AP 022: Rachel Gainer || Using Self-Love to Rebuild after Loss

About Progress

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Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

"I had to find a new way. And I had to stop believing that I could do it all by myself, that I could get through everything on my own." Rachel Gainer was a lifelong perfectionist, until her world fell apart. She struggled through infertility, she let "getting healthy" go too far, she was overworked and not taking care of herself, and then she and her husband suffered two devastating losses in a row: a failed adoption and then the death of their baby girl. After adopting three more children, Rachel decided she needed to rebuild her life, and for her that meant surrendering control, getting rid of shame, and learning to love herself. Rachel shares about how harshly she viewed herself for so many years, what her true motives were behind striving to be perfect, what she learned from the lowest lows a parent can experience, how her daughter's death pushed her to rethink the way she viewed herself and her body, and how it's taken her six years of hard work to begin to see herself becoming the woman she wanted to be. You'll love what lessons this woman has to share with you, and her great bravery in her willingness to share her struggles and her weaknesses. Show Notes: Rachel's website and Instagram Monica's Facebook and Instagram profiles Contact Monica More Podcasts More on Do Something Do Something Highlight: Kelly Andrew's blogpost Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:38.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra oint, build in a playlist that will even get your
0:44.8	none up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. Christmas better with Pepsi Max. Welcome to About Progress, a podcast devoted to ordinary people who are striving to
1:17.4	make realistic improvements in their lives and reach their goals however big or
1:22.0	small.
1:23.2	We are building a community of men and women who love to push themselves
1:27.4	to overcome obstacles and make something special of their lives,
1:31.5	all when maintaining a healthy balance. In short, people who know life is
1:36.4	about progress, not perfection.
1:40.3	Hello and welcome to today's podcast. I apologize for the gruff voice I'm still under the weather
1:45.4	If you've been here before thank you for listening in again and if you can take a moment to
1:50.3	subscribe that would be great as well as leave a review on iTunes.
1:54.4	And if this is your first time a special thank you for joining in.
1:58.7	If you like what you hear you can access more of my podcast episodes through my archives which I've linked
2:04.1	in the show Notes and you can also find me at about progress.com or on social
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