248: Danny J: Saved By The Daughter She Placed For Adoption (Part 2)

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Please Note: This is Part 2 of Danny-J’s story. If you didn’t listen to Episode 246 last week, go back and listen to that first! Danny-J is an award-winning entrepreneur, coach, podcast host, and storyteller. As the former founder of The Sweaty Betties, an online fitness community, Danny-J discovered the most effective method for capturing attention and increasing revenue—sharing personal and brand stories. Danny-J's work can be heard in her weekly podcast, The Best Life Podcast and can be followed in real time on all the social media platforms. As a real-life example of "Truth is Stranger than Fiction" she uses her real "Jerry Springer Life" stories to engage with her audience, teaches life lessons and inspires others to rewrite their stories. Danny-J now teaches innovative brands and influencers to close more sales, become better leaders and blow up their brands with the irresistible power of sharing. She also helps tens of thousands of families become debt-free by sharing her real life getting out of debt story and challenge #FindTheMoneyProject. I have been following Danny on social media for a while now. When I learned she gave up a baby for adoption as a teen mom, I asked her to come on the show to be interviewed as a Shameless Mom. Danny’s story is filled with trauma and heartache, but it ends in triumph and so much love and joy that she could never have anticipated as a young desperate and clinically depressed young woman. In this interview, we dive deep into Danny’s childhood, which was deeply impacted by her family’s religion, sexual abuse at the hands of her cousin, learning her biological father was a sperm donor, a serious eating disorder, depression with ongoing suicidal ideation, and a pregnancy at age 15 that ultimately saved her life. Listen in to hear Danny share: How having a baby at 16 saved her from her eating disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts How giving up her baby actually gave her life purpose again How her grown daughter coached her on meeting her sperm donor bio dad last year How opening all the doors in her biological family relationships has improved all her relationships with her parents Why she is a Shameless Mom even though she didn’t raise her daughter Links Mentioned: Connect with Danny: Danny J Danny’s podcast with Jill Coleman: The Best Life Podcast(Episodes 18 and 19 are her adoption story and her interview with her daughter) The Best Life Podcast on Instagram Danny J on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 248 with Danny Jay. Show notes for this episode,
0:05.8	including all links mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes for our sponsors,
0:10.7	can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 248.
0:19.5	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:25.0	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:31.2	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about
0:36.4	the Shameless Mom Academy is our community.
0:38.5	So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms
0:43.0	just like you. You can find us over at shamelessmom.com forward slash Facebook. All right,
0:49.3	let's dive into today's episode.
0:55.8	Hello, Shameless Moms.
0:57.3	This is part two of my interview with Danny Jay.
1:00.2	If you didn't listen to part one, that was last Wednesday, episode 246, make sure you
1:04.9	go listen to that first because this episode won't make a ton of sense to you without
1:08.4	that backstory.
1:09.9	And today we are going to be talking
1:11.4	with Danny Jay and you will learn all about who she is in episode 246. You will learn about the
1:16.6	beginning of her journey as a teenage mother who was struggling with a serious eating disorder.
1:23.8	She was seriously depressed with ongoing suicidal ideation at the time that she found out that she was pregnant.
1:29.4	She had been suffering sexual abuse at the hands of her cousin.
1:32.6	She was going through all sorts of tumultuous situations with her family in regards to their religious beliefs.
1:39.3	Things were rough.
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