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Who is Jillian Kaplan?

Jillian Kaplan is a trauma survivor, animal advocate, rainbow baby mama, former binge eater turned health and fitness coach. Jillian was hit by a car crossing a crosswalk and had emergency brain surgery to save her life.\\xa0 She also had a shattered pelvis, face, sacrum, and septum.\\xa0 She spent 3 months in a wheelchair unable to walk or stand but has now fully recovered, lives pain free, and is the mom to a healthy baby girl born in September 2017, 13 months after the traumatic injury.\\xa0

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Jillian has worked in corporate doing product management and marketing and is pursuing her passion around health as a coach for Beach Body which is part of her online health and fitness coaching business.\\xa0 She has a B.S. in Management and an MBA from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and lives with her amazing husband and daughter outside of Boston, Mass.\\xa0

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Show Highlights

• Jillian talks about growing up in a healthy household and how she chose not to listen and ended up binge eating, addicted to diet pills, and struggling with her weight.\\xa0
• Four years ago, Jillian made the choice to be healthy and strong which ended up saving her life.\\xa0
• Jillian wants to share the message that you are beautiful the way you are, and that health is a lifestyle.\\xa0
• Jillian talks about walking her puppy and getting hit by a car in September 2016 where the doctors weren\\u2019t sure if she would survive let alone walk again.
• She woke up after the accident and chose to let it be part of her story and to not define her. She has decided to make a \\u2018message\\u2019 out of the \\u2018mess.\\u2019
• Jillian talks about the group Safe Roads Alliance that she works with in Massachusetts.\\xa0 She spoke at an event where she was the only living survivor of an accident like the one she was in.\\xa0
• Jillian talks about how being in good shape helped her body deal with the trauma she endured.\\xa0 She had two surgeries within two days of each other which were traumatic in and of themselves.\\xa0 She was not only physically fit but mentally fit which came from making the decision to become healthier and changing her habits.
• Jillian\\u2019s husband was notified because of the number on her dog\\u2019s tag.\\xa0 She wasn\\u2019t carrying an ID and now she is an advocate for always carrying some form of ID.
• Jillian talks about how rehab was so mentally challenging since she was very young compared to the other people there and that she had no one to talk to.\\xa0 She was alone a lot and was unable to get out of bed on her own. She stayed sane by being active on social media and sharing her story.
• Jillian\\u2019s husband was incredibly supportive throughout this entire process.\\xa0
• Jillian avoids the crosswalk where the accident occurred but did go there on the one-year anniversary of her accident.\\xa0 She is cautious now when she is out walking.
• Terri talks about the conversations she has with her children about being aware of drivers who are generally distracted and to remain vigilant when riding their bikes or walking out on the streets.\\xa0
• Jillian talks about how she had a miscarriage, was experiencing infertility and was scheduled to meet with specialists but then had the accident.\\xa0 She was fortunate to have a young, female surgeon who was sensitive to the fact that Jillian was a young woman when fixing her after the accident.
• Jillian talks about how surprised she was to find out she was five months pregnant when she went in for a medical appointment and ended up delivering a healthy baby girl in the fall of 2017, thirteen months after her accident.
• Jillian talks about being a Beach Body coach before and after the accident.\\xa0 She appreciates the physical and mental strength that she has gained from the program.\\xa0 She feels an obligation to pay it forward at this point for people who feel defeated or stuck.\\xa0
• Jillian likes to share the things she loves like Ipsy and Artic Zero ice cream and she pays for her products. Terri talks about how she hopes that Jillian ends up benefitting financially from promoting and supporting the products with her audience.
• If Jillian had a magic wand, she would change the way people communicate.\\xa0 She thinks that a lot of the world\\u2019s problems could be solved if we just talked to each other (and not through text or email).\\xa0
• Brian Alvey introduced Terri to Jillian and they met through the adoption of their dog.\\xa0 Jillian talks about how she works with dog rescue organizations on fundraising.\\xa0 While she wasn\\u2019t raised with dogs, she ended up with a dog after a breakup and then wanted to foster dogs and ultimately providing support for dog rescues.\\xa0

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Terri\\u2019s Key Takeaway

Carry some sort of ID when out and about in the event of an accident or emergency.\\xa0 You never know who might need to reach someone on your behalf.\\xa0

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References in the Podcast

• Safe Roads Alliance:\\xa0 https://www.saferoadsalliance.org/
• Beach Body: https://www.teambeachbody.com/jilliankaplan
• Ipsy: https://www.ipsy.com/glambag#/
• Artic Zero ice cream: https://www.arcticzero.com/
• Brian Alvey: http://www.brianalvey.com/

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Contact

Jillian can be reached through her website www.jilliankaplan.com or by email at fitresq@gmail.com.\\xa0 She is also active on Instagram and Pinterest.\\xa0

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:\\xa0 https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.\\xa0

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.