Welcome to the Mary's Cup of Tea podcast. I'm your host, Mary Jolkowski. I'm an author, speaker,

an all-around self-love advocate. And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.

Hello, myself lovers. Welcome to another episode of the Mary's Cup of Tea podcast. I'm going to keep

this introduction short because this episode with Jessie Jean is just so juicy and I cannot

wait for you to hear it. But in case you don't know who Jesse is, she is a certified mind-body

eating coach who turned her decade-long struggle with food and body into

her mission. Now she helps women all over the world end the fight with food using unique

brain-based techniques so they can have a peaceful relationship with food and unshakable

confidence in their bodies. Actually, what you may not know is that Jesse and I are close friends outside of the

internet. And what's even crazier is that I used to follow her back in my fitness days. And she was a

huge role model for me back when we were both bodybuilding and doing these competitions. And then a

couple years later, I reffound her with this brand new

message. So it's a huge full circle moment for me. And I am continuously just so inspired by

Jesse's vulnerability and strength and growth. Jesse has actually been on the Mary's Cup of

Tea podcast a couple of years ago in episode

number 17, where we talk specifically about the science of food freedom and tools and

techniques that are very tactical for overcoming binge eating.

So if you want to listen to that episode afterwards, I highly recommend you do so. But I figured

since this was my second interview with Jesse, I wanted to go a couple different directions and

just expand the range. So in this episode, Jesse talks to us about how to create and nurture

meaningful adult friendships. I think making adult friendships is difficult and can be

intimidating. And I found myself taking notes as Jesse was talking because some of these tips are

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