name. Celeste is raucous, real and hilarious. Bring it on.

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