This week, we return with part two of our mother-daughterconversation—one that feels even more tender, more unfiltered, and more vulnerable than the first.
We didn’t plan this one. We just hit record and talked.
What unfolded was an open and honest reflection on our personal relationships with food, our bodies, and ultimately, with ourselves.
We talk about disordered eating—not from a clinical lens, but from the inside. From the lived experience of using food to cope, to numb, to distract from emotions we never learned how to feel.
We talk about shame. About how messy and complex this healing can be. And how the silence around these struggles only adds to the pain.
There’s no perfect arc in this episode. Just a real, vulnerableconversation between a mother and daughter reckoning with inherited patterns—and choosing a different path.
In this episode, we explore:
*How our relationships with food became entangled with control, worth, and emotion
*The unspoken shame around eating disorders and body image
*Why emotional suppression often shows up in how we eat or don’t eat
*The healing power of naming what was never talked about
Why this matters:
Because so many women are silently struggling.
Because shame thrives in secrecy.
And because healing—like this episode—is rarely tidy or linear. But it is possible
Resources & Links:
Eating Disorder Support:
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA):nationaleatingdisorders.org
NEDA Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
Crisis Text Line: Text "NEDA" to 741741
NEDA Screening Tool (online)
F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and SupportingTreatment of Eating Disorders)
Reminder: If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out. You are not alone, and help is available.
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