234 - Healing From My Eating Disorder & Letting Go of Perfection | Life Happens ft. Zosia Mamet
Life Happens with Barb & Michelle
Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
What if the very thing you’re ashamed of is actually the thing that sets you free?
In today’s episode, we explore the truth that being messy is part of being human — and why perfection is the biggest lie we’ve ever been sold. 💫
This week on Life Happens with Barb & Michelle, we’re joined by actress, comedian, and author Zosia Mamet for a deeply honest conversation about recovery, self-acceptance, and learning to embrace our imperfections.
In a world that glorifies thinness, achievement, and flawlessness, it’s easy to feel like you’ll never be “enough.” Zosia shares her raw journey through eating disorder recovery, the pressure to be perfect, and the unexpected power of community and vulnerability.
If you’ve ever struggled with self-worth, comparison, or feeling alone in your pain — this episode is your reminder that you are worthy, lovable, and not alone.
✨ Episode Highlights
• Releasing Comparison: How social media fuels unrealistic expectations—and how to break free.
• Healing From an Eating Disorder: Understanding the roots of addiction and why support is essential.
• The Importance of Community: Why you don’t have to (and shouldn’t) struggle alone.
• Learning From Imperfection: Growth happens in the mistakes, the messiness, and the trying again.
This conversation is a soft place to land — a safe space to breathe, heal, and remember who you really are. 🌸
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💛 Episode Topics
• How to break free from comparison and impossible beauty standards
• The truth about perfectionism—and its impact on your mental and emotional well-being
• Zosia Mamet’s honest journey through eating disorder recovery
• Why community, vulnerability, and support are essential for healing
• How to embrace imperfection and begin accepting yourself from the inside out
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Life Happens, Barb and Michelle sit down with the brilliant and hilarious |
| 0:05.0 | Zasha Mamet for a conversation that is honest, refreshing, and unexpectedly healing. |
| 0:11.0 | You know her from girls, the flight attendant, and now her new essay collection, |
| 0:15.8 | Does This Make Me Funny? |
| 0:17.3 | And she's opening up about everything from growing up in the spotlight to battling perfectionism, |
| 0:22.9 | navigating body image, and learning how to embrace her real, messy, magical self. |
| 0:28.5 | If you've ever struggled with confidence or questioned whether you're enough, this is the episode |
| 0:33.8 | you need. Get ready for honesty, big laughs, and a conversation that will leave you |
| 0:38.9 | feeling lighter, braver, and more yourself. Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Life Happens with |
| 0:45.4 | Barb and Michelle. We are so, so excited today because we have an extra special guest with us who I |
| 0:50.5 | know you all know and love and are in for a really amazing conversation with. Welcome |
| 0:56.9 | Sasha Mamet to the show. Hi, Sasha. Hi. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much for being with us. |
| 1:04.8 | I mean, I've been a big fan for a long, long time, and we've been reading your book and just we have a mutual friend. And it's |
| 1:12.5 | just such a joy to have you with us to have a conversation today. I know. I know. We have a very |
| 1:17.8 | dear, dear, fun, lovely mutual friend who, yeah, I'm like anybody that, like you said, anyone |
| 1:25.1 | she connects me to, I'm like, this person must be cool. |
| 1:27.9 | Yeah, it's so special. |
| 1:29.7 | So we're so excited to chat with you. |
| 1:31.8 | You have a book called Does This Make Me Funny? |
| 1:34.8 | That is amazing. |
| 1:36.5 | Before we hit record, my mom was talking about how much humor has been so necessary for her. |
| 1:43.0 | And I think for so many of us these days. But I guess to |
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