Welcome to season two of Falling For You with Dani Venn! This podcast is all about becoming more comfortable in your own skin, living life on your own terms and becoming a better version of yourself. These are real conversations with people that have changed their life - and they might inspire you too! 

I couldn't think of a better way to kick off season two than with Lola Berry, someone that has truly had a crack at life and dared to do what most wouldn't even dream. Lola is someone that has led a pretty public life as Lola Berry, one of Australia's most recognisable nutritionists and most successful authors having published 11 books this November with her new book "Fearlessly Failing". But if you scratch under the surface of success, you will learn that Lola has experienced her fair share of pain, failure and heart break that even resulted in anorexia for some of her adult life. So yes trigger warning, we do discuss eating disordered behaviour in this episode so you might need to turn it down in parts.  

I love this chat so much because it is candid, raw, honest and in it you will learn that Lola Berry wasn't always Lola Berry, she was born Lauren Smith, was even once a cool DJ called Lauren Heaven (and yes I even attended one of her gigs!) and then changed her life to become the "Steve Irwin of Nutrition" and pushed herself into the limelight by creating her own YouTube channel and knocking on the doors of Channel 10 to get her first gig. Lola "hustled" before it was a popular term, worked hard, copped failure on the chin and kept going. It was hard for me to hear her speak about how she suffered for so long with an eating disorder and putting her sense of value and self-worth in the hands and eyes of others, which materialised in self-sabotage and emotionally damaging relationships. But I am so happy to learn that Lola is now in such a good place in her life currently with her new partner "Bosso", living between LA and Byron (dreamy!) and pursuing her dreams of acting in the USA. Lola is a legend, she is an inspiration, but she also one of us, someone that has gone through lots of shitty times but it doesn't mean that it has kept her down. In fact, it's done the opposite and through this chat you will learn just that. I really hope that you enjoy this chat as much as I did! 

Thanks so much for tuning into season two of Falling For You, I look forward to taking you on the journey of many amazing life stories with me. 

If you love what you are hearing, make sure to connect with me - Dani - over on insta @danivenn and of course connect with Lola Berry too @yummololaberry 

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You can learn more about me over at www.danivenn.com.au too. 

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