37 || From Eating Disorder to Awesome: CEO and activist, Julie Allen's story of trauma to triumph and how she is actively fighting diet culture.

From Eating Disorder to Awesome: Julie Allen's story of trauma, triumph, and how she came to be founder and CEO of an organizaion fighting diet culture and making women everywhere feel beautiful. 

 

Julie Allen, an author and eating disorder awareness activist, is the CEO of Mary Rose NW Boutique and founder of the Mary Rose Foundation. Julie started Mary Rose NW Boutique because she recognized the need for a clothing shop that focused on body acceptance, self-love, and helping all bodies feel beautiful and confident in their clothes. With a portion of the proceeds going to the Mary Rose Foundation, the boutique won “Best Online Boutique in Oregon” in 2020. The three pillars of her boutique include sustainability, inclusion, and social justice. With a bachelor’s in psychology and a background in physical therapy, Julie truly understands how the mind affects the body and vice versa. She struggled with anorexia and bulimia for 15 years and as a result, made it her mission to empower people to love and embrace themselves wholeheartedly. The Mary Rose Foundation is a non-profit designed to help people who are struggling with the financial burden of eating disorder treatment and works on the prevention side as well with their educational outreach programs. Julie's message is simply one of strength, courage, self-compassion, and most of all, hope. In her downtime, she enjoys lifting weights, going for walks, unplugging, and focusing on her family.

 

To find out more about donating to the Mary Rose Foundation click here or follow her on Instagram. 

To shop her incredible line (I already did after this interview!) head on over to her website or  instagram. 

 

You girls are going to LOVE this one! 

 

Cheers and happy shopping, 

Jess