Ep. 32: From Enduring Life-Threatening Bullying to Becoming a Motivational Speaker with Kristin Decker

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being bullied intensely as a teenager.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It became bad enough in high school that she developed an eating disorder, depression, and thoughts of self-harm.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Having a teacher tell her she wasn’t good enough because she wasn’t a size 0 and the impact that had on her.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Eventually getting hospitalized because of how bad the situation became.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Switching high schools halfway through because the health professionals she was working with warned her and her parents that she would end up dead if she didn’t.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once self-esteem tanked, it was a vicious cycle: “the thoughts of others became the thoughts about myself.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Was able to overcome the “Why me?” mentality thanks to a friendship with a friend with cancer.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Working through reframing negative thoughts that she was getting from external sources (aka kids calling her a fat cow.)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she started sharing her story to help youth understand that they are not alone.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guest info:</span></p> <p><a href="http://kdmotivates.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://kdmotivates.com/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">IG:</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kristin_decker/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/kristin_decker/</span></a></