43: Chloe Grande on eating disorder recovery and her efforts to crush myths and create community

Hi everybody and thank you for listening to episode 43 of the Learn With Lels podcast! 

On this episode, I spoke with Chloë Grande, an eating disorder awareness blogger and my friend from Western University!

In our conversation, Chloe and I talked about:

• her experience dealing with an eating disorder and what’s helped her on her journey to recovery;

• her advice on how to talk with someone about their eating disorder;

• diet culture and how it impacts basically everyone; and

• why she started an eating disorder recovery blog and how she hopes it will help people.

When I met Chloe five years ago, we were both overachievers who struggled with perfectionism. I’m sure we still have some of those same tendencies today, but we’ve both come a long way, and back then, I never would’ve thought we’d one day be talking so openly about our mental health and eating struggles. We’ve both realized the power that comes with vulnerability, and I hope you feel and enjoy that in our conversation.

Thank you so much for listening, and be sure to follow Chloe on social media and check out her blog, www.chloegrande.com!

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