"You Don’t Need to Lose Weight to Be Loved"
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
*This episode may be triggering to those with sensitivities around eating disorders.
UNFILTERED; I’m joined by Jackie Shames, a woman who opens up about her long-term struggle with her body image and an eating disorder. We hear how her ED impacted her dating life and made her feel like she wouldn’t find love if she didn’t look a certain way. She shares how she’s worked through it, how therapy has helped her, and why she no longer feels like she needs to lose weight to be loved. We discuss whether or not you should date with an ED, if, when and how you should communicate about it to someone you’re dating, tips for feeling confident when going on dates, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to seeing other people unfiltered. |
| 0:14.0 | Each Thursday on Unfiltered, I'll be bringing on a different anonymous guests to open up about their real life dating experiences. |
| 0:20.6 | We'll discuss what |
| 0:21.3 | they went through or are going through, how they navigated it, what they've learned, and |
| 0:24.9 | what advice they have to anyone else going through something similar. Unfiltered is your |
| 0:29.0 | reminder that no matter what you're going through, you're not alone. If you have a topic that |
| 0:33.0 | you'd like to discuss on Unfiltered, please email your story to seeing other people podcasts at |
| 0:37.3 | gmail.com to be considered for an episode. Please email your story to Seeing Other People podcast at gmail.com |
| 0:37.9 | to be considered for an episode. Real people, real stories, real life. This is Seeing Other People Unfiltered. |
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| 1:06.9 | free shipping hi guys I am Jackie Chamas and I'm here to talk about body acceptance, loving yourself and dating once |
| 1:17.2 | you've learned to really accept who you are and accept your body. |
| 1:21.6 | I am so glad that you're here and that you reached out and thought about doing this episode because |
| 1:28.1 | I think so many of us, I'd say way more of us than not have struggled with everything you |
| 1:35.7 | just said. And I think that it is something that makes dating really, really difficult when you |
| 1:42.7 | don't feel comfortable in your body, when you don't |
| 1:45.4 | feel like you're good enough because of the way you look, because of how much you weigh, whatever |
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