Ep. 110 Married At First Sight Ep 7 Recap & Mikayla Petty Shares Her Journey from Joining the US Air Force, Battling Atypical Anorexia & Suicidal Thoughts, to Becoming an ED Recovery Coach

Continuing with our topic of body positivity, we have another AMAZING guest on, and she is allll about telling it like it is! Mikayla Petty prides herself on giving “no b.s.”; especially surrounding topics on body image, mental health, and motherhood. She is a proud woman of color who is now a veteran and also comes from a military household. She is also a mommy, wife, creator, and Eating Disorder Recovery coach. We are so excited to have her on! Before Mikayla comes on, Big Doug and Bonnie are telling ALLLL their opinions on this week’s episode of Married at First Sight! This is a crazy season! 07:17 - Time to Call Big Doug and Bonnie to chat all things Married at First Sight!  26:39 - Welcome to HMCP, Mikayla!  26:44 - Jamie asks, Will you tell us about yourself? 28:09 - Jamie asks, How did you discover you had an eating disorder? Could you shed some light on how to figure out if you struggle with this type of problem? 30:44 - Doug asks, I know the military can also take a really hard impact on your body - did you find that you had this eating disorder even going through military and the beginning part of that? 40:00 - Jamie asks, What was your first step into recovery? 44:41 - Jamie asks, What are some of the things that you do - like what kind of recommendations do you have to help raise kids to be happy and confident in their own bodies? 49:58 - Doug asks, What was it that your husband recognized, and also it sounded like you didn’t really take that too well. What is a nice, delicate way to bring that subject up to somebody if you do notice it? 53:34 - Doug asks, What was your thing? What were you chasing? 59:00 - Jamie asks, Can you hone in on how you approach someone who is deeply struggling with an eating disorder or body dysmorphia?   As always, stay tuned for another GREAT episode next week!   We want YOU to join us on our journey to Become Body Positive and have self-love and acceptance! Come join our FREE Live HYPE Sesh on March 2 at 8 PM EST to try it out 😊 Just click on the link below to register for free! I promise there are no hidden fees!! ❤️  jamieotis.com/bbp   Until then, be safe everyone! Mikayla’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikaylamichelle_/   And thank you to our sponsors:  Kencko - Start creating healthy habits RIGHT NOW, go to kencko.com/HMCP, pick out your flexible monthly plan and the FIRST 100 LISTENERS will get 25% OFF your first order.  ThirdLove - There’s a perfect bra for everyone, so right now they are offering 20% off your first order! Go to thirdlove.com/HMCP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices