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MEET THE GUEST:
Jana Roller is a boudoir photographer and empowerment advocate. She struggled with her weight and binge eating after a series of traumatic events but has since taken her story and used it to not only lose 140 pounds but to also help be a beacon of light for those women still in the dark. In fact, she doesn’t even call what she does “photography” anymore, but instead, “Body Acceptance Therapy”. She’s an incredible example of strength and resiliency and has since been featured on The Doctors and Shape Magazine just to name a few!
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EPISODE SUMMARY:
- We discuss the traumas of Jana’s past and how it attributed to her weight gain.
- Jana talked about melding her two businesses and passions together to create her current brand. She is a certified personal trainer but also a photographer and empowerment coach and has blended the two together to create what she calls, “Body Acceptance Therapy”.
- She opens up about her past issues with anger and self-hate from the trauma as she carried a lot of the guilt initially, but is using her story and her platform as a beacon to help others heal.
- “I am the lighthouse for people still in the dark.”- Jana Roller
- Jana talked about her “moment of shift” when she knew she had to start taking care of her body and it was the day her son almost got hit by a car.
- “There are messages from the universe, the messages keep getting louder and louder until you surrender”. -Jana Roller
- She mentions that the moments of gratitude have the ability to ground us to our life, and we have to awaken ourselves and be honest with ourselves in order to receive the message.
- We then shift to time management. She is a service based business owner and in turn have to fit in health, motherhood, relationships, work… and so to keep track she emphasizes the importance of planning in advance. She plans each month out and eventually in time everything came into harmony.
- I then discussed the idea of messing up, and she recommends checking in with yourself.
- “If I do “X” will this set me back or push me towards my goals” – Andy Frisella from the MFCEO Podcast
- We then discuss a woman’s tendency to let go rather than take care. Jana mentions that it is in our DNA to help and care and that it makes us feel loved when we help.
- “Caring for others can be self-destructive”- Jana Roller
- “We can’t be there for everyone if we don’t fill up our own cups.”-Jana Roller
- Jana then talks about her weight loss and proudly announces that she has lost 140 pounds and has since competed in a bodybuilding competition, went viral on a post she did about her confidence with her loose skin, has appeared on “The Doctors”, local news stations, and even Shape Magazine
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