Big Fat TeddyEd Edward Kiester

Today's episode was very impromptu and done without any planning or thought. I left counseling and had an epiphany and decided to air it for the whole world. Some realizations are too huge not to share. 

Today my cohost, Jerred, finally makes an appearance. He will be a good addition to add perspective and temper my self loathing flair ups. 

After posting just one episode of my podcast, an old friend listened and reached out to call BS on my  whole mind frame. Its interesting after all these years, to hear someone else's perceptions of you growing up. Turns out, I had her all wrong too. As so many of us feel so isolated while fighting our body images, it is comforting to know we aren't really alone. 

Bonus footage: Some parenting 101 classes at the very beginning of the episode. 

I have spent all but 2 years of my life, as the fat kid. How did I lose 110lbs only to gain it all back?!?! I never conquered the mental issues that lead to my obesity. Come with me as I try to untangle 42 years worth of shame, stigma, and inferiority and make last health changes. I know we all feel our stories are so unique, but in reality we share more commonality to the causes of our health standings than we can begin to know.  Their is strength in vulnerability, and power in solidarity. I hope you'll join me every week to see what issues we can remove from our processes. As my bump music says at the end of every show "we make crimes out of what were just events". Lets remove a lifetime of unnecessary mental baggage together.