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  • We went backstage for the free snacks and bumped into @heatherkmcmahan ▫️ Thanks for all the birthday love! It was a great weekend 💕🎉🍷🎂 . . . . #thefarewelltour #freesnacks #birthdaynight #okayCLAIRE #nohernameISclaire #andsheyeachespurebarre 😂🤣 #hottytoddy #hydr #olemissproud #olemissalum #heathermcmahan #jacksonville #florida
  • “Be the change you wish you to see in the world.” ▫️ And today YOU can be that change! It’s GIVING TUESDAY! ▫️ For so many of us (myself included), support groups are non-existent in our communities. We lack that safe space where we feel understood and not alone. A place where Hope shatters through the darkness. ▫️ Nearly nine years ago I made promise to pay it forward and that ripple effect continues to grow because of YOU! ▫️ Last year we raised enough money to start TWO FREE clinician led support groups. How will you be the change for YOUR community today? Help us create more free support groups across the country. Donate NOW! (link in bio) ▫️ And $20k of our donations will be MATCHED thanks to our generous donor the Rifkin family! 💕 ▫️ Thank you for your endless support! Together we are saving lives and SMASHing mental health stigmas! 🔨🔨💜💜 . . . . . #payitforward #givingtuesday #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #edsupportgroup #love #hope #healing #selflove #bodyimage #bodylove #mentalhealth #mentalillness #smashthestigma #scalesmash #morethananumber #blogger #writer #speaker
  • Our plans were to be in Baton Rouge, but we are THANKFUL to be right where we are. ▫️ From Cambodia to Louisiana family who travel ten hours with Turkeys to make sure we are all together. ▫️ Thankful for family, health and our Big Gare! We were gifted a fancy bottle of champagne a long time ago and waiting for the perfect t time to open it. Can’t think of a better time than today 🥂 ▫️ Hope you and yours are having a wonderful day of thanks and family...both on and off the tree 🦃💕🥧 . . . . . #thankful #blessed #thanksgiving #thanksgivingmiracles #biggary #fanilymatters #simpleblessings #momlife #smilekids #justgivemeonepicture #motherhood #jacksonville #florida

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  • We went backstage for the free snacks and bumped into @heatherkmcmahan ▫️ Thanks for all the birthday love! It was a great weekend 💕🎉🍷🎂 . . . . #thefarewelltour #freesnacks #birthdaynight #okayCLAIRE #nohernameISclaire #andsheyeachespurebarre 😂🤣 #hottytoddy #hydr #olemissproud #olemissalum #heathermcmahan #jacksonville #florida
  • “Be the change you wish you to see in the world.” ▫️ And today YOU can be that change! It’s GIVING TUESDAY! ▫️ For so many of us (myself included), support groups are non-existent in our communities. We lack that safe space where we feel understood and not alone. A place where Hope shatters through the darkness. ▫️ Nearly nine years ago I made promise to pay it forward and that ripple effect continues to grow because of YOU! ▫️ Last year we raised enough money to start TWO FREE clinician led support groups. How will you be the change for YOUR community today? Help us create more free support groups across the country. Donate NOW! (link in bio) ▫️ And $20k of our donations will be MATCHED thanks to our generous donor the Rifkin family! 💕 ▫️ Thank you for your endless support! Together we are saving lives and SMASHing mental health stigmas! 🔨🔨💜💜 . . . . . #payitforward #givingtuesday #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #edsupportgroup #love #hope #healing #selflove #bodyimage #bodylove #mentalhealth #mentalillness #smashthestigma #scalesmash #morethananumber #blogger #writer #speaker
  • Our plans were to be in Baton Rouge, but we are THANKFUL to be right where we are. ▫️ From Cambodia to Louisiana family who travel ten hours with Turkeys to make sure we are all together. ▫️ Thankful for family, health and our Big Gare! We were gifted a fancy bottle of champagne a long time ago and waiting for the perfect t time to open it. Can’t think of a better time than today 🥂 ▫️ Hope you and yours are having a wonderful day of thanks and family...both on and off the tree 🦃💕🥧 . . . . . #thankful #blessed #thanksgiving #thanksgivingmiracles #biggary #fanilymatters #simpleblessings #momlife #smilekids #justgivemeonepicture #motherhood #jacksonville #florida
  • THANKFUL. 🙏🏻 ▫️ For the prayers, love, messages and most of all for this guy and his big resilient HEART. 💙 ▫️ From widow maker to good as new, Gary rocked his last stent with flying colors. We joked that with his new heart we won’t be able to keep up! ▫️ God has truly been with us every step, saving this amazing man. Clearly, Heaven was not ready for our big Gare... and we are so thankful for that. ▫️ Well this was certainly not planned or wanted, these things have a way of reminding us what is truly important in life and the many, many blessings that we have in life. ▫️ Can’t wait to get this guy home (hopefully today) and celebrate Thanksgiving in life with those I love most. ▫️ May this week bring you a reminder of life’s simple and miraculous blessings. Thank you for all the love and prayers. We felt them all... Our cups runneth over. 💙🙏🏻 ▫️ . . . . #familymatter #thankful #biggare #oneofakind #miracle #angelswatchingoverus
  • While Wednesday was an incredible day with our Baton Rouge community, it was a tough day for my family. ▫️ After the Tailgating for a Cause fundraiser ended, I retreated and quietly left town the next morning. Everything I had planned was cancelled in the blink of any eye. My family needed me and I needed them. ▫️ We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving...and I don't just mean the miracle that happened on Wednesday... 🙏🏻🙏🏻 new blog “Finding Stillness & Gratitude in a Heart Attack” // link in profile// . . . . . #findinggratitude #familyfirst #always #familymattera #grateful #miracleshappen #divineintervention #heartattack #widowmaker #hospitalveteran
  • Well Baton Rouge...you did it! We raised OVER $12,000 last night! ▫️ Last night my ultimate pay it forward promise/dream of creating a free support group came to fruition because of YOU and our insanely amazing committee. ▫️ When I was deep in my eating disorder, I desperately longed for a group, a person to sit next to me and say “me too!” And now with our collective efforts last night, Baton Rouge will have its FIRST @allianceforeda FREE CLINICIAN LED EATING DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP. ▫️ Thank you to everyone who came out. Because of you, we are one step closer to helping people get the support they need and deserve. ▫️ Massive thanks to our sponsors @sandysadler21 and committee rockstars @ejohnson0606 @whitney_willard @marcypmaurer and so many more! And of course my fellow Alliance staffer @sareakirstinfoley ▫️ Okay NOLA...you’re up next. Let’s SMASH the Stigma! 🔨 and SMASH eating disorders!!!! . . . . . . #payitforward #tailgatingforacause #eatingdisorder #edawareness #batonrouge #selflove #bodyimage #recovery #hope #healing #recoveryispossible #louisiana
  • I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I love my hometown and what I love most are the people. ▫️ Years ago I mentioned in passing to an old family friend, “Let me know if you ever need anything with your girls”...the underlying message being if they ever needed help with body image or mental health. ▫️ Last year Sandy Sadler sent me a message taking me up on my offer. She was at a loss on what to do with her youngest daughter, @maryfrancissadler, who had written a card to her mom asking for help. ▫️ I immediately responded with names of local professionals and other resources. Because of Sandy and her husbands quick response to get help and Mary Francis’ braveness in asking, she is doing well in recovery now. ▫️ Last Friday, Mary Francis stood before her classmates and gave her chapel talk, speaking words to her painful journey of eating disorder recovery. Today, Mary Francis orchestrated me coming to @episcopalbr to not just speak, but host small groups and smash scales. ▫️ Her proud mom and dad to watch the day unfold. As we ended our scale smash, I passed the bat to Sandy and said, “it’s your turn to SMASH your girl.” And boy did they SMASH! ▫️ It was a full circle day for me, knowing all of Mary Francis’ hard work in recovery and now her desire to pay it forward. She has inspired her high school and me! ▫️ Let’s all take a minute to congratulate Mary Francis not on accomplishing recovery (because that is a beautiful road that goes on) but on her COURAGE to share her story and pay it forward. ▫️ Sweet Mary Francis, your light shines SO bright! Never let that ED dull it. I can’t wait to see what the future holds, but for now go enjoy that SENIOR year! 💙💙💙 Thank you Episcopal for having me today. Your love and commitment to your students is simply extraordinary! . . . . . #southernsmash #payitforward #shamestory #shareyourshame #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #mentalhealth #mentalillness #smashthestigma #morethananumber #scalesmash #selflove #bodyimage #hope #healing #edtreatment #recoveryisworthit #daretoloveyourself #publicspeaking #batonrouge #wearebr #brproud
  • 7️⃣ years ago, I took a crazy idea and turned it into my life’s work and mission. ▫️ I get asked all the time, “How did you start @Southernsmash?” And the truth is...I have no idea! I just followed a spark in my soul that said: KEEP GOING! ▫️ Fueled by a fire to pay it forward, I kept going, showing up on campuses, pretending to know what I was doing and for some reason people believed me! ▫️ Seven years later, I’m still listening to that voice as I signed to join forces with @allianceforeda, knowing that we can do more together. ▫️ So while I don’t have a play by play in how u created Southern Smash, I do know where it started over eight years ago... (Continue reading...link in bio) 💜🔨🎉 . . . . . #southernsmash #payitforward #shamestory #shareyourshame #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #mentalhealth #mentalillness #smashthestigma #morethananumber #scalesmash #selflove #bodyimage #hope #healing #edtreatment #recoveryisworthit #daretoloveyourself #publicspeaking #writer #allianceeda

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