In this episode, I am joined by Harriet Brown, journalist, advocate, mother, and accomplished author of numerous books including “Body of Truth” and “Brave Girl Eating.” Inspired by the experience chronicling her daughter’s eating disorder descent and recovery while writing “Brave Girl Eating,” Harriet has become an advocate for better eating-disorders treatment. She has edited two anthologies and has written for the New York Times Magazine, O, Prevention, and many other publications. Harriet is currently a professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where she continues to write, research, and teach about eating disorders and body image as well as other issues, including family estrangement.

Join Karin and Harriet for a discussion on Harriet’s experience while chronicling her daughter’s eating disorder and recovery in “Brave Girl Eating,” how the education provided in school propagates food issues, the damage of “fat shaming” as a motivation to lose weight, how a starved brain does not discriminate based on body size and/or weight, how our diet obsessed culture’s body centric focus dehumanizes individuals, looking at the diet-industry’s worth to understand its lies, and much more.

CONNECT WITH HARRIET:
• Get to know Harriet Brown by visiting her online
• Follow Harriet on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• Learn more about Harriet’s books including:
￮ Body of Truth
￮ Brave Girl Eating
￮ Shadow Daughter
￮ Feed Me
• View the reading guide for Brave Girl Eating
• Read Harriet’s featured magazine stories
• Take a look at Harriet’s future events, speaking events, and featured press

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