Mallary Tenore Tarple, author of Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, and Dr. Stuart Murray, Director of the Eating Disorders Program in UCLA’s Department of Psychiatry. Their conversation offers a thoughtful exploration of the science, lived experience, and evolving understanding of eating disorder recovery.

In her debut nonfiction book, Mallory Tenor Tarple offers a powerful and nuanced look at the complexities of eating disorders and the process of recovery. Drawing from her own lived experience as well as reporting with clinicians, researchers, and others in recovery, Mallary weaves together personal narrative, immersive journalism, and emerging science to explore what recovery truly looks like.