I Had an Eating Disorder. So Did My Daughter. Here's How We Found Healing.

CLEANING UP THE MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf by Dr. Caroline Leaf

Sep 2, 202674:37Health

Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf and her daughter Dominique Leaf sit down to talk about something neither has discussed this openly before: their own eating disorders, and how one was handed to the other.Caroli...

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