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[Body Talk] Working through "MOM GUILT" and managing a CHRONIC health condition with Joni O'Donnell

Love & Learn

Jessica Flint

Education, Self-improvement

4.8580 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

"The only reason that I started manipulating food was to manipulate my body."

Join us for a candid talk with Joni O'Donnell, a certified intuitive eating counselor, body image coach, and facilitator of the Body Freedom program inside the Courage Club. Joni opens up about her personal journey with being recently diagnosed with Lipedema and the emotional challenges of living in a larger body. Tune in for a goldmine of insights and actionable tips for anyone navigating similar struggles. 

Body Acceptance: Joni emphasizes the importance of seeing her body as a teammate, not an enemy.

👗 Clothing & Body Image: Joni shares how she has shifted her focus towards comfort and personal style rather than hiding perceived flaws and signs of aging.

💬 Breaking the Cycle: Joni is breaking the intergenerational cycle of body shame by having open communication with her three daughters about her recovery journey. 

Don't miss this body talk aimed at fostering acceptance and body image resilience.
 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Today, I'm with Joni O'Donnell.

0:03.1

Joni is a certified intuitive eating counselor and body image coach.

0:07.2

She is the founder of a perfect amount of you, where she helps people make peace with food and

0:12.3

body struggles and free themselves from years of chronic dieting.

0:16.3

Joni is also one of our beloved facilitators of the Body Freedom program that we host inside of the

0:21.9

Courage Club. This is our evidence-based body image program, and it's just been a delight to see

0:27.8

Joni shine as a facilitator inside of it. Joni has a master's in education, multiple

0:33.7

coaching certifications, and decades of lived experience battling food and body. And I

0:39.4

absolutely just love to connect over Joni's story. Every time I connect with her, I learn new

0:45.2

things each time we talk. And so without further ado, Joni, so happy to have you here to, yeah,

0:52.0

talk body. Are you ready for some body talk? Oh, I'm ready, Jessica.

0:55.7

And thanks so much for having me. I always enjoy coming on a podcast with you. Likewise.

1:00.4

You and I were joking about, because you have Long Island roots that this show, like,

1:06.0

body talk. Back to like the body talk, like the SNL days. I don't know of any other listeners, but when I first thought of the show name, I like got

1:14.7

instantly into Mike Myers persona where Linda Richmond, coffee talk, wood swark.

1:21.1

I'm feeling a little for clamps.

1:23.6

I'm for clems.

1:25.6

Talk amongst yourselves.

1:27.2

I'll give you a topic.

1:29.7

That's exactly right.

1:31.2

You got it down.

1:33.2

So, Joni and I were thinking about doing Long Island accents the whole entire time, but decided to leave that imagination.

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