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Hi friends and welcome to the papaya podcast.

I'm your hostess, Try and Hermostis, Sarah Nicole.

And each week I'm going to be dishing out some sweetness mixed in with some seeds of wisdom

or something like that. So get ready to get inspired,

get candid, get real, because we are all in this digital space together.

Woo, I'm excited. Today I just get to podcast with an Instagram friend. We've known each other

for freaking ever. But what's so fun about having you on

is that I was just saying this to you before I started that I don't typically go and read

everybody's backstory. I just like to jump in on the ride, in on the experience. And Jane

Mattingly, you are somebody who is quite an experience to follow.

You are such a gentle human in the way that you move through this world with honestly a world that's really harsh and so many different ways.

But I followed you so much because you talk a lot about, I mean, you are not just disabled, but you also talk about body image and eating disorders. And there's a lot that there is to learn

for me. And then there's a lot that I just mirror myself in your experiences. But tell me how

you came into this place of talking about, you know, recovery and self-love was this, like,

where is the beginning of the story? Bring me back to before I hit the follow button.

Yes. Oh my gosh. So I think, yeah, I started recovery, loving care as a business and as a blog.

Right when I was in the middle of getting my master's degree in

clinical mental health counseling, I identify as fully recovered from my eating disorder.

And I went to go and get my master's so I can work and help people within their recovery

journeys and specialize in that. And I just noticed like a big gap within treatment and understanding of eating disorders.

And this was like six years ago.

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