Mallary Tenore Tarpley is an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches journalism classes in the Moody College of Communication and writing classes at the McCombs School of Business.

Her debut nonfiction book, SLIP: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, which was published by Simon & Schuster's Simon Element imprint in August 2025, explores the under-discussed complexities of eating disorders and recovery from them. The book is equal parts memoir and journalism, and it weaves together Mallary's own narrative with perspectives from clinicians, researchers, and others with lived experience.

In 2023, Mallary received a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the science-related reporting in the book, specifically around the neurobiological and genetic aspects of eating disorders.

Mallary's articles and personal essays about eating disorders have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, TIME Magazine, and Teen Vogue, among other publications

We discuss topics including:

• What it means to live life in the "in between"

• Recovery is impossible but imperfect

• Slips do not have to be failures they can be an opportunity for growth

• Reframe your thinking about "full recovery"

• Being authentic with yourself while being open to experiment with food instead of always sticking with "safe foods"

SHOW NOTES:

www.mallarytenoretarpley.com

Book: Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery

IG: www.instagram.com/mallarytenoretarpley

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