288: How Warrior Mom JJ Virgin Helped Her Son Thrive When Doctors Left Him For Dead
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In 2012, JJ Virgin was in a hospital room next to her sixteen-year-old son who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left for dead. She was told by doctors that he wouldn’t last through the night and to let him go.
With every reason to give up, JJ chose instead to invest her energy into the hope that her son would not just survive, but thrive.
In the latest episode of Food Heals, she shares the journey of overcoming the worst moment of her life.
It’s a story of western medicine and holistic healing modalities working together to heal a young man and a mom that wouldn’t take no for an answer.
During this difficult time, JJ learned valuable personal lessons that helped her rebuild her life and find success and purpose in herself, her work, and teach her sons and community how to face their own obstacles and trials.
JJ believes that inside every mother is a fierce, resilient, intuitive woman who has the ability to tap into an indomitable mindset and create heroic outcomes—for her children, her family, her community and for herself—she is a Warrior Mom!
Being hailed as “Sex and the City for Food,” The Food Heals Podcast brings together experts in the field of nutrition, health and healing to teach you the best-kept natural secrets to being a hotter, healthier, happier YOU!
The Food Heals Podcast is hosted by Allison Melody with co-hosts like Suzy Hardy, Leslie Durso, Whitney Lauritsen, Sophie Uliano, and more – all self-proclaimed natural chicks who will rock your world and change your beliefs about health!
This sexy, savvy show provides eco-friendly advice on a variety of issues including the healing power of nutrition, living authentically, turning your passion into your career, choosing the best natural health and beauty products, the benefits of a plant-based diet and so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Food Heels podcast, episode 288. If you've got a family member who's in a coma, they can hear you. |
| 0:09.0 | I always knew it. Like, I just knew that he could hear me. And in fact, he even said, you know, |
| 0:14.9 | mom, that gray man came down and asked me if I wanted to live or die. And it's really beautiful there. And I really |
| 0:22.3 | loved it there. And I really just wanted to stay there. But then I kept hearing your voice and I decided |
| 0:26.4 | to come back. Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts, Alison Melody and |
| 0:33.6 | Susie Hardy. Join the Food Hills Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself. |
| 0:41.1 | Warning, side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts |
| 0:44.4 | of living longer, an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and |
| 0:47.9 | Kewa, and a spike in Tinder matches. |
| 0:49.9 | In rare cases, people have experienced a strong desire to put down the Ben and Jerry's, get |
| 0:53.2 | off the couch, and take a walk outside. |
| 0:54.7 | If you experience any of these symptoms, tell your Facebook friends immediately. |
| 0:57.9 | All right, welcome, Food Heels Nation. |
| 0:59.9 | Thanks for joining me. |
| 1:00.7 | I'm Alison Melody. |
| 1:02.5 | Inside Every Mother is a fierce, resilient, and intuitive woman who has the ability |
| 1:08.1 | to tap in to an indomitable mindset and create heroic outcomes for her |
| 1:14.4 | children, her family, her community, and for herself. That's right. She is a warrior mom. In the book, |
| 1:22.5 | Warrior Mom, Celebrity Health Expert, and four-time New York Times best-selling author, JJ Virgin reveals |
| 1:29.4 | how one life-altering event taught her how to trust her instincts, pay attention to the details |
| 1:35.1 | that matter, and defy the odds. And she shares how you can do it too. In 2012, JJ was in a hospital |
| 1:43.3 | room next to her 16-year-old son who was struck by a hit |
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