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The Dear Body Podcast

089 - Fitness, Reality Tv + Unshakeable Confidence With @JenniferWestOfficial

The Dear Body Podcast

Jessi Jean

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.7652 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been around someone who has this unshakeable confidence and wondered how you can bottle up some of that for yourself? Me too! Today, Jenny West joins us and everyone needs a bit of her energy. Jenny shares how she got to this confident place, started embracing her body and how she works out to be strong and able. You’ll learn Jenny’s top tips for cultivating confidence, the powerful mindset shift she had in appreciating her body and the ‘aha’ moment where she started sharing more vulnerable posts on social media. You’ll also get an inside look at what reality tv is like and her journey on MTV’s The Challenge, which she won!    In this episode: -2:30 Jenny shares what her upbringing was like and when she first became aware of her body  -5:15 Jenny shares how the older she gets the less cares! You’re never going to please everyone -6:45 Jenny shares how she was always quite muscle-y and how this has worn her confidence down until recently when she started embracing it  -7:00 A powerful mindset to see your body as capable, strong and able -10:00 You’re never going to please everyone so why not just embrace what you’ve got going on! -11:00 How incredible the human body is and what a beautiful gift it is -12:00 Jenny shares how she first got into fitness to change her body but quickly became addicted to the way weights and working out made her feel. -12:45 Working out is for your mental health & to ensure you live a long life -13:30 What diet culture is and the difference between it and healthy living -14:15 Switch from how you’re looking to how you FEEL -16:00 How Jenny got into reality tv and her experience winning MTV’s the challenge -20:00 You are always capable of more than you think, you have another “gear” that you may not know about just yet -26:00 Jenny shares the ‘aha’ moment when she started sharing more vulnerable posts on social media -28:00 Jenny shares her TOP tips on how to cultivate more confidence -31:00 How important it is to have a solid group of friends that build you up -33:00 Jenny shares how to pursue fitness from a place of self love and respect rather than hatred Find more of Jenny: Jenny’s Instagram: @jenniferwestofficial   Links: Click here to get your free Food Freedom Holiday Guide!    Remember to sign for Jessi’s VIP email list here where she shares exclusive content, PDF's + other tools. *You don’t want to miss the 1st email which includes an EPIC workbook guide for alll my visual gals on Nervous System Regulation!   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!

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome. This is Jesse Jean and you're listening to the Dear Body Podcast.

0:07.7

I spent 10 years stuck in the diet binge cycles hating my body and envying women who seem to have it all because I never felt enough.

0:15.9

And what I discovered in my journey to food freedom, radical self-love, and becoming an eating psychology coach is this.

0:22.5

You can either live your life at war with your mind or learn to work in sync with it.

0:27.8

And that is what this podcast is all about.

0:31.0

We get real, we get raw, and we hold nothing back.

0:35.6

So if you're ready to learn how to work in sync with your mind and evolve your life,

0:40.2

welcome to the show.

0:46.9

Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Dear Body podcast.

0:50.8

We are going to keep the fitness theme going by bringing on another really,

0:56.0

really incredible fitness influencer on the show. That is, she has a mission to to bridge

1:02.3

the gap between fitness and body confidence. Jenny West is with us today. And she's a personal

1:07.8

trainer, an athlete. And you may have even seen her on your TV screen where

1:13.4

she won MTV's The Challenge War of the World, too. She's incredible. She's a badass. And I'm really

1:18.4

excited to chat with her today. And talk to her about how she's navigated her way out of toxic

1:24.1

fitness culture, how she stays motivated from a place of self-love, and how she has

1:28.2

cultivated this unshakable confidence. And so much more, Jenny, welcome to the show. Oh, thank you so

1:33.9

much for having me. That is such a flattering intro. I'm so excited to have you. I was blushing.

1:41.2

I'm so happy to have you. I'm so happy you're here. And I'm excited for us to continue to bridge the gap between the fitness world and those

1:50.1

who are seeking a healthy relationship with food and their body.

1:54.0

And we were talking before we, you know, before we hit record on this interview,

1:57.5

we're talking about how those that come from the kind of intuitive eating,

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