Body Image

After conducting over 450 interviews with experts and people with lived experience, filmmaker Morgan DiPrimo has learned that recovery conversations often miss the mark, focusing on why people get sick rather than how they get better. In this episode, she opens up about her own story, the misconceptions still surrounding eating disorders, and why she’s turning what she’s learned into a documentary.

We’re obsessed with thinness, wellness, and weight loss, but at what cost? In this episode, filmmaker and eating disorder advocate Morgan DiPrimo draws on more than 400 interviews across six continents to unpack how social media, diet culture, and ‘healthy’ habits gone too far are fueling a growing eating disorder crisis. It’s a conversation worth having, whether or not you’ve struggled with an eating disorder yourself.

If you’re stuck between wanting food freedom and feeling tempted to go back on another diet, you’re not alone. These four core steps can help you get out of the “messy middle” and finally start trusting your body again.