Best Penny & Dimitri Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 24 - How Better Sour is Changing Flavor Trends with Bella Hughes 30:24

4M ago30:24

30:24

Have you ever wished the candy aisle offered something more than the same old flavors? Well, today we're talking with Bella Hughes, co founder of Better Sour, a better for you gummy candy company, shaking up the industry with its globally inspired sour treats. Get ready to learn about the rise of global flavors, succeeding in the competitive retail…

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Episode 23 - Bridging Cultures through Sanzo with Sandro Roco 28:47

5M ago28:47

28:47

Consumer Rundown podcast is your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. Whether you’re a CPG enthusiast, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a seasoned investor, tune in to learn about the stories driving the discussion within the consumer markets. Today we're chatting with Sandro, the founder of Sanzo, the…

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Episode 22 - From Consumer Operator to Investor with Melissa Facchina from Siddhi Capital 44:25

6M ago44:25

44:25

Consumer Rundown podcast is your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. Whether you’re a CPG enthusiast, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a seasoned investor, tune in to learn about the stories driving the discussion within the consumer markets. On today's episode we are joined by Melissa Facchina from S…

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Consumer Rundown News - February 14, 2024 6:52

6M ago6:52

6:52

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown news podcast. On today's episode we discuss: The impact of Tuesday's inflation report The possible acquisition of Vizio by Walmart Product launches by Tiger Woods, and Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre. Tuesday's earnings releases by Hasbro and Coca-Cola Don't forget to subscribe to Consumer Rundown and visit us at consumerrundo…

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Consumer Rundown News - February 13, 2024 7:07

6M ago7:07

7:07

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown news podcast. On today's episode we discuss: The challenges facing The Children's Place Expansion of private label offerings at Target and Macy's Beyoncé's new beauty brand, Cécred New fundraising by Odyssey, a functional energy drink maker utilizing mushroom Don't forget to subscribe to Consumer Rundown and visit u…

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Consumer Rundown News - February 9, 2024 5:55

6M ago5:55

5:55

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown news podcast. On today's episode we discuss Brita's acquisition of LARQ Change in CFO at Kroger and Costco Earnings reports from Under Armour, Hershey's' and Mattel New fundraising by Encore Consumer Capital Don't forget to subscribe to Consumer Rundown and visit us at consumerrundown.com .…

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Consumer Rundown News - February 8, 2024 7:19

6M ago7:19

7:19

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown news podcast. On today's episode we discuss 1) Mexico Emerging as Top Source for U.S. Imports, Shifting from China 2) Target Exploring Paid Membership Program 3) Snoop Dogg and Master P are suing cereal giants Post and retail kingpin Walmart 4) VF Corp's plan to divest certain non core assets 5) Surging cost of Cocoa…

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Episode 21 - Reimagining Watch Resale Marketplace with Quaid Walker, co-founder of Bezel 48:04

7M ago48:04

48:04

Consumer Rundown podcast is your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. Whether you’re a CPG enthusiast, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a seasoned investor, tune in to learn about the stories driving the discussion within the consumer markets. Today, we're thrilled to have Quaid Walker, co-founder of B…

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Consumer Rundown News - January 30, 2024 5:09

7M ago5:09

5:09

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown news podcast. Today, we discuss improvement in the consumer confidence index. layoffs at UPS, Tom Brady merging his companies with Nobull and Robert Downey Jr. launching Happy Coffee. We also discuss earnings at Starbucks and Mondelez. Don't forget to subscribe to Consumer Rundown and visit us at consumerrundown.com …

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Consumer Rundown News - January 29, 2024 4:20

7M ago4:20

4:20

Welcome to the first episode of the Consumer Rundown news podcast. We at the Consumer Rundown are excited to announce that in addition to our interview podcast where we speak to consumer founders, investors, and industry experts. We’ve decided to launch a news podcast that covers the most important news within the consumer markets. Today is Monday …

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Episode 20 - The Venture Capitalist Mindset with Brent Vartan from Bullish 33:38

7M ago33:38

33:38

Our guest today is Brent Vartan, a Managing Partner at Bullish. Bullish blends capital, consulting and creation to design the most remarkable businesses in the world. Its investment portfolio has included Harry's, Warby Parker, Casper, Sunday, Cake and many more leading consumer companies. Brent talks about his journey from advertising to venture …

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Episode 19 - Future of AI in Marketing with Kiyan Foroughi from Needle 29:30

7M ago29:30

29:30

On today’s episode we’re talking to Kiyan Foroughi, the co-founder of needle an AI-powered marketing platform based in Singapore. Needle helps early stage ecommerce brands optimize their marketing spending by providing personalized recommendations and automating campaign creation. Kiyan is a serial entrepreneur, who previously founded Electric8 and…

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Episode 18 - Mid-Day Squares: Creating A Chocolate Empire With Jake Karls 18:04

8M ago18:04

18:04

Join us as Jake Karls, a co-founder of Mid-Day Squares, reveals how they're disrupting the chocolate industry with bold storytelling, raw transparency, and unapologetic authenticity. We'll dive into their David versus Goliath battle with Hershey's and uncover Jake's unconventional marketing playbook. Jake’s inspiring journey is packed with valuable…

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Episode 17 - The Camino Way: Building Brands and Enduring Value with Values with Elle Lanning 29:22

8M ago29:22

29:22

Today, we're talking to Elle Lanning, the Managing Director at Camino Partners. Camino Partners is a business-building and investment platform partnering with entrepreneurs to build enduring value with values. It co-founded better-for-you Mexican food brand, SOMOS, and invested in companies such as Belgian Boys, gimme seaweed snacks and CAVA Medite…

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Episode 16 - Serving Sustainability: Impact Food's Journey to Reinvent Seafood with Kelly Pan and Stephanie Claudino Daffara 30:36

8M ago30:36

30:36

We are joined Kelly and Stephanie, the co-founders of Impact Food, Driven by a deep passion for sustainability and health, they founded Impact Food, a company dedicated to creating the most delicious and nutritious plant-based seafood alternatives. Tune in to explore the challenges, innovations, and principles that have shaped their inspiring journ…

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Episode 15 - Fomenting the Oat Milk Revolution: A Conversation with Christina Dorr Drake of Willa's Oat Milk 29:43

9M ago29:43

29:43

We dive into the journey of Christina Dorr Drake, the co-founder of Willa's Oat Milk. Christina shares the inspiration behind the brand and the pivotal insight that propelled her to launch Willa's. We also explore the evolving landscape of the plant-based market, delving into the impact of shifting consumer preferences and how education is reshapin…

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Episode 14 - Taika: The Coffee Brand That's Taking a Different Approach to Brand Building And Community 34:15

9M ago34:15

34:15

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On this episode, we are joined by Kal and Michael, the founders of Taika, a ready-to-drink coffee brand infused with functional mushrooms and adaptogens. We discussed how Taika is differentiating itself within crowded ca…

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Episode 13 - Sea Monsters: The Future of Seaweed Snacks with John and Jiae 38:42

10M ago38:42

38:42

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On this episode, we are joined by John and Jiae, the founders of Sea Monsters, a seaweed snacks company. John and Jiae discuss their motivation for starting Sea Monsters, their vision for the future of seaweed snacks, an…

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Episode 12- Evan Kesner - Cracking the Code of E-Commerce Success: Insights from Amazon Expert 16:37

11M ago16:37

16:37

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. Are you looking to crack the code on Amazon, conquer the world of e-commerce, and supercharge your brand's success? Look no further! On this episode, we delve into the digital advertising with Evan Kesner, the CEO and co…

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Episode 11 - Brandon Snower - From Wall Street to Fashion: Crafting the Le Afre Journey 23:00

11M ago23:00

23:00

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On this episode, we delve into the captivating journey of Brandon Snower, the founder of Le Afre, a fashion brand that marries New York ambition with European flair. Discover how Brandon's transitioned from Wall Street t…

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Episode 10 - Cessna Mac (Amberstone Ventures) - From teaching to consulting to venture capital investor focused on consumer branded companies 20:53

12M ago20:53

20:53

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On this episode, we interview Cessna Mac, a Principal at Amberstone Ventures, a growth equity firm that focuses on investing in emerging branded consumer product companies. We discuss Cessna's journey to venture capital …

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Episode 9 - Mike Gelb (Consumer VC) - How to invest in consumer companies and build a successful consumer brand 17:08

1y ago17:08

17:08

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. Today, we are joined by the Mike Gelb, founder of Consumer VC, a podcast and media company that focuses on consumer innovation and venture capital. Mike started the podcast in 2019 because he was interested in learning m…

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The Mommy (and Daddy) Brain Controversies: Adaptation not Deficit with Bridget Callaghan, PhD (Los Angeles) 48:17

1y ago48:17

48:17

"We trained pregnant and never pregnant women and we tested them on their memory for these items immediately after they learned them and then we tested them two weeks later, looking at their long term autobiographical memory. What we found was that for the immediate test, the pregnant women did better than the never pregnant women on the baby relev…

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Episode 8 - Nate Rosen (Express Checkout) - Roundup of the news stories and trends transforming consumer markets 26:23

1y ago26:23

26:23

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. In this special episode, we are joined by the Nate Rosen, founder of Express Checkout. In this episode we dive deep into the world of commerce. Nate shares invaluable insights on everything from emerging brands to the ev…

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Episode 7 - Jake Deleon (Fila Manila) - Tasting Tradition, Igniting Innovation of Filipino Cuisine with Fila Manila's Founder 30:13

1y ago30:13

30:13

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today’s episode we talk to Jake Deleon. Jake, shares his entrepreneurial journey and the founding story of his company, Fila Manila, which aims to modern representation of authentic Filipino flavors to the American ma…

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Episode 6 - Luke Johnson (Rose Street Capital) - Early-Stage Venture Capital Investing 20:39

1y ago20:39

20:39

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today’s episode we talk to Luke Johnson. The co-founder of Rose Street Capital, an early stage venture fund investing in direct-to-consumer and eCommerce. Learn about Luke's journey from angel investing to raising his…

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Two Psychiatrists Face the Illness of Their Daughter with Philip Lister, MD (New York) 59:16

1y ago59:16

59:16

"The universality of guilt - I think that my life as a child therapist has a lot of advantages; we carry the idea that ‘we are all the ages we've ever been’ and those magic years never disappear. There are some great things about that - there are some problems with it too. That kind of irrational self-centered construction to explain what is intole…

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Stigma: How Support Groups for Mental Illness are Helpful with John Tamerin, MD 37:22

1+ y ago37:22

37:22

"Because I couldn't help my son, I couldn't do anything for him, I thought maybe I could start this group and help other people and other parents deal with this problem. What I wasn't prepared to face was just how lonely, how alone, how sad, and feeling hopeless I was. In a way, when the group began, I needed the group as much as the group needed m…

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How Rituals Attach us to our Communities with Dimitris Xygalatas, Ph.D. 56:54

1+ y ago56:54

56:54

"If you randomly assign people in two groups and you give them different insignia or you have them go through different practices, as we saw in this study, they come to like each other more. It's very easy to create this basic sense of belonging and identity. Ritual is particularly good at eliciting that kind of sense also because it triggers our i…

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Episode 5 - Dan Cohen (Neon Bandits) - How to build a successful side business 15:47

1+ y ago15:47

15:47

Welcome to Consumer Rundown podcast, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today’s episode we talk to Dan Cohen. The co-founder of Neon Bandits, a performance socks company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Dan and his sister Samantha launched and scaled Neon Bandits over the last 10 years. If…

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Might Rapamycin Extend our Lifespan, Healthspan, and Cognitive Functioning? with Arlan Richardson, PhD 48:43

1+ y ago48:43

48:43

"One of the things that is very exciting is that this is a very robust finding. In other words, sometimes in science people see something and then it's not replicated - Rapamycin’s impact on lifespan has been replicated. When I started researching this area 50 years ago, I never felt that we would find a pill that would have an impact on aging and …

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Episode 4 - Douglas Yu (Forbes & Springdale Ventures) 23:31

1+ y ago23:31

23:31

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today’s episode we talk to Douglas Yu. As a journalist at Forbes, Douglas has a bird’s eye view of the emerging brands within food and beverage. Hear Douglas’ views on plant based meat products and influencer led brands. …

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Episode 3 - Justin Fenchel (BeatBox Beverages) 41:37

1+ y ago41:37

41:37

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today’s episode we talk to Justin Fenchel, co-founder and CEO of BeatBox Beverages, about his mission to build the World’s Tastiest Portable Party Punch. We learn about the origins of BeatBox, the challenges of managing g…

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Episode 2 - Misha Medvedev & Peter Frelinghuysen (Earth Brands) 40:28

1+ y ago40:28

40:28

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today’s episode we talk to the founders of Earth Brands Misha Medvedev & Peter Frelinghuysen. Featured in the Forbes Social Impact 30 under 30 list, Misha and Peter launched Earth Cups in 2021 as an environmentally sustai…

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Episode 1 - Will Nitze (IQBAR) 27:19

1+ y ago27:19

27:19

Welcome to the Consumer Rundown, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. On today's premier episode we talk to Will Nitze, the founder of IQBar. We learn how Will launched a nutrition bar that's good for your body and for your brain, how he leveraged his school network to fundraise, and his long …

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Consumer Rundown Trailer 1:55

1+ y ago1:55

1:55

Welcome to Consumer Rundown, your destination for the people, companies and trends transforming today's consumer markets. Hosted by Penny and Dimitri. Penny is a Product Manager at one of the largest ecommerce companies in the world. Dimitri is a Venture Investor focusing on early-stage food and beverage companies. He also co-founded a skincare bra…

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An Analyst's Novel: Resilience in the Face of a Mother's Death with Kerry Malawista, PhD 35:00

1+ y ago35:00

35:00

"One way a child of Jody’s age deals with loss is that you don’t miss the person, in a sense you can become them. So, I have her step into the mother role, immediately trying to look after the younger ones and then wearing her mother sunglasses - it’s like she becomes her and then you don’t miss her so much. The neighbor is like an analyst figure, …

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Bipolar Disease, Insulin Resistance and Metformin: New Research with Cynthia Calkin, MD 44:48

2y ago44:48

44:48

"The best way to think about insulin resistance is that it’s pre-diabetes. In the course of developing type 2 diabetes, which we see in much higher rates in people with bipolar disorder compared to the general population, one starts off with normal blood sugar levels but elevated insulin. It is the elevated insulin that pushes the blood sugar down …

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The Value of Paternity Leave for Children and Families with Richard Petts, PhD 41:23

2y ago41:23

41:23

"When paternity leave comes into the picture you have a situation where parents are home together. Those processes are able to develop for both the mother and the father - there’s time for fathers to bond with their children, there’s time for parents to figure out how to be parents together. It’s not so lopsided where mothers become the experts bec…

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The Role of Technology in Mental Health Care with Isaac Galatzer-Levy, PhD 59:38

2y ago59:38

59:38

"There is a company called NightWare, that developed a feature for PTSD that uses components from Apple Watch. One of the primary symptoms in PTSD is intense nightmares which are very distressing, they disrupt their sleep and really drive a lot of symptomatology. This company created an app that detects when people with PTSD are having nightmares. …

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Disability, Psychotherapy, and Resilience with H. Penny Mishkin, MS, OTR 53:23

2y ago53:23

53:23

"I would say to any parent who has a child now or any adult who has a disability now - disabilities are looked at quite differently. They are accepted much more than they were when I was growing up. So, you can’t take things out of context, but I was just living a secret life and that wasn’t good, it really wasn’t. That was why I was remote, so wha…

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Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy for Physical Symptoms with Allan Abbass, MD 49:56

2y ago49:56

49:56

"Someone comes in and they are having these fainting attacks and neurological symptoms, they do develop different anxiety channels and the first of their goal is to help them be able to identify and feel their emotions and not have any anxiety, but before getting there we help them learn to reflect on their body response and intellectual wise and i…

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Probiotics Added to Antidepressants Improve Outcome: New Preliminary Research with Anna-Chiara Schaub (Basal, Switzerland) 31:58

2y ago31:58

31:58

"We have those two groups with the probiotics and the placebo. The patients were allocated to the two groups and it was double-blind so we didn’t know if they took the probiotics or the placebo. They took it for four weeks and we did the assessments before the intervention and after the intervention and then we just compared. We compared how the tr…

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Does Religious Commitment Improve Academic Performance? (Sometimes) with Ilana Horwitz, PhD 56:25

2y ago56:25

56:25

"How does religion matter here? The reason that kids who are religious ‘abiders’ end up having an academic advantage, especially in the working class and the middle class, is because their grades are so much better in the middle and high school years that their chances of getting into college are much higher. They also are constantly being told: “O…

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A Physician with Metastatic Cancer Takes Psilocybin with Pradeep Bansal, MD 1:00:40

2+ y ago1:00:40

1:00:40

"I don't think anybody can truly describe the [psilocybin] experience. One can use phrases and words that are common - ineffable, mystical, powerful. All I can say is it was the most powerful experience of my life that I have gone through ever." "We had another CAT scan in September of last year, in 2021, and it showed another small nodule. My onco…

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Babies' Laughing and Joking: When and Why with Gina Mireault, PhD 54:05

2+ y ago54:05

54:05

“That was actually Darwin's hypothesis in observing his own son and he writes about this in “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.” He writes about this incipient laughter – he was the first one to recognize this as a built-in response that the baby has that really pulls the baby into the adult world or pulls adults into the infant wor…

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Mothers, Daughters, and Food with Judith Rabinor, PhD 51:51

2+ y ago51:51

51:51

"All Jenny knew was that she wanted to lose weight. One of the things I say to people when I teach about eating disorders is ‘treating eating disorders is all about food and not at all about food’. It is not at all about food, there is always an issue, it is not just about wanting to be thin. Even though in the late 70s’ Twiggy came on the scene an…

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The Neurology of Religious Belief with Andrew Newberg, MD 50:50

2+ y ago50:50

50:50

"If somebody was to say a prayer to Jesus versus say a prayer to Allah versus say a prayer to Vishnu - in some sense that is going to be a similar kind of process in the brain. They are repeating certain words directed towards some higher power in their view. In some sense there is similarity across those different domains and those different tradi…

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Intergenerational Secrets and their Discovery in Psychotherapy with Galit Atlas, PhD 42:21

2+ y ago42:21

42:21

"There is a very close relation between being known and knowing others and allowing others to know us. When somebody goes to therapy, it usually impacts everyone around them in many ways. We can say it challenges relationships. It does many things. But one thing is that when you feel known and you are not hiding anymore, you realize that who you ar…

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When Someone You Care About Has an Eating Disorder with Judith Brisman, Ph.D. 54:52

2+ y ago54:52

54:52

“When someone is disordered in their eating often what you find is that they’ve been a kid who has learned to have radar for the feelings of other people. Whether it’s a family where the kid can’t express their emotions and parents’ emotions rule, that kid has learned to look to the outside to figure out who she should be. So of course, in our cult…

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