Feel Good Podcast with Kimberly Snyder

Recovery, Relapse and Healing with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Feel Good Podcast with Kimberly Snyder

Show Notes

In this episode, author Mallary Tenore Tarpley shares her personal journey with eating disorder recovery, insights into different types of eating disorders, and practical tools for healing and self-acceptance. Mallary offers hope and guidance for anyone struggling with disordered eating or seeking a deeper connection with themselves.

Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Mallary's Story and Book 02:08 The Roots of Disordered Eating: Control and Emotions 04:00 Classic Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Binge, and Bulimia 08:54 Signs of Disordered Eating and When to Seek Help 15:07 Mallary's Personal Journey: Loss, Control, and Recovery 20:00 The Middle Place: Slips, Progress, and Acceptance 25:03 Healing Through Self-Love, Spirituality, and Connection 30:10 Resources and Support for Recovery 41:51 Final Reflections and Hope for the Journey

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Guest Resources: Book: Slip, Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery Website: www.mallarytenoretarpley.com Social Media: @mallarytenoretarpley Substack: mallary.substack.com/ Project Heal: - https://www.theprojectheal.org/ National Alliance for Eating Disorders: - https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

Bio: Mallary Tenore Tarpley is a journalism and writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication and McCombs School of Business. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Time magazine, among other publications. She is the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, which helped support her research and writing. Mallary graduated from Providence College and has a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction writing from Goucher College. She lives outside of Austin, Texas, with her husband and two children. Slip is her first book.

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