Jeannette Ogden, the force behind the blog and Instagram account Shut The Kale Up, joins Lacy on this episode of the EXPANDED Podcast. Jeannette shares her story with unflinching honesty and grace, covering a wide range of topics including how she made the leap to become an influencer full-time, growing up with an alcoholic mom, climbing out of debt, overcoming body-image issues, her journey to motherhood, and falling in love. She’s such an incredible example of the power of owning your shadow and an expander to anyone on the quest to live a meaningful, healthy, and family-focused life.
Lacy’s Manifestation Tip Working through the fear of getting hurt and being vulnerable
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Her Mexican heritage, growing up in CA and spending summers in Guadalajara
Her mom’s struggle with alcoholism and how she got sober
The importance of being open and making hard things more acceptable to talk about
living with her aunt
Beginning her health journey with wanting to lose weight
Her experience with disordered eating
How she got in touch with living and eating intuitively
How she manifested her partner even though she wasn’t looking for him
How she knew he was the one
Her first long-term tumultuous relationship and how she decided to leave
The programming she grew up with around relationships
Thinking she wanted to be a teacher
How she became an influencer
Wanting to teach people that health doesn’t have to be restrictive
What she thinks has made her successful
Staying true to her roots
Overcoming her shadow around being mexican and stepping into her worth
Her grandmother advocating for her to have a home birth
The food and markets in Mexico and cooking
Getting pregnant
Her practices when she is stressed
How she uses exercise to clear her mind
Her approach to conscious parenting
Speaking to children like they are adults
Helping her son live his best life
Her shadows and insecurities
Seeing her body as a home to her babies
What she’s manifesting right now
Owning who she is and her identity as an entrepreneur
Her advice for entrepreneurs
Following her passion
Her retail job and money fears that held her back
Getting into debt and how got back on track and paid it off
Not taking things for granted
Becoming a yoga instructor
Pivoting from having IG be her side hustle to her main hustle
Managing her business and being a stay at home mom
Balancing online and offline time
Website: www.shutthekaleup.com)
Instagram: @shutthekaleup)
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