In this episode, Jillian draws on her own experience as a dancer who developed an eating disorder in high school, 30 years of clinical experience, and her doctoral research on sport and disordered eating to give athletes, parents, and coaches the tools they need to recognize, prevent, and respond to eating disorders. “I’m sure I have a genetic predisposition for eating disorders. I went on a diet, and that was the really critical part of that, because if I hadn’t changed the way I ate, maybe I wouldn’t have had the neurobiological cascade that happens when we do that.” Jillian busts three major myths still circulating in lockers rooms today, from weight-based performance testing to the idea that bullying is just “tough love”. She also gives a look at what eating disorder recovery actually requires. “Eating disorder recovery was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it was the best thing I have ever done. It is the thing I am most proud of.” She also opens up about her work with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins, including Jessie’s recent eating disorder relapse and the documentary Threshold, which captures that journey.