248: Danny J: Saved By The Daughter She Placed For Adoption (Part 2)
Please Note: This is Part 2 of Danny-J\u2019s story.\xa0If you didn\u2019t listen to Episode 246 last week, go back and listen to that first!\nDanny-J\xa0is an award-winning entrepreneur, coach, podcast host, and storyteller. As the former founder of The Sweaty Betties, an online fitness community,\xa0Danny-J\xa0discovered the most effective method for capturing attention and increasing revenue\u2014sharing personal and brand stories.\xa0Danny-J's work can be heard in her weekly podcast, The Best Life Podcast and can be followed in real time on all the social media platforms.\nAs a real-life example of "Truth is Stranger than Fiction" she uses her real "Jerry Springer Life" stories to engage with her audience, teaches life lessons and inspires others to rewrite their stories.\xa0Danny-J\xa0now teaches innovative brands and influencers to close more sales, become better leaders and blow up their brands with the irresistible power of sharing. She also helps tens of thousands of families become debt-free by sharing her real life getting out of debt story and challenge #FindTheMoneyProject.\nI have been following Danny on social media for a while now.\xa0When I learned she gave up a baby for adoption as a teen mom, I asked her to come on the show to be interviewed as a Shameless Mom.\xa0Danny\u2019s story is filled with trauma and heartache, but it ends in triumph and so much love and joy that she could never have anticipated as a young desperate and clinically depressed young woman.\xa0\nIn this interview, we dive deep into Danny\u2019s childhood, which was deeply impacted by her family\u2019s religion, sexual abuse at the hands of her cousin, learning her biological father was a sperm donor, a serious eating disorder, depression with ongoing suicidal ideation, and a pregnancy at age 15 that ultimately saved her life.\xa0\nListen in to hear Danny share:\n\nHow having a baby at 16 saved her from her eating disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts\n\nHow giving up her baby actually gave her life purpose again\n\nHow her grown daughter coached her on meeting her sperm donor bio dad last year\n\nHow opening all the doors in her biological family relationships has improved all her relationships with her parents\n\nWhy she is a Shameless Mom even though she didn\u2019t raise her daughter\n\nLinks Mentioned:\n\nConnect with Danny: Danny J\n\n\nDanny\u2019s podcast with Jill Coleman: The Best Life Podcast(Episodes 18 and 19 are her adoption story and her interview with her daughter)\n\nThe Best Life Podcast on Instagram\n\n\nDanny J on Instagram\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices