This honest mama and Villa Grove native talks candidly about body image, mental health, disordered eating and the connection with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and a childhood that caused the need for peace and stability.
 
  Listen as the self-appointed CEO of ACE Homes, workhorse, content creator and full-time working woman, Alyssa, talks about building a 13K social media following while documenting the creation of their dream home and an aching struggle with mental health post-baby. Why did she choose to be a family of three? This episode focuses mostly on body image and why we never appreciate our body, how getting positive reinforcement for the way your body looks only fuels the disorder, making therapy a normal part of life, obsessive and controlled eating as part of OCD, saying goodbye to “skinny jeans” and finally, and most importantly, how not to push your issues with eating/body on your kids.

I am adding video podcasting to my repertoire of mediums. During this transition, I have banked a batch of episodes in the new studio. The infrastructure and powers that be aren't quite ready. If you want to listen to the audio version as normal, NOTHING will change for you. However, if you want to WATCH the full-length podcast, that option will now be available. In the meantime, stay with me and listen to these still relevant recordings of the HyperLocal(s) Podcast.

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