Reading Her Diary Jess Jones

In this episode I have a beautiful chat with my good friend Lily Bunce Redding. Lily is a yoga teacher and about about to start a Masters degree in Nutrition. 

She is very raw & honest in sharing how she developed an eating disorder after being bullied as a teenager and how it's affected her physically and emotionally. She shares her experience of recovery and how she's now incredibly proud to say that she loves herself, especially as she struggled with self acceptance in the past. 

Lily wants to help spread the 'anti-diet' message, as she believes restrictive eating will only get you so far and often does more harm than good. From her experiences, Lily is now on a mission to help others build healthy, sustainable relationships with food and their bodies. 

Trigger warning: This episode discusses themes which may be triggering to some listeners. Themes around eating disorders, Orthoexia, Bulimia, bullying. 

This week's guest is Maddie Ross, Founder and Director of Girl Code Theatre - an award winning, Brighton based theatre company that aims to ask difficult questions through verbatim storytelling. The company's latest documentary 'Still Not Getting It' shares the stories of people who were sexually harassed in the Brighton area during lockdown. 

Maddie shares insights on what sexual harassment really means and why any type of harassment should never be tolerated or normalised. 

We also have a discussion around therapy and how it has helped both us to deal with challenges, as well as helping us better understand & accept ourselves. We talk about the different kinds of therapy and how it isn't always rainbows & butterflies(!) but why we'd still highly recommend it. 

TRIGGER WARNING: This conversation may be triggering for some listeners. We talk about sexual harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual trauma, eating disorders.

Instagram links: 

@girlcodetheatre

@readingherdiary

@jessjones108

My beautiful friend Richa Ekka shares her story of growing up in India and fearing sex, to now living in Australia and supporting people in their healing around trauma and sexual shame. She has recently moved to Port Macquarie and works as a breathwork facilitator and sex, love and relationship coach. 

She is raw and honest in sharing the challenges she's faced, in particular around the shame she felt from contracting herpes in her early twenties.

Richa has an incredible energy and she's an example to me of how you can rise above challenges and traumatic experiences. In fact, those experiences can be a force for positive transformation and they can even equip you with the tools to support others in their healing. 

Instagram links: 

@richaekka

@readingherdiary

@jessjones108

In this episode I have an open and honest conversation with Lu Madden, a successful social media & brand strategist based in Austin, Texas.

Lu shares powerful insights into what it means to have a healthy relationship with social media and why authenticity is key if you really want to engage with people online.

She shares her personal experience of becoming more comfortable with self expression on social media. Her journey has included sharing dance videos, inspiring others by talking about mentoring & sharing epic Spotify playlists. 

Instagram links:

@lu_madden

@readingherdiary

@becomingmorejess

In this week’s episode I speak with Amy Louise Cash, a transformational coach who specialises in relationships. In this conversation she shares so much wisdom about self love, vulnerability, soul contracts and trusting your instincts. 
Amy openly shares how being raped when she was 16 was the catalyst for her journey of self love & choosing a career as a coach. Even though trauma is awful and messy, Amy believes it can be a huge gift for us to learn and grow as humans. 
As always, listen to the end of the episode for journal prompts that you can use yourself to reflect on this conversation.
Instagram links:

@amylouisecash
@readingherdiary
@becomingmorejess

Disclaimer: As mentioned above, this podcast does include reference to sexual trauma. Explicit language is used in this episode. 

In this week's episode I speak with Meg Allin, who openly shares their journey of coming out as Non-binary. We discuss navigating pronouns, labels and the difference between gender and sexuality.  Earlier this year Meg decided to quit University and is now involved in activism as a Greenpeace speaker on the radio and they're also training to become a facilitator in Relationships & sex education (RSE).
As always listen to the end of the podcast where I share some journal prompts for you. I hope you enjoy this episode! If you like it please do follow it and leave a rating & review, it really helps!

Jess xx
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@enrich_rse
@meg_allin
@readingherdiary
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