Jessi sits down with us for a solo episode this week and bravely shares about her current struggles. She discusses how we as humans face challenges, bad days, loneliness and that it is totally normal. Jessi shares what her most recent mental breakdown looked like and what helped her through it.

In this episode:

• Jessi normalizes having bad days, mental breakdowns and low energy.

A few questions when you’re feeling in a funk or feeling low:

What do you need most in this moment?

Whats good in your life right now?

What are you thankful for?

Normalize pain, normalize the struggle in your life.. its part of being human. You are not weak, its a human experience.

Please let me know if you enjoyed and can relate to this episode. Send me a DM on Instagram: @jessijeannn 

Links:

Join me for The Food Freedom Online Program. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

You can either live your life at war with your mind or learn to work in sync with it. If you’re ready to work in sync with your mind and evolve your life, welcome to The Dear Body Podcast! Our mission is to help driven women have an easy and effortless relationship with food and unshakeable self-confidence in their own body. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode & learn more about us here!

In this episode, Food Freedom Online Program Client, Molly shares her incredible story. Her struggles with food and body began at a young age after her father went to prison. Like many of us, she began using food to cope and numb out. Molly walks us through how she processed many challenging events in her life and ultimately found the courage to rise above and pursue healing. Molly encourages all women who have faced trauma in the past to not let your past define you.

In this episode:

• Where + why her struggles with food started

Links:

Body Image Breakthrough Intensive

Free Morning Routine Challenge

Join me for The Food Freedom Online Program. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

In this episode, I sit down with mama to be health influencer Carly Ann Dell. Carly shares her journey from high school sports to bikini competing to balance. Carly shares how she once found value in being the smallest version of herself and how she has progressed to understanding more of herself, appreciating the health journey and ultimately recognizing her inherent worth. You will leave this episode feeling encouraged to continue finding balance and reinventing yourself in every season of life. It’s time to embrace the hot mess!

In this episode:

• How we search for titles to feel validated, find safety and belonging

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/carlyanndell/

https://carlyanndell.com/

https://carlyanndell.com/podcast

Join me for The Food Freedom Online Program. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

You can either live your life at war with your mind or learn to work in sync with it. If you’re ready to work in sync with your mind and evolve your life, welcome to The Dear Body Podcast! Our mission is to help driven women have an easy and effortless relationship with food and unshakeable self-confidence in their own body. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode & learn more about us here!

Today two members at Rise With Me, Carlie and Sydney, sit down with me and discuss what we as a team are doing to end the fight against racism. We are learning, growing + committed to consistent action. We are not experts on racism, just simply sharing our experience and commitments moving forward in an effort to encourage you in your walk as well. Please learn from individuals who are anti-racism experts.

In this episode:

• Before recent current events what was our understanding of racism

Links:

Me and White Supremacy

Chrissy King’s website + Instagram

Color of Change

Center for Policing Equity

Girls for a Change

In this episode, Jessi is joined by one of her very first Food Freedom Online Program clients, Tilda. Tilda shares how far she has come since completing the course. She shares how she has completely transformed her life and gained confidence as a mother, women + author.

In this episode:

• Why she joined the Food Freedom Online Program

Links:

Tilda’s book, This is Post Partum

Instagram

Join me for The Food Freedom Online Program. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

Through the Food Freedom online program and social media, Jessi has seen several people discuss their fertility challenges. Many of them are curious about the possibility of their fertility challenges as it relates to their struggles with a disordered or unhealthy relationship with food. In this episode, Jessi had on Dr. Lauren Noel, a naturopathic doctor, host of the Dr. Lo Radio Show and the creator of an online course that helps people with fertility. Jessi and Lauren discuss working on the foundational pieces of your health (and why sleep is SO important). Lauren shares 3 tips for getting back on track and why you should reconsider your thoughts about self-care.  

In this episode:

• What Lauren does as a naturopathic doctor and how she got into this line of work 

Links:

Instagram

Website

Dr. Lo Radio Show

Golden Eggs Fertility 

Join me for The Food Freedom Breakthrough Masterclass. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

Opening yourself up to the world of energetics can be transformative. Feeling into your body will give you so much insight about yourself. In this episode, Jessi was joined by a psychic and mindset freedom coach, Tanin Matin. Tanin shares how she got into energetics work after working on Wall Street and being fed up with corporate America. She and Jessi talk about how your body knows what it needs for healing and where you can start to learn about your energy. They discuss how you attract things in your life and why you need to eliminate words that could hinder your progress from your vocabulary. They also talk about what an emotional release session is, how it could help you and why you should be open to additional healing modalities. 

In this episode:

• How she went from working in corporate America to energetics

Links:

Instagram

Website

Join me for The Food Freedom Breakthrough Masterclass. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

Did you know that we teach people how to treat us? It’s true. When we’re stretched and pulled outside of our comfort zone by others, those learned behaviors are from a lack of boundaries. In this episode, Jessi had on a FFM client, Caitlin Olsen. Caitlin is a marriage and family therapist who learned about the FFM from another client in her own community. Jessi and Caitlin discuss how Caitlin got into her work as a boundaries coach and why you absolutely need to create boundaries for a healthy life. They discuss how to set boundaries with those around you and how to identify where your boundaries are being violated in your life. 

In this episode:

• What Caitlin does as a marriage and family therapist

Links:

Website

Caitlin's Instagram

Caitlin's Facebook

029 - HER STORY - How Wife, Mom & FFM Client, Kylie, Beat Binge Eating & Rediscovered Her Passions

Join me for The Food Freedom Breakthrough Masterclass. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

Trigger Warning: In this episode, we may cover topics related to binging, purging and other mental health challenges. While we do talk about issues relating to food and body, some episodes may be more emotionally challenging or difficult and may make you uncomfortable. If the podcast feels triggering in any way, please turn it off and get the appropriate help. Remember, I am not a doctor, but an eating recovery coach. Enjoy the episode!

As a mom, healing from struggles with food and body is not only a gift to yourself but to your family too. In this episode, you’ll hear from Joni, a mother of five and client of the FFM who came on to discuss her journey of struggling with food and her body. She opens up about how a loss in her family opened her up to the idea of food as comfort at a young age. Joni shares how her struggles progressed over the years and affected her as a mom and wife. She and Jessi talk about her struggles with binging and purging and how she decided it was time to pull herself out of this struggle. Joni discusses what’s helped her the most through the course and her advice for other people who are pursuing healing. She talks about taking the power back in her life and overcoming dark times she was facing. 

In this episode:

• Where her struggles with food and body started

Join me for The Food Freedom Breakthrough Masterclass. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!

You can either live your life at war with your mind or learn to work in sync with it. If you’re ready to work in sync with your mind and evolve your life, welcome to The Dear Body Podcast! Our mission is to help driven women have an easy and effortless relationship with food and unshakeable self-confidence in their own body. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode & learn more about us here!

Trigger Warning: In this episode, we may cover topics related to sexual abuse, trauma, eating disorders and other mental health challenges. While we do talk about issues relating to food and body, some episodes may be more emotionally challenging or difficult and may make you uncomfortable. If the podcast feels triggering in any way, please turn it off and get the appropriate help. Remember, I am not a doctor, but an eating recovery coach. Enjoy the episode!

Have you ever considered yourself a sugar addict? In this episode, Jessi was joined by FFM client and Swedish actress Julija Green. Julija shares her story of struggling with food and her body for the majority of her life. She talks about how her struggles were brought on after being sexually abused and how she used food, specifically sugary food to numb out. Julija shares how this affected her dating life and how she saw intimacy. She discusses a movie she was working on and how a bad experience prompted her to drop out and create her own films. You’ll hear her experience of thinking she was a sugar addict and advice she’d give to her younger self. She also talks about her experience in the FFM and how her life has transformed since joining the course. 

In this episode:

• What prompted Julija’s struggles with food and body

Links:

Join me for The Food Freedom Breakthrough Masterclass. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again!