#8: Stop Overthinking, Embrace Perfectionism, & Let Creativity Heal You with Meg Rosko

03/05/20 • 71 min

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

This week Mary interviews her dear friend Meg Rosko (@nutmegandhoneybee). Over the past two years, Meg has dedicated her life to cultivating purpose and joy through the healing nature of art and community. Meg vulnerably shares how she started tapping into her creativity by baking cookies after her the death of her older brother. That pivotal moment in her life became a catalyst for expressing her grief through art, and more specifically, learning how to transform pain into sweetness. A few years later, Meg realized that she does not need to define herself as just one thing. Meg hopes to inspire YOU to find the comfort in the unknown of your life, the beauty in all of your experiences, and the courage to create a life rooted in love.
Mary and Meg also bond over their struggles with overthinking, perfectionism and people-pleasing and share some tools on how to work through them. This interviews goes many different directions so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the ride!
Books mentioned: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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#7: Mary Gets Interviewed! How to be Healthy without Dieting

Today’s episode is a little different, a turning of the tables where Mary gets interviewed on someone else’s podcast! Mary talks about her experience with binge eating, how she went viral on Instagram, and how to balance health with self love. Mary also shares how she changed her mindset and started accepting her body, weight gain and all! You’ll probably want something to take notes with while you listen!
This episode was originally for the Positively Selfish Podcast by Robyn Lee so go check it out when you get a chance! Let us know how you like this episode by taking a screenshot for your Instagram stories and tagging Mary @maryscupofteaa and Robyn @itsrobynlee!

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#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:
Has being so open on social media affected your own eating disorder recovery? If so, how?
Your life goals! Career? Kids? Marriage?
How did you know you were ready to speak up and share your journey online?
How did you deal with your codependency?
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?
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?
How do you deal with others around you who are constantly negative about their own weight and self image?
What do you think about BMI? Does BMI show state of health in some way?
How do you create such consistent and relatable content all the time? How do you get more engagement on social media?
Did you ever lose your period during your eating disorder years? If so, how did you get your period back in recovery?
How did you start up your self love retreats?
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?