Healing from Disordered Eating By Choosing Worthiness (Jessica Battle)

In this conversation between Corban and Jessica Battle, she starts off telling a story from when she was seven years old and her father left her family in a difficult situation, and how that was the start of her damaging relationship with food. She shared how her eating choices caused shame as she grew up. At age 19 she was ready to loose weight, and did, but only with a severely limited diet, not addressing the issues that were causing the dysfunction. When she achieved a smaller size, she got more attention and acceptance which felt damaging as it reinforced the messaging that her size was the most important part of her worth. A year later she had gained back the weight. She dieted again, but this time realized she needed to do it differently. It was more sustainable, but she still needed to address her relationship with food itself, and the reasons she used food to cope.Finally, she committed to no longer be on a restrictive diet and felt brave enough to confront the things that were holding her back. Her personal growth was directly related to seeing herself differently, to learning and embracing her worthiness.Jessica Battle is a mindset coach and is known as the Queen of Pep-talks. She is the author of the book Battle for Growth, where she tells her story of loosing over a hundred pounds—twice, and how she healed her relationship with food in the process. Her podcast, Queen of Pep-Talks is a motivational masterpiece that helps women loose their bullshit excuses and show up in their lives. Find her podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, and follow her on Instagram  @join_jessica_xoLearn more about HopeGuide and Ryan Pink Join us on YouTube to watch full episodes Help us amplify the message!Please subscribe on your favorite podcast app!Please Rate and Review the podcast on Apple and Spotify!