Episode 546: Evie Jimenez, Eating Disorder

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

My friend Evie Jimenez (BYU Student, RM, Age 21) joins us to bravely talk about her eating disorder (anorexia nervosa). She discusses personal daily battles with the disorder since her diagnosis at age 11 and the difficulty of those years on a personal, family, and social level. Evie then talks about her road to hope and healing (family support, accepting her disorder, therapy, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ). She offers honest and vulnerable stories about the mental dialogue of her disorder including counting calories in the sacrament bread. Evie is now in recovery. She is looking forward to finishing her education at BYU and a career helping others recover from eating disorders. If you are working to solve an eating disorder or help others, please listen to this podcast. Evie’s story will help you. Thank you Evie for being on the podcast. You are brave and courageous. I was deeply moved hearing your story! ** Please Check Out My New Book (Improving Latter-day Saint Culture; link below)** Deseret Book: https://deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-love Amazon: amazon.com/dp/1462139566

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:08.6	My guest in my home is a BYU student, Evie Jimenez.
0:13.0	Welcome to the podcast, Evie.
0:15.0	Thank you for having me.
0:16.0	I'm really excited to be here.
0:17.0	I met Evie because I did a guest lecture in a psychology class at BYU and Professor Woods class.
0:23.5	And this led us doing a podcast together.
0:27.1	And Evie is going to talk about her journey with an eating disorder.
0:30.7	We've done a few podcasts on this topic, but it's been a long time.
0:35.1	And it's an area I don't know a lot about, but it's an area where I recognize that
0:38.9	really faithful Latter-day Saints are working through eating disorders.
0:42.1	So I'm really grateful for Evie's courage to reach out and do this podcast.
0:47.4	It's really brave to talk about an eating disorder on a public platform like this.
0:52.7	But I think Evie is doing this to help others that have an
0:57.2	eating disorder and maybe help you if you've got people in your circle.
1:01.6	If you're a parent or a local leader or a friend of someone with an eating disorder,
1:06.0	things hopefully will come to your mind to help you help them.
1:10.2	Is that okay for an introduction?
1:12.1	Yeah, that's perfect. Tell our listeners what you're studying at BYU.
1:16.0	I'm a psychology major at BYU and I recently added a minor in nutrition.
1:23.1	And tell our listeners where you grew up and where you served your mission.
1:27.3	I'm from Chandler, Arizona originally, and I served a mission in Idaho, Pocatello.
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