Jane McGuinness: Always Hungry — Losing the Weight and Finding Yourself

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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2026 · 22 MIN

Jane McGuinness: Always Hungry — Losing the Weight and Finding Yourself

from Hidden Secrets in Books · host Dominic

What if losing weight was never really about food—but about understanding what you were using food to cope with?In this episode, Dominic welcomes Jane McGuinness, Registered Clinical Counsellor, author, and recovering emotional eater, whose powerful memoir Always Hungry: How I Lost the Weight and Found Myself explores the deeper emotional story behind a 103-pound weight loss she has maintained for a decade.Jane shares what she discovered when she stopped chasing diets and began addressing the emotional roots of disordered eating. We explore body-image discrimination, diet culture, emotional eating, self-acceptance, and what it means to heal from the inside out.Her story also goes beyond food and weight. Jane opens up about divorce, parenting, life as an Australian expat in Canada, raising a neurodivergent child, and finding moments of humor and gratitude through life's most challenging seasons.This is an honest, deeply human conversation about food, identity, healing, and learning to see yourself beyond the number on a scale.Listen in as Jane McGuinness shares how she lost the weight—and, more importantly, found herself.📖 Read Always Hungry: How I Lost the Weight and Found MyselfAvailable on Amazon🌐 Connect with Jane:Jane McGuinness — WebsiteFacebookInstagram

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