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In this episode, meet internet personality and podcaster Brooke Averick, author of Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It, and youth counselor turned young adult novelist J.J. Johnson, author of Believarexic . Tune in to hear Brooke Averick on what it meant to her to write a book for anxious girls, and J.J. Johnson on the touching promise that led to her writing Believarexic.

In Believarexic,
Author J. J. Johnson
​Fulfills A Promise To Her Teenage Self

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By Anita Rao & Frank Stasio • Jan 21, 2016
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When J. J. Johnson was 15 years old, she had to force her family to admit that she needed help for her eating disorder. She spent 10 weeks in an inpatient unit, but her healing process took many more months and years.

Her new book Believarexic (Peachtree Publishers/2015) is a ‘fictional autobiography’ that revolves around her diary entries from her teenage years.

Host Frank Stasio talks with author J. J. Johnson about her life and her hopes for the role her book can play in the recovery process of others.
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  • Home
  • Believarexic
    • Audiobook
    • e. d. help and resources
    • FAQs - Believarexic
    • Chuck's Believarexic mix tape
    • Audio interviews
    • Recovery Manifesto
  • The Theory of Everything
    • FAQ - The Theory of Everything
    • A Teoria de Tudo
    • Mi Teoría de Todo
    • La theorie du grand tout
  • This Girl is Different
    • Audiobook of TGID
    • FAQ - This Girl is Different
    • 'This Girl' Discussion Questions
    • Esta Chica es Diferente
    • Cette fille est différente
    • 이 소녀는 다른 것입니다
    • Eve sieht es anders
    • Ova djevojka je drukčija
  • Unruly Quaker
  • Coaching & Editing
  • About
    • Interviews
  • Contact