My guest today is the amazing Stephanie Danler. Stephanie is the author of Sweetbitter, which was a NYTimes best-selling, phenomenally successful book and TV show, and now. She recently published her deeply personal memoir, Stray. On this episode, we talk about:

• how her publishing Sweetbitter impacted her decision to have a child
• how her huge success as an author and television show creator impacted her sense of purpose
• her postpartum depression
• how she broke the cycle of her unhealthy childhood
• how to know when you need to set boundaries, and how to know when you can be flexible with those boundaries
• how she deals with jealousy people having better childhoods than her
• how suffering as a child impacts as future romantic relationships
• the relationship between thinking about yourself and thinking about others in our growth as humans
• money anxiety, money attachment styles, and more taboo money-related topics
• her mental health journey, including her complicated relationship with medication
• her coping mechanisms to deal with anxiety
• how she manages her out-of-whack cortisol levels
• plant medicine and medicinal mushrooms as a treatment for depression

You can find Stephanie on Instagram at @smdanler, and we’d both love to hear your reactions to this episode, so please screenshot and write any thoughts or questions that come up as you’re listening and tag us both (I’m @lizmoody).

Enjoy!

PS: Healthier Together is officially a number one best-seller! You can get your copy on Amazon or at lizmoody.com/cookbook.  Please keep sending me your creations on Instagram—they make me so happy!

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This episode is sponsored by Lifeway Foods, makers of America’s best-selling brand of kefir.

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Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.