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Dec 2022
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The Complicated Truths About "Eating Dis...

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About this episode

This week, Victoria is sitting down with Mimi Cole, a mental health therapist, eating disorder recovery advocate, and author. Mimi, who specializes in disordered eating/eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) also hosts the Lovely Becoming podcast, and an Instagram audience of more than 25k followers to raise awareness that eating disorders look different on everybody and that the journey to self-acceptance isn't the same for everyone.

Victoria and Mimi dive into what it means to continue to have intrusive thoughts surrounding your eating disorder, society's toxic eating disorder hierarchy, and how "recovery" is often just the beginning. Don't miss out on this candid conversation. 

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