In this episode, my guest Mallary talks about her moving story of living with an eating disorder that began after losing her mother at the age of 12. Mallory opens up about how grief, perfectionism, and the need to “stay small” shaped her relationship with food—and how recovery became less about perfection and more about self-compassion. This conversation with Mallary explores: the difference between eating disorders, disordered eating, emotional eating, and "normal" eating;how diet cul...