124: Interview with Laura Hearn

Episode 124: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Laura Hearn. Laura is the founder of the globally recognised online platform, ‘Jiggsy’ which uses it’s unique creative tool ‘The Jiggsaw’ to connect people affected by an eating disorder and mental ill health. Alongside this, Laura shares her experience of recovery from anorexia […]

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Episode 124: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Laura Hearn. Laura is the founder of the globally recognised online platform, ‘Jiggsy’ which uses it’s unique creative tool ‘The Jiggsaw’ to connect people affected by an eating disorder and mental ill health. Alongside this, Laura shares her experience of recovery from anorexia and how she learnt to heal from the inside, after spending 7 months in an inpatient treatment centre in the US. She delivers bespoke workshops to companies, schools and organisations, developing confidence and identity from within. Laura is also TV News producer for the BBC, and speaks regularly about her own experience of working within a fast-paced and challenging environment. She uses her extensive knowledge within broadcasting, to remove the stigma of mental illness in the workplace, and to encourage leaders to realise the financial and moral benefits of putting wellbeing at the heart of everything they do.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

3:30: A brief overview of who Laura is and what she does

7:00: The history of Laura’s eating disorder + history with food

15:00: Who intervened and how she got into treatment

18:30: At what point Laura recognised she had a problem

21:45: Eating disorders as a coping mechanism

25:00: How Laura told her boss about her eating disorder

28:45: Talking about eating disorders and mental health in the workplace

31:45: Laura’s work with confidence + identity

38:00: What is Jiggsy’s Place and what is the jiggsaw?

43:00: Could her friends + family have said anything during her ED that would have helped?

50:45: What’s on the horizon for Laura

Here’s how you can connect with Laura Hearn:

Website

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

Links mentioned during the show:

“The Day I Told My Boss About My Eating Disorder”

“Sex In Recovery”

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