Transcript
A (0:00)
Welcome back to that one studio on the what do youo Made up show. It's your boy, C. Rock. Here I'm with Jenna Josefowski, and she's here to share what she's made of. What's up, Jenna?
B (0:10)
Hey, great to be here.
A (0:12)
Yeah, man, it's great to have you here. And. And we want to find out what you're made of. So we'll start the show this way. What are you made of?
B (0:19)
I thought about this question for a long time because it's so many things, and initially I'm, like, thinking of all the stereotypical things like sugar and spice and fire and 32 flavors and then some. And like, all the cliche stuff. But okay, I. I did think about this. I'm full of more curiosity than I think my body can contain. And sometimes I can have, like, a really blunt or intense exterior, but it's coming from a place of, like, deep love and care. And then on the flip side, sometimes I can have a very bright and cheer and warm exterior, but, like, push me too far and I'm gonna bite. So it's a little bit of this and a little bit of that and things that seem like they are in contradiction with each other, but actually it's. It's a spectrum. Right. I am full of color. I'm definitely made of something very resilient and buoyant because I feel like I'm real good at bouncing back from struggles, and I'm made of whimsy and sparkle and warmth that can build Sapphire. Yeah. Sometimes seemingly opposing ideas and interests that might seem like they're not related, but I find a way to connect them, and I think that's what makes me who I am.
A (1:39)
Well, nice. And that speaks to the. Also the. The. The idea that you're on a mission to call out some bs and.
B (1:47)
Yeah.
A (1:47)
And so that takes another part of you, which, you know, you. You gotta. Had enough and enough is enough kind of thing. Like, seeing, hearing, experiencing enough of the. The bs. So can you kind of get into that, like, what. What happened there and what are you doing to call out the BS and what are you calling it out on?
B (2:05)
Yeah. Okay. So I'm like, ooh, how long do we have for this? Because I have quite a backstory. We're going to take this all the way back to around 2015, where I got really obsessed with being healthy and really obsessed with wellness in a way that actually pushed me to be the opposite of healthy. So I been. I've been in the fitness industry for well over a Decade. But I've been in the movement space for longer than that because I'm a former professional dancer and still a dance teacher to this day. From there I got into teaching yoga and group fitness and then ultimately became a personal trainer and a kettlebell instructor, slash kettlebell nerd. I'm a big nerd with the kettlebells. But yeah, I, I got really into clean eating in a way that felt very innocent for me. I had come back from a trip from Europe and you know, when you go on vacation, you just kind of like eat and drink in a way that doesn't make you feel great. I decided to do a popular elimination diet of that time. I decided to do a whole 30 and I took that whole 30, which if you or your listeners don't know what that is, it's basically you eliminate gluten, grains, soy, alcohol, sugar, joy, you, there's a lot of stuff that you're not allowed to eat. And I took that a little bit too far to a point that by the time I got to the end of it, I was actually experiencing some additional health problems. It was first of all very anxious and moody, but I was also itchy all the time. I had like clawing at my arms and legs. I couldn't explain it. So I then convinced myself that I was sensitive to some food that I hadn't eliminated already. So then I went further down the rabbit hole, started making my own laundry detergent, all natural skin care, worried about chemicals and everything and really, really stressed out. And then on top of it, I had also gained weight on the whole 30. And I know that a lot of these things will tell you it's not about weight, but when you spend like an entire month not eating anything normal at the gatherings you go to and doing special meal prep and you gain weight on top of it, you're kind of like, what is happening here? So ultimately I did another one. I did two of them thinking it was me. And yeah, because that's what we do, right? We blame ourselves when it doesn't work. And one of going to the doctor was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, from there went a little bit further because obviously, you know, being so into health and wellness, I wanted to understand why is this happening to me? Well, turns out I was kind of in a hormonal mess of low estrogen and progesterone. My doctor actually told me those were the levels of an 80 year old woman. So that was fun because I was about 30 and high cortisol. And at that point it was high. Tsh. But some other thyroid stuff that was happening that were basically contributing to me feeling like garbage and also a whole lot of anxiety around food. That was then resolved once I went and I was actually going to do food sensitivity testing, and that wasn't covered by my insurance. It was too expensive. I ultimately wound up settling on allergy testing to just see if we could roll out anything major. And what was interesting was the minute I got the allergy test and they told me that I wasn't allergic to any foods, itching stopped, never got itchy again. So I kind of.
