In this episode, Karin welcomes guest Brian Cuban, Dallas-based attorney, author, and mental health awareness recovery advocate. Recovered himself, Brian openly shares his lived experience overcoming alcohol, drug addiction, bulimia, and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) to advocate for recovery. He speaks regularly about his recovery, childhood bullying, fat shaming, and breaking the male eating disorder stigma and writes extensively on these subjects.

Join Karin and Brian for a discussion on childhood trauma as a precursor to eating disorder development, when adults fat-shame children, the intergenerational nature of emotionally abusive relationships, how body shame isolates and silences, how Body Dysmorphic Disorder can feel from those who struggle with it, sobriety before eating disorder recovery, equipping oneself with tools to prevent getting pulled into dysfunctional behaviors, Brian’s book “Shattered Image,” and “The Ambulance Chaser,” and much more!

• Meet Brian
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• View Brian’s books on Amazon:
— "Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder”
— “The Addicted Lawyer, Tales of The Bar, Booze Blow & Redemption”
— “The Ambulance Chaser” (due 12/7/21)
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• View Brian’s Recovery, Wellness, and CLE presentations
• Check out Brian’s featured media
• Learn more about “The Ambulance Chaser”