Cake For Dinner

How to Raise Strong Kids While Healing Yourself | Allison Walsh


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Today I sit down with Allison Walsh — author, entrepreneur, mental-health advocate, and founder of the She Believes She Could movement — sits down to share the raw truth behind her journey. From battling anorexia and bulimia as a teenager, to becoming Miss Florida, to building a career helping women turn their mess into their message, Allison reveals how vulnerability became her greatest strength.

Alongside her own story, Allison opens up about navigating her daughter’s severe eating disorder diagnosis — a mother’s worst fear — and how that chapter forced her to redesign her career, her priorities, and her identity.

This conversation is a masterclass in resilience, motherhood, authenticity, and reclaiming your voice. Whether you’re a parent struggling to support a child, a woman trying to find your purpose, or someone learning to step into your story, this episode will leave you changed.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why authenticity is more powerful than perfection
• How to turn your lived experiences into impact and purpose
• The reality of parenting a child battling mental health issues
• The importance of community, mentorship, and sharing your story
• How to unlearn perfectionism and build a life that actually supports you

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00:00 Introduction

00:27 Parenting Kids in Recovery
01:02 Turning Your Mess Into a Message
01:31 The Origin of Her Eating Disorder Story
03:15 The Mentor Who Changed Everything
04:12 Accountability Through Storytelling
06:17 What Fueled the Eating Disorder
08:14 “I Was So Alone”
09:20 Outpatient Recovery & Survival
10:36 Finding Community in the Eating Disorder Space
12:05 When Her Daughter Got Sick
14:04 Hospitalization & Six Months of Treatment
15:19 The Hardest Chapter of Her Life
17:20 Redesigning Her Entire Life
18:52 Healing the Drive for Perfection
21:12 “Who Not How” — Building Support
22:37 The Power of Belief
24:42 Helping Women Shape Their Stories
26:17 Unlearning Perfection & Becoming Yourself
29:02 The Truth About Reinvention
30:55 Hard-Earned Wisdom Through Life’s Crises
31:31 Parenting Honestly & Imperfectly
33:15 Teaching Kids It's Okay Not to Be Okay
34:10 How to Turn Your Mess Into a Message
36:04 You Already Have a Personal Brand
37:10 Authenticity Wins Every Time
38:11 How to Work With Allison

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