Mary’s Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for Women

#21: Give Yourself Permission with Arielle Estoria

Today we are joined by Arielle Estoria (@arielleestoria), a Spoken Word Poet, Author, Dance Party Enthusiast Emcee and Event Host Speaker, Model and Actress. Arielle is the epitome of a multi-faceted, magical woman who is a bridge between intellect and creativity, the mind and the heart. Through various aspects of storytelling: poetry, keynote speaking, event host/emcee emcee, acting and voice overs, Arielle orchestrates her art out of an, “Words not for the ears but for the soul” motto. The heartbeat behind her work, is a diligent pursuit of instilling and reminding individuals of their value through words.

In this wholesome interview, Arielle gives us permission to BE anything and everything we want to be by channeling our creative selves and sharing our gifts with the world. She also shares how her experience as a black woman in America helped shape her creative work and how being an empath, or a feeler, is actually the greatest gift.

Books mentioned: The Artist's Way, A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativy by Julia Cameron

Make sure to listen to Arielle's song called "Magic In Your Bones" on iTunes or Spotify! Connect with Arielle on Instagram: @arielleestoria
And her website: arielleestoria.com

#20: A Meditation for Self-Love

In this episode, Mary shares a Buddhist self-love meditation that will help you feel more at peace with yourself. This practice is especially helpful to those who identify as empaths because us empaths pick up on other people's emotions and often try to help them at the expense of ourselves. Instead, Mary wants you to focus on stepping into a higher frequency of self-love so that you can help others without sacrificing yourself. Do this meditation anytime you're feeling sad, overwhelmed, or when you need a self-love pick-me-up.

Mary also touches on anti-racism and the importance of fighting for human rights. This self-love meditation will help you fight for causes you believe in and help the communities in need from a place of unconditional love.

#19: How to Have a Healthy Mindset About Health and Recovery

This episode is a turning of the tables where Mary gets interviewed by Gabby Male (@gabbymale on IG). Gabby asks Mary questions like…

How do you have a healthy mindset with exercise?

What is health at every size?

How to deal with friends/ family who don’t understand your self-love journey?

What are some tips for recreating your identity during recovery?

 

Gabby is a non-diet health coach who helps women find balance and feel more empowered in their bodies. She has her own show called the Evolve Your Life Podcast where she talks about everything from fitness to food freedom to personal growth.

 

Follow Gabby on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/gabbymale/ 

Listen to her podcast here: https://www.gabbymale.com/evolveyourlifepodcast

#18: Beauty Sickness with Dr. Renee Engeln

Okay I am seriously freaking out (in a good way) about this episode because you know that book I keep recommending to you called “Beauty Sick”??? Well, the author of that very book is joining us today on the podcast to talk about beauty sickness- what it is and how we can combat it. Our culture is OBSESSED with appearance, more particularly, women’s appearance. So many of us feel like we are not good enough unless we look a certain way, whether that be a certain weight, body size/shape, or simply our makeup and outfit choices. It’s EXHAUSTING to constantly feel like that. Dr. Renee teaches us how we can stop being so focused on our appearance so that we can finally live free.

 

Renee Engeln is a psychology professor and director of the “Body and Media Lab” at

Northwestern University. Her research and writing focus on issues surrounding women’s body images, with an emphasis on how cultural forces shape the relationship women have with their bodies. Her work has appeared in numerous academic journals and at academic conferences. She is regularly interviewed by media outlets, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Atlantic, Vox, and HuffPost. Her TEDx talk has garnered over half a million views.

 

Get Dr. Renee’s book! It’s called Beauty Sick and it has CHANGED. MY. LIFE.

 

You can also find her on Instagram as @beauty_sick and her research can be found at bodyandmedia.com

#17: The Science of Food Freedom with Jessi Jean

In this episode, Mary is joined by her dear friend Jessi (@jessijeannn on Instagram) who talks about food freedom, intuitive eating, and healing from body-image struggles. Jessi’s story starts in high school when like many young women, she started restrictive dieting. She went on to compete in bikini fitness competitions thinking that it would make her have more “self-control” around food, but it only made it worse. The exhaustion of dieting, over exercising, and depriving her body nearly killed her.

 

After being on a healing journey of 10 years, Jessi became a Certified Eating Psychology coach and created the Food Freedom Online Program which helps women heal their relationship with food and their body.

 

In this podcast, Jessi talks about her daily morning routine which has helped her and hundreds of women stop binge eating by reprogramming the neural pathways in their brain and forming new habits around eating. She also gives tactical advice for conquering binge eating, eating intuitively, and building positive body-image.

 

Get more info on Jessi’s program here: https://www.conquerbingeeating.com/ffm

And listen to her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dear-body-podcast/id1460137502 

You can also find her on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/jessijeannn/ 

 

Tag us on Instagram and let us know you’re listening! @jessijeannn and @maryscupofteaa 

#16: How to Support a Friend with Self-Love and Body-Image

In this episode, Mary shares tips for talking to your friends about ANYTHING they’re struggling with- including body-image issues, food struggles, or self-love in general. She shares practical and tactical communication tools that she uses in all her relationships to make the other person feel seen, heard, and understood. She also gives tips for being an empath and not absorbing other people’s energy.

 

Remember: you are not supposed to “fix” anyone because they were never broken. Your only job is to be there for them.

Get a list of Mary’s favorite books here: https://maryscupoftea.com/books/

#15: BTS of Being a Social Media Influencer with Chelsea Culbertson

In this episode we talk with Chelsea Culbertson (@choosingchelsea on Instagram) about what it’s like being a social media influencer. Chelsea shares how she uses her social media platform for good and creates healthy boundaries between consuming and creating on Instagram. We also talk about the pros and cons of TikTok and remind you that social media is not real life! No matter how “perfect” someone seems on their highlight reel, there is always SO much you don’t know about their behind-the-scenes.

#14: How to Stop Dieting, Restricting, and Binge Eating for Good

Diet culture is a vicious enemy that makes you believe that something is wrong with YOU if you don’t successfully lose weight. Being stuck in the diet cycle makes you spend every second of every day thinking about food and your body, which is no way to live your one precious life. Mary explains how dieting, restricting, and binge eating are all different sides of the same coin, so once you stop dieting and restricting, you will stop binge eating too. 

 

In this episode, Mary shares how to end the diet-restrict-binge by reframing your mindset around food and your body. Mary also talks about the metaphysics of food (a term that’ll change your relationship with food forever) as well as the #1 mindset tool that helped her stop binge eating, forever. Our bodies are wise, so let’s learn to stop fighting them and trust that your body got your back.

 

Get ready to walk away feeling empowered, inspired, and ready to say f*ck you to diet culture.

 

#13: Recovery & Relationships with Julia Parzyck

In this episode Mary talks with Julia Parzyck (@fitfatandallthat on Instagram) about how to nurture healthy relationships while working through eating disorder recovery, body-image issues, or normal daily life. Julia is passionate about educating girls and women to live a life outside of the diet culture, be aware of media manipulation, and embrace their true selves. 

 

Mary and Julia bond over how they’re both sensitive, empathic women who often feel like they’re “too much” in their romantic relationships and how the roots of their eating disorders lie in sexual trauma. Julia also offers a practical approach to creating a healthy relationship with food and body by not letting your thoughts dictate your actions. As an ED recovery coach, Julia is amazing at giving practical advice while also making you feel seen, heard, and understood as a woman in this world.

 

This episode is relatable AF; just 2 women talking about their own struggles while hopefully helping you navigate yours. Let us know how you like this episode by tagging @maryscupofteaa and @fitfatandallthat in your IG stories 

 

Books mentioned:

Attached by Amir Levine 

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Beauty Sick by Renee Engeln

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

#12: Making Money Online

In this episode Mary shares the different ways she makes money online including social media work, retreats, and online programs. Mary also talks about the importance of having a positive money mindset and treating money as an exchange of energy. We all deserve to make good money doing something we love because each of us have unique gifts, skills and passions that could be of value to others.

 

If you’ve always wanted to have a successful online business that allows for freedom and flexibility, this episode is for you!