Brought to you by Zibby Owens, host of the award-winning podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, this podcast aims to connect listeners in a brand new way. Do you want to feel better in your body? Zibby does. But she knows how hard it is to make changes alone. She started an Instagram community @momsdonthavetimetoloseweight where the frustrated, like her, could get out of their own heads, hear from others, and stay motivated. Listen to interviews with women in the group sharing tips, cautionary tales, tears, victories, and everything else that makes a great story. And get ready to change, one small step at a time. Together.
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Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Susan Burton's memoir, Empty, is one of my favorite recent books. I'm really excited to share our conversation which we had at the beginning of the pandemic. Now it feels like a lifetime ago! Susan is an editor at This American Life on where the episodes she has produced include "Ten Sessions," "Five Women," and "Tell Me I'm Fat.” Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Yorker, and others. Empty is the story of Susan’s secret eating disorders, both anorexia and binge eating disorder, that defined her adolescence and adulthood. We talked about her book becoming both a confession about the painful secrets she had been living with and sharing her story as a means of recovery and connection. Our interview was the first one she had done and she meaningfully shed light on habits and compulsions, how we hide our turmoil, and the road to sharing ourselves with the people closest to us.
Purchase Susan's book on Amazon or Bookshop:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ggu5dC
Bookshop: https://bit.ly/2RLSVaY