Turia Pitt has gone viral once again, this time for her inspirational post about body confidence in the face of yet another surgery.
Turia had a laser procedure last week and has noticed more people staring at her than usual as her skin blistered and scabbed over after the surgery.
In a candid Instagram post, Turia revealed that while the stares hurt, she was determined to “own” her circumstances.
“I’ve been recovering from laser surgery for the past week,” she wrote. “Sometimes I get really self-conscious after surgery – I feel like everyone is having a huge stickybeak [sic] at me.
“This week I felt it big time, and yeah, it sucks. But you know what? Sometimes in life when you’re on a quest to improve yourself, no one else’s opinion or judgement matters.
“You’ve gotta own yourself and wear your challenges like a boss – after all, no one else is gonna do it for you!”
Turia suffered severe burns to 65 per cent of her body when she was caught in a bushfire while running an ultra-marathon in 2011.
She has since become a national icon and an inspiration to people across the country and overseas.
Senior surgical resident Joshua Corsa was working the overnight shift at Orlando Regional Medical Centre when victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting were brought in.
Corsa and his colleagues worked throughout the night, desperately trying to save the 54 people brought to their facility.
The next day, he posted a photo of his blood-stained shoes on Facebook, alongside a poignant message about his experience.
Corsa’s bloodstained shoes.
“These are my work shoes from Saturday night,” he wrote. “They are brand new, not even a week old. On these shoes, soaked between their fibers, is the blood of 54 innocent human beings.
“I don’t know which were straight, which were gay, which were black, or which were hispanic. What I do know is that they came to us in wave upon wave of suffering, screaming, and death.
“And somehow, in that chaos, doctors, nurses, technicians, police, paramedics, and others, performed super human feats of compassion and care.
“This blood, which poured out of those patients and soaked through my scrubs and shoes, will stain me forever. In these Rorschach patterns of red I will forever see their faces and the faces of those that gave everything they had in those dark hours.”
Corsa vowed to continue wearing the shoes until the last injured victim left the hospital, when he planned to take them off and keep them in his office for the rest of his medical career.
“I want to see them in front of me every time I go to work. For on June 12, after the worst of humanity reared its evil head, I saw the best of humanity of come fighting right back. I never want to forget that night.”
Prince William and Duchess Catherine have honoured the victims of the US mass shooting in Orlando on June 12.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a special trip to the US Embassy in London to pay their respects to the victims of the unspeakable act.
The royal pair signed an official condolence book mourning all those lost and affected by the shooting in Pulse, a gay nightclub in the US.
When they arrived, Kate and Will were guided to a table before a flag that had been presented to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by the Kaleidoscope Trust, a globally active LGBT rights group.
Kate and William also took time to meet with people from the US embassy and various LGBT support representatives.
The 33-year-old Prince took the task of composing the message to be placed in the book.
“With our deepest condolences and with our thoughts and prayers to all those affected,” he wrote.
His 34-year-old wife, mother of Prince George and Princess Charlotte, then signed the statement that echoed her own thoughts.
The heartfelt message on behalf of the British royals.
The Duke and Duchess toured the embassy alongside Matthew Barzun, the US ambassador to London.
At the event, the royals met with the US ambassador as well as several representatives from the US Embassy’s LGBT network.
Prince Harry reportedly wanted to join the Duke and Duchess to also honour the victims but was unable to make this particular appearance.
Watch as Prince William composes his heartfelt words to mourn those affected by the tragedy. Post continues.
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However a source confirmed to US Weekly that Harry has been doing his part to mourn the loss and reach out to those affected.
“Prince Harry was unable to join them but he has been speaking at length to people out in Orlando privately, because he spent a significant amount of time out there recently for the Invictus Games,” an insider explained to the publication.
In what has been one of the messiest divorces in Hollywood history, Amber Heard has withdrawn her request for temporary spousal support from estranged husband Johnny Depp.
According to reports from TMZ, the 30-year-old claims she thought it was standard practice to ask for the temporary support in divorce proceedings, but now she’s willing to ditch the request for a very important reason.
In court documents obtained by TMZ, Amber says she feels the support request is drawing attention away from her plight.
She says the issue of money is “being used against me to distract and divert the public away from the very serious real issue of domestic violence.”
Amber doesn’t want money to distract the public from the issue of her alleged domestic violence.
A close friend of the leggy blonde’s recently told US Weekly: “This isn’t about money.
“All Amber did was try to get out of a marriage because she was suffering from abuse.”
There’s definitely nothing amicable about Amber and Johnny’s divorce.
But it’s only the temporary support she’s decided not to claim.
The actress says she still reserves the right to go after long-term financial support after the issues with her restraining order with her ex are sorted out.
The pair are due in court on June 17 to address the restraining order.
Here’s what we know about the complicated split so far… Post continues below.
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Amber filed for divorce from Johnny on May 23 after just 15 months of marriage and requested the financial support.
It’s a request that the Alice Through the Looking Glass actor firmly denied.
Days later, Amber showed up bruised in court and claimed Johnny had allegedly assaulted her recently, and throughout their marriage.
The remarkable survivor has connected with millions across the globe thanks to her honest and brave outlook on life. And now she's making a bold admission.
From the outside, many would think that nothing could dent the 28-year-old’s positive nature.
But in a raw Instagram post, Turia shared a note to her well-wishers about her personal struggles.
“I’ve been recovering from laser surgery for the past week,” she penned alongside a close up selfie.
“Sometimes I get really self-conscious after surgery – I feel like everyone is having a huge stickybeak at me. This week I felt it big time, and yeah, it sucks.”
Not to be defeated by her inner fears, she continued: “But you know what? Sometimes in life when you’re on a quest to improve yourself, no one else’s opinion or judgement matters. You’ve gotta own yourself and wear your challenges like a boss – after all, no one else is gonna do it for you!”
Turia shared this post-laser surgery selfie, bravely talking about her personal insecurities.
In 2011, Turia survived a horrific brush with death, which saw her suffer burns to 65 per cent of her body, lose several fingers and spend a gruelling five months in hospital after she was trapped in a grassfire during a 100 kilometre ultra-marathon in the Kimberleys.
Despite such adversity, the Aussie has one of the most optimistic attitudes you’ll ever come across.
A reflection of her character, fans responded to her brave post, revealing how relatable and inspiring she is.
One person penned, “Absolutely amazing!”, while many echoed this person’s sentiment, “You’re awesome @turiapitt Such an amazing inspiration. Thanks so much for just being you!!!”
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The 28-year-old has done so much since surviving the most heart-wrenching of circumstances, from running ultramarathons, being awarded the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year in 2014, to raising huge amounts of money for burn victims in developing countries.
She once expressed to the ABC, “I’ve got an amazing partner, beautiful family and friends. I live in one of the best places in Australia in Ulladulla.”
Before adding: “So when people say they feel sorry for me, I don’t really get it. I don’t feel sorry for myself at all.”
“We built a new life. Never once did Michael treat me differently. He was in love with my personality before, and that’s something I’ve still got.”
Turia and Michael announced their engagement last year.
Turia has conquered all her obstacles with one of her biggest supporters by her side, her fiance Michael Hoskin.
The couple announced their engagement last July. In fact, she cites their love as being an integral part of her survival.
“When Turia was in intensive care four years ago, I bought a diamond ring,” he told The Australian Women’s Weekly last year following their engagement announcement.
Chatting to the Telegraph back in 2012 the former police officer, who gave up his job to be Turia’s carer, gushed about his love.
“She doesn’t want people to feel sorry for her. She just wants to get on with her life,” he explained.
A Perth woman who flew overseas, leaving her two stepchildren at home alone, has defended her actions and instead put the blame on the post office.
The 28-year-old woman boarded an overseas flight to Bali with the father of the two young children (who are aged four and six) to renew her visa but couldn’t take them because apparently the post office lost her children’s passports.
She told Seven News through an interpreter: “If you want to leave the country to go overseas you have to have your passport, that’s common sense.”
According to Seven News Perth reporter Jamie Freestone who spoke to Radio 6PR, when the woman was asked whether the children could look after themselves, she said the matter was between her and them.
She left the country on Tuesday and when she returned on Thursday, she was greeted by Border Force at Perth international airport.
While she was gone, police went to the Cloverdale home on Wednesday and found the children inside with no adults present and the door unlocked.
It was discovered by Child Abuse Squad detectives that they’d been left alone since Tuesday, and the father is still overseas.
The woman has been charged with two counts of knowingly engaging in conduct that may harm a child in her care, and the children are now in the hands of departmental officers.
Investigations will continue.
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Eighteen months after he “survived” the brutal attack that killed his parents and brother, a former Perth student has confessed to their murders.
Henri van Breda, 21, has reportedly been arrested near Cape Town 18 months after the murders of his parents and older brother Rudi, 22.
Martin and Teresa van Breda – who raised their family in Western Australia for several years before returning to their native South Africa – and their eldest son were killed in their Stellenbosch mansion on January 27, 2015.
Their daughter Marli, 16, narrowly escaped death after being left with a severed jugular and fractured skull, while Henri escaped with only superficial injuries.
Martin and Teresa van Breda we killed in January 2015.
Marli miraculously survived the attack.
Three of the five members of the family were brutally murdered.
Henri told police an unknown intruder had attacked his family members with an axe before throwing the weapon at him, knocking him unconscious, a story Marli was unable to contradict as her injuries had left her with severe amnesia.
Suspicion first fell on Henri when the doctor who treated him told police he suspected his injuries were self-inflicted but the case stalled and Henri has been free until he handed himself in this week.
He has reportedly been charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
A grandmother in the UK was overjoyed after hearing a recording of her late-husbands voice inside a teddy bear.
The happy moment was filmed by 27-year-old Abbie Webb, who had the voice-recording bear repaired for her 83-year-old grandmother, Jean Walters.
Ms Walters – who has suffered from dementia for 11 years – lost her husband Dennis to lung cancer.
“To say she was ecstatic is an understatement,” Ms Webb told the Bristol Post.
Once the bear broke, Ms Webb was told it would not be able to be fixed.
However, she tracked down a specialist company to repair the bear.
“The thing is with her, with her dementia, she gets quite confused with emotion and sometimes she loses track of things, so I imagined should was just going to say thanks,” she said.
“It shocked me and all of my family that she was that taken aback by getting it back.
The clean-up from the last storm is barely complete but residents of Australia’s east coast are being warned to prepare for another deluge.
Early forecasts for this weekend are predicting another dangerous tempest, potentially resulting in heavy rainfall and high winds in Queensland and NSW, with up to 150mm of rainfall expected to fall within 24 hours.
Higgings Storm Chasing says a low pressure trough is on track to collide with a strong upper level trough, producing wild weather across western and south-west Queensland on Saturday and central and western NSW on Sunday.
On Monday, another low will potentially hit the NSW coast between Wollongong and Port Macquarie on Sunday evening, continuing into Monday.
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Sydney is expected to be hit at around 4pm on Monday.
It’s bad news for thousands of people still cleaning up from the last big storm, which caused more than $50 million in Queensland, NSW and Tasmania earlier this month.
If you’re one of those people who tend to reward yourself with a big ‘ole burger after Bikram Yoga, then perhaps you need to learn something today.
Put it this way – there’s no point in going for that early morning jog if you plan on having a pop tart for breakky, and while we all have weak moments and sometimes accidentally have to eat a Kit Kat after climbing 12 flights of stairs (what? Don’t judge!), it’s much better to know the best fuel to put in your body which will compliment the all the hard work you just performed.
It may sound obvious, but the food you feed your body before and after your workout is actually part of the crucial formula to losing weight, building lean muscle and getting the most out of your training.
So without further ado, here are our top tips for what to eat before and after you hit the gym.
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Why you should eat before a workout:
Just because science has discovered that the body can burn the same amount of fat on either a full or empty stomach, it doesn’t mean you should skip breakfast.
When the body has no protein to burn, it turns to your muscles for fuel – meaning that if you choose to work out on an empty stomach, your body will likely lose the abs you worked so hard to gain in the first place.
To prevent this as well as any tiredness and muscular fatigue, you’re going to want to fuel up the right way before you hit the gym.
Try and include some form of complex carbohydrate, as well as a protein.
For breakfast, this can include a piece of whole wheat toast with almond butter, cinnamon and banana or a goodness-packed smoothie with berries, yogurt and bran.
Or for a savoury option, try crackers with hummus or brown rice with baked sweet potato, broccoli and olive oil.
Avoid mid-workout grumbles with a healthy fuel up.
Why you should eat after a workout:
After finishing a sweat session, your body is looking for some kind of energy source to replenish the glycogen you just used up in your last star jump.
Since this is usually the time those fried food cravings set in, it’s important to have something small on hand to tide you over.
Experts recommend munching on a small amount of carbohydrates shortly after exercise such as a small sandwich, banana smoothie or a handful of popcorn and then indulging on a proper meal 45 minutes later.
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What you should eat after a workout:
Eating lean proteins and healthy fats 45 minutes after a workout will give your body the best chance to build lean muscle, refuel and recover for your next session.
Try a green leaf salad with avocado, egg, chickpeas and baked potato for an easy lunchtime whip-up.
And for something a little bit more hearty, try baked salmon with veggies and a squeeze of lemon juice.
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