What happens after the diagnosis, but before the resolution? In this episode of Take Care of Your Body by Ry, I’m joined by Mallary Tenore Tarpley — journalist, professor, and author of the forthcoming memoir SLIP: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, releasing August 5 2025 from Simon & Schuster.
This isn’t a story of beginnings or tidy endings. It’s about the haunting, brave, often overlooked space between. The slips no one talks about. The nonlinear nature of healing. The private unraveling behind public smiles.
Mallary opens up about what it means to write from the wound, not the scar — blending science and narrative, personal experience and professional insight. We talk about the neurobiology of eating disorders, what it means to exist in a female body under pressure, and how honesty can be the most radical form of self-care.
This episode is for anyone navigating recovery — from food, from perfectionism, from the aching desire to be enough.
It’s for the girl still in it.
It’s for the woman rewriting the story.
It’s for you.
Listen if you’ve ever wondered whether the middle matters. It does. And you’re not alone in it.
For more of Ry: ✨ Main Instagram: @rylinrosee
🎙️ Podcast: Take Care of Your Body by Ry
Rylin Rossano is a wellness creator, chronic illness advocate, and podcast host rewriting what healing looks like — one soft, powerful story at a time. 💌
📖 Pre-order her debut book:
SLIP: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery – available now for pre-order, releasing August 5, 2025 via Simon & Schuster.
🌐 Website: www.mallarytenore.com
📸 Instagram: @mallarytenore
📝 Read her work: Published in The New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, and more.
🎓 Teaching: Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Moody College of Communication & McCombs School of Business.
Mallary blends lived experience, research, and storytelling to illuminate what recovery really looks like — not before or after, but bravely, in the middle.
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