#165- Mom Rediscovered: Jen Butler On Breaking Up With Diet Culture And Drinking To Find Herself Again The Midlife Feast podcast

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#165- Mom Rediscovered: Jen Butler on Breaking Up with Diet Culture and Drinking to Find Herself Again

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Isn’t it wild that you can do everything “right”-be the devoted mom, caregiver, spouse, or friend, and yet still feel like you’ve lost touch with the “real” you? That’s where our conversation with writer, speaker, and coach Jen Butler begins. It’s a candid look at how midlife cracks open our default scripts around food, alcohol, and identity, and how choosing peace can be much more fulfilling than trying to take up less space in the world.

Jen shares her early entry into diet culture, the moment a nutritionist prescribed restriction that stole her period and presence, and the turning point when she stopped paying for being smaller with health and joy. We also talk about alcohol as a coping mechanism, how honesty sparked change, and why removing the fog made room for deeper work: food freedom, identity beyond motherhood, and creative ambition.

Now, as a coach and author of Mom Rediscovered, Jen invites women to reclaim their space and redefine midlife on their own terms. If you’re ready to trade perfection for presence and roles for a richer identity, this conversation will resonate.

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Chapters

1. Welcome & Midlife Reframe (00:00:00)

2. Meet Jen Butler (00:01:06)

3. Losing Yourself in Motherhood (00:02:58)

4. Diet Culture Origins (00:03:52)

5. The “Nutritionist” and Starvation Plan (00:07:25)

6. Choosing Peace Over Smaller (00:12:49)

7. Practice, Not Perfection (00:16:16)

8. Alcohol, Coping, and Clarity (00:20:27)

9. Rediscovering Identity Beyond Mom (00:26:29)

10. The Missing Ingredient: Taking Up Space (00:29:59)

11. Book Details & Where to Find Jen (00:31:02)

12. Closing & How to Work With Us (00:32:07)

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