Episode 131: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Marya Hornbacher. Marya is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is the recipient of a host of awards for her books, journalism, essays, and poetry. Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for her first book, Marya has spent a prolific twenty-odd years writing and teaching across genres. She was recently honored with the Annie Dillard Award in Creative Nonfiction. Marya published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia in 1998, when she was twenty-three.What started as a crazy idea suggested by a writer friend became the classic book that has been published in sixteen languages, is taught in universities all over the world, and has, according to the thousands of letters Marya has received over the years, changed lives.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

5:45: A bit about Marya’s background

7:15: Marya’s history with an eating disorder

8:15: What elements contributed to her development of an eating disorder

12:00: Why recovery can be boring

14:00: Marya’s intention for writing her first book

17:45: The initial reception to her first book

22:45: What changed with the book’s afterward

26:45: What has changed with eating disorders in our modern time

33:00: Is treatment accessible?

33:45: An overview of her second memoir, “Madness”

35:30: What is bipolar and how many types are there?

43:30: Common misconceptions around bipolar

45:45: An overview of her newest book

47:30: Why it’s so hard to diagnosis bipolar

54:00: How is Marya’s mental health now?

56:30: Marya’s writing process

1:02:00: How poetry has helped her as a writer

1:03:00: Marya’s advice for writers

Here’s how you can connect with Marya:

Website

Twitter

Links mentioned during the show:

Wasted by Marya Hornbacher

Madness by Marya Hornbacher

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