Victoria Garrick Browne
Victoria is a 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, TEDxTalk speaker, mental health advocate, podcast host of Real Pod, and former Division I Athlete who has amassed 2M+ followers across social media where she's known for her unfiltered campaign, #RealPost.
Victoria first began sharing her story of how she battled and overcame depression & anxiety as a student-athlete in her 2017 TEDx Talk, “The Hidden Opponent,” which has been viewed over 600,000 times. She delivered the talk as a sophomore member of the University of Southern California Women's Volleyball Team, where she was a four-year starter, PAC-12 Champion, and finished her career with the top five most digs in program history.
She has been featured in Women’s Health, Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, The Players’ Tribune, Meet The Press, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and The Drew Barrymore Show. She is also the Founder & Chair of the Board for the mental health non-profit, The Hidden Opponent, which is a national partner of Adidas and was recognized as a standout resource for athletes by Kobe Bryant.
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Victoria brings her message of authenticity to life daily on her social media platforms as well as her podcast, Real Pod, which has surpassed 8M downloads and featured guests like Katie Couric, Rainn Wilson, Mike Posner, & Kerri Walsh-Jennings.
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Victoria also tours the country speaking at business conferences and universities throughout the country in hopes of destigmatizing the conversation around mental health and encouraging all people to be their unfiltered selves.
THE #REALPOST MOVEMENT
For years, I felt trapped by the pressure to appear perfect - the kind of perfection glorified on social media. The highlight reels, the flawless photos, the curated lives... it all left me feeling like I had to keep up, even if it meant sacrificing my own well-being.
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Behind the polished images I shared, I was quietly unraveling. I was battling anxiety, a binge eating disorder, and a deep depression that felt impossible to escape. My life may have looked ideal from the outside, but I was secretly struggling to survive under the pressure.​
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Everything changed when I chose to embrace my imperfections and live authentically. That decision inspired #RealPost - a commitment to only portraying what is REAL. When you follow me, you’ll never be deceived by filters or Photoshop, just my real life as it is.
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I invite you to join the #RealPost movement and discover the freedom of showing up as your true self!
It is SO IMPORTANT to remember when you are scrolling through your feed that social media IS! NOT! REAL!
"Here’s your reminder that social media is deceiving!! In just 5 seconds (and with no editing on either photo) my body can look completely different based on posing."
"not pictured: the social anxiety I’ve been battling. i’m overthinking everything these days, even interactions with my closest people - for what?!"
"Imagine if I only posted the edited photo… "
