#9: Q&A with Mary

Q&A with Mary- ED Recovery, Social Media Business, Life Goals, & More!

 

Mary answers YOUR questions about everything from starting a business on social media, recovering from an eating disorder, and overcoming codependency. Here are the questions Mary answers:

 

1. Has being so open on social media affected your own eating disorder recovery? If so, how?
2. Your life goals! Career? Kids? Marriage?
3. How did you know you were ready to speak up and share your journey online?
4. How did you deal with your codependency?
5. Was one of your goals of ED recovery to stop thinking about food and weight all the time? If so, how do you deal with it now that your life is still about those topics?
6. Do you feel like it’s inappropriate to compliment someone’s physical features if they’ve suffered from an eating disorder? How do you give compliments about someone’s appearance without triggering someone?
7. How do you deal with others around you who are constantly negative about their own weight and self image? 
8. What do you think about BMI? Does BMI show state of health in some way?
9. How do you create such consistent and relatable content all the time? How do you get more engagement on social media?
10. Did you ever lose your period during your eating disorder years? If so, how did you get your period back in recovery?
11. How did you start up your self love retreats?
12. I’m finally feeling really confident in my body after gaining a significant amount of weight. However, my mom invalidates that I’ve ever struggled with disordered eating and she constantly violates my boundaries by suggesting that I need to lose weight. I can handle criticism from random trolls, but my self love journey feels incomplete without my mom on-board. How do you handle pushback from people you love?