Curvy, Catholic, and Done Comparing with Francesca Jansen

🍪 Francesca Jansen got pregnant with twins barely a year into her marriage, tore her ACL right before a missionary program she'd planned her whole life around, and spent years believing she wasn't worth pursuing because of her weight. In this conversation with Liv Harrison, she gets radically honest about what it's like to be a plus-size young mom in the Catholic world and how she stopped letting the internet define her worth.They also dig into the breastfeeding guilt no one talks about, why surrender isn't a one-time thing, and how Saint Maria Goretti taught her to forgive herself. This one's for you if you've ever scrolled past a friend's photo and felt like you didn't measure up.💛 Guest BioFrancesca Jansen is a Catholic content creator, handmade jewelry maker, and twin mom based in Chicago. She runs Ite Ad Joseph, an Etsy shop where she designs faith-inspired jewelry by hand after her boys go to sleep. Francesca is known online for her honest, unfiltered perspective on body image, young motherhood, and navigating faith as a plus-size woman in the Catholic space. She lives in the city with her husband Christian and their twin sons, Joseph and Benedict. Follow Francesca: https://www.instagram.com/francescajanssen_/Chapters00:00 Babies and Beautiful Chaos00:40 Meet Fran: Twin Mom at 2403:44 The Unsolicited Advice Industrial Complex05:00 Newly Married, Immediately Outnumbered06:43 "Trying to Find Myself Through Other People"08:50 Falling Down Stairs Tearing ACL10:55 First Dates and the Feast of St. Joseph13:30 "Never Thought I Was Worth Pursuing"15:00 Liv's 300-Pound Weight Loss17:30 Friends Who Make a Living Being Beautiful20:20 Pregnant, Plus-Size, Carrying Twins23:00 "If I Just Hit This Number" Lie25:50 Every Woman Sees Something She'd Change27:20 Curvy Catholic Fashion Finds30:30 Learning to Forgive Yourself34:20 Twin Mom Survival Tips35:50 Breastfeeding Guilt Nobody Talks About38:10 Birth Plans, Epidurals, and Letting Go of "Superwoman"40:40 Where Comparison Really Starts41:10 Fran's Jewelry Shop43:10 Prayer Requests and Closing