Finding (her)Self Through Obesity: Aleisha Black on taking the pounds off through self love

01/25/22 • 53 min

After losing 85lbs and documenting her journey on YouTube, life happened and she gained it all back and more. In this episode of Messy Can’t Stop Her, Aleisha Black, host of the podcast and Facebook community Finding Myself Through Obesity tells us how getting off the weight loss pendulum helped her learn to love herself and take pounds off when she wasn’t looking.
In Aleisha’s story of growth and healing, we learn that as long as we don’t stop learning, messy cannot stop us.

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Learn more about Aleisha on her Website www.findingmyselfthroughobesity.com
References in this episode

Loving And Listening To Yourself by Sarah Blondin

Mel Robbins on How to Break Through Resistance & Love Yourself with the High 5 Habit

Why Mirror Work Will Change Your Life - Lisa Nichols

Ps 68:6

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Listen and subscribe to Aleisha's podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms

Loving And Listening To Yourself by Sarah Blondin

Mel Robbins on How to Break Through Resistance & Love Yourself with the High 5 Habit

Why Mirror Work Will Change Your Life - Lisa Nichols

Ps 68:6

Join the Messy Can't Stop Her Sisterhood at https://www.facebook.com/groups/3204395256540448/
If you would love to share your story on the #MessyCantStopHer podcast, click here to let me know.

Thank you so much for listening.
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Messy Can't Stop Her - Finding (her)Self Through Obesity: Aleisha Black on taking the pounds off through self love

Transcript

JKO: This is Messy Can't Stop Her and I am your host, Judith Kambia Obatusa. JKO.

Welcome to today's episode of Messy Can't Stop Her, the podcast where we share the stories of women who have come through situations that would otherwise have put them down, women who, despite the chaos, have triumphed through to achieve something with their lives and even add value to the lives of others. Today we have Aleisha Black. Aleisha, welcome.

Aleisha: Than