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    255: Mary Jelkovsky on The Gift of Self Love

    enApril 16, 2021

    About this Episode

    Mary Jelkovsky is the creator of Mary’s Cup of Tea, an online platform that empowers women to be more confident in their bodies and love themselves unconditionally. After recovering from an eating disorder, Mary started her Instagram account @maryscupofteaa to help women heal body-image struggles and find self-love. Now, Mary Jelkovsky is a published author, TEDx speaker, and women’s self-love retreat host. She also has a podcast called Mary’s Cup of Tea where she shares self-love and body-image advice and talks about all things women’s empowerment.

     

    Mary also just came out with her new book called The Gift of Self-Love which is a workbook to help you build confidence, recognize your worth, and learn to finally love yourself. Written like a letter to a close friend, this self-improvement book provides practical advice and exercises that will help you finally love yourself. 

     

    *Please note we do briefly discuss sexual assault in this episode, so if this is triggering for you this may not be the best episode for you to listen to.

     

    In this episode we discuss:

     

    • Mary’s journey of recovery and to creating her business, Mary’s Cup of Tea.
    • How Mary came to realize chasing the thin ideal would never give her positive body image.
    • The dichotomy between unwanted and wanted attention as a woman.
    • Disordered eating vs eating disorders and why for so many of us its hard to get diagnosis, treatment and support.
    • The 3 step process to use when we have negative self talk.
    • Examples of what it looks like to reframe negative body image thoughts.
    • How Mary practices wellness without obsession.
    • All about Mary’s new book, the Gift of Self Love.

     

    Learn more about Mary:

     

    Click here to download our free e-book, How to Eat for Hormones.

     

    Resources for you:

     

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    For every guest that comes on the show, we donate money to Loveland Foundation. The Loveland Foundation, a foundation that provides therapy and  healing to Black women and girls. We are honored to donate monthly to the Loveland Foundation, and you can learn more and donate yourself here.

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