October 01, 2019

025 - Orgasms, Eating Disorders & Healing Body Image Struggles with @maryscupoftea

1 hour 23 minutes

If there are aspects in your life where you’ve ever struggled with feeling worthy, whether that be in friendships, relationships, or even the bedroom then you need to hear this episode. Today Jessi is joined by guest, Mary Jelkovsky. Mary is a former bikini competitor turned self-love advocate who hosts worldwide retreats to help people with their own self-love journey. They discuss eating disorders, what they looked like for them and how they showed up in their lives. Mary shares why you should view your body as an experience, rather than an image and why you’re absolutely worthy of receiving pleasure. She dives into a few tips for finding a vibrator that works for you and learning to accept yourself as you are.

In this episode:

Mary’s journey of competing, eating disorders, body issue struggles to prominent self-love advocate

Seeking help from a naturopath doctor for her eating disorder and realizing that she had a problem

Moving away to Canada for school and healing from her eating disorder

How young people are vulnerable, especially when it comes to the internet and social media

Seeking unconventional ways to get therapy and finding acceptance with gaining weight

Why you should learn to self-coach or invest in a coach for yourself

Feeling unworthy of help and that your struggles aren’t valid with the issues that you face

Mary’s advice for those struggling with self-confidence and how liberating it can be to learn to accept yourself

Tips for navigating out of bad body image days

Why Mary doesn’t have fitness goals and what she focuses on instead

Feeling confident during intimacy and incorporating vibrators

Why our body is an experience, not an image

Knowing that your worthy of experiencing pleasure

How Mary feels about face filters and how they affect us

The trauma that women feel around friendship breakups

What Mary’s self-love retreats entail and how you can become involved

Links:

Self-Love Africa Retreat Details and Application

Connect with Mary:

Website

Instagram

YouTube

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