Piece with Peace: Recent Episodes
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Piece with Peace is a series of interviews between Alexa, the founder of Piece with Peace positive body group, and guests who want to share their journeys with self-acceptance and love. Interested in sharing your story? Contact me on Facebook or Instagram @piecewithpeace or through email at piecewithpeace@yahoo.com!
Delaney talks about what coming out looked like for her and the forgiveness she learned to have for herself & others - because everyone makes mistakes and that’s what makes us human!
PRIDE month never ends 🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎 This season is dedicated to sharing self love & acceptance stories of people in the LGBTQ+ community!
In this episode, Amanda shares her experience with an eating disorder. She gives listeners insight to how emotional and impactful eating disorders are. Amanda reminds us that kindness is beautiful so throw it like confetti!
Gabby shares her story of how she has learned to love her “flaws” - she says it has taken a hell of a time to get here - and she is celebrating it! She wants everyone to know, even if you aren’t battling an eating disorder, whatever you are going through you can overcome and YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Haley talks about her experiences with her undiagnosed eating disorder. She shares her feelings while the eating disorder was present, what recovery felt and still feels like today.
Season 4 is dedicated to eating disorder awareness! Each episode shares a person’s story of their eating disorder, recovery & self love journey.
Sarah shares her 14 year journey in eating disorder recovery. Sarah shares her feelings towards her eating disorder, recovery and support systems.
Mariah shares how she learned to not let Karen down the street define who she is! Mariah reminds us all that the world is trying, but we can do little things each day to make the world a better place for everyone and for the generations to come.
Jenn tells her story on how she has become her own role model. She no longer allow stereotypes, past experiences or others’ opinions - not even those from the happiest place on earth - define who she is. Jenn has committed to learning how to love herself by surrounding herself with a loving squad, spending time alone and unpacking uncomfortable feelings.
Growing up in a predominately white space Bri talks about the differences she noticed as a child from hair style to body shape - as an adult she celebrates those differences. She wants people to know that we are all different and that is okay ! She also talks about her love for fashion and how superficial things, like getting your nails done, make her feel great - but you don’t need that to feel pretty.
Tune-in to Taylor sharing her story of how she learned to embrace and feel confident in who she is. Taylor challenges you to own your unique differences and be proud of who you are!
In celebration of Black History Month this season of Piece with Peace will only feature the stories of black women! Make sure you listen to the episodes that will be posted each Friday!
Piece with peace goes global with this episode ! Bianca, from Australia is a therapist, hypnotherapist and counselor who works closely with eating disorders - What is your relationship with yourself like? Do you treat yourself well? How are you feeling? YOU WILL BE ASKING YOURSELF ALL IF THESE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THIS EPISODE!!
Heather takes pride in calling people out to help them and when she got called out by a friend - about her dramatic weight loss and eating habits - she didn’t want to believe it, but she eventually realized she was battling an eating disorder... all this and more is talked about as she shares her self-love journey!
Frankie’s interview will have you cracking up and applauding her real-ness as she talks about her changing definition of beauty, finding beauty in all things around her and goes IN on how even if you appear to meet society’s beauty standards - by being skinny - you are not exempt from struggling with body image, comparison and the pressures of what society says you “should” be. Also - WARNING - listening to this episode will have you searching for a cold water and leave you eager to jump in a hot bath !
Part 1 of Carla’s Interview - Carla shares how her photography businesses lead her to fulfilling her life purpose. Once she started living that purpose all of the “stars” aligned in her life - she also reflects on her journey of how she got to where she is today. From friendships, struggles, setting boundaries, motherhood, mental illnesses - (agoraphobia, postpartum, anxiety, ocd) ... she is real about it all.
Look for part 2 some time soon, where we will talk more about relationships.
Listen to Lauren deliver the realest talk! She shares her self love journey on learning that her “broken” body is still a WORTHY body - we discuss eating disorder triggers, invisible illnesses and how relationships can help or hurt your self love!
Jess the owner of Bitz of Glitz, a fashion boutique in Uniontown, talks about how her passion allows her to help women feel beautiful. Her boutique features cute clothes that fit all body types - Jess feels no matter what - all shapes and sizes are beautiful!
We all have people in our life that are “ears” - today my “ear” shared her self love journey! She speaks about how she, her definition of beauty, beauty standards, and people in her life changed over the years - So much so we wonder... WHO WAS I!? Ali you continue to inspire me every time we talk! I know you will inspire others! Keep being you - a light in this world! I hope you all get a kick out of our memories we shared 😊
Non-scripted Labor Day PSA: Enjoy spending time with friends and family over the holiday weekend. DO NOT ALLOW FOOD TO OVERWHELM YOU!
In this episode, Kaitlin shares her self acceptance journey! From being fat-shamed as a child by other children to now being a curvy brand ambassador for a local boutique and make up artist - she is KILLIN’ IT!!! Kaitlin talks about the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people, finding things you enjoy and how motherhood showed her how amazing her body truly is! No matter who you are, what size or weight, make-up wearer or not ROCK WHAT YOU GOT!!!
Stephanie shares her story of overcoming being bullied during her adolescence and how being bullied changed the way she saw herself - but when she went to college that all changed - here she taught herself her worth. Now she is a woman, wife, mother and advocate for positive body image. She wants to remind YOU if you are in a dark place - YOU ARE WORTH IT !
“Realize body positivity hits any age, you don’t have to be a teenager - it keeps on going,” - Dale Join in, as we discuss clothing sizes, loving ourself at different ages, domestic violence, relationships, accepting ourselves and being a mom. Dale, thank you for being so honest and spunky! I hope to follow your footsteps in loving myself more as I grow old(er)! I know your story will inspire so many people... overall this episode is about how negative words can follow us for a long time - but we are beautiful no matter what!
A discussion with Emily about the ups and downs in her self love journey! Listen as we have a very real conversation on quarantine reflections, unhealthy relationship with food, eating disorders, comparing ourselves to others and celebrating where we are now !
Thank you Emily for bringing me to a place that reminds me that we are not alone in this journey - thank you for helping me remember what eating disorder thoughts were like and allowing me to step in your shoes - to celebrate how much growth you have experienced! Everyone’s experience is different but bonding over similar feelings is so empowering ❤️
Quick run down on what Piece with Peace is! Want to share your story ? Contact me on Facebook or Instagram @piecewithpeace or email peacewithpeace@yahoo.com