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156. JANE F-ING FONDA

We Can Do Hard Things

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How Do You Cope With Eating Disorders?

When I did your speech, I actually started crying on stage and I've never done that in 15 years of doing this job because I always stay completely disembodied. But I've been doing a lot of work lately, trying to get embodied again. You used to struggle with bulimia, all of the eating disorders, just like I have. Was that a coping mechanism for for disembodiment? How do you see that now?I think eating disorders happen in the presence of inauthenticity. If you're pretending to be someone you aren't, if you're in a relationship that isn't 100% authentic, we're going to tend to fill that empty space with something. And

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