It wasn't about like making friends with rejection, but it's more like allowing it to sit at the table with me.

Like, I don't need to be your friend. You don't need to be my friend.

But we can be here together existing. I don't need to give you power. Let me let it out. Hi, welcome to Let It Out.

This week I have a conversation with a friend of mine, actress and director, Lynn Chen. You might know her from her roles and shows like Grey's Anatomy, which we touch on at the end of this, or a really important beloved role that she played years ago in Saving Face or perhaps you know her from her really popular

food blog which is called The Actors Diet and most recently she's been behind the camera she made

her directorial debut just a couple years ago i I think, 2020, 2021.

It was really cool.

I got to be at the premiere and see her film and that she actually wrote and starred in as well,

which we touch on just briefly in this.

And she's really, really incredible.

And when I asked her what she wanted to talk about this time on the show, she said, without hesitation, rejection.

So we start this conversation with that, talking about what she calls phases of rejection,

what she's learned lately about how to handle it.

And, you know, she's someone who has spoken about her disordered relationship with eating

and her body.

And as I mentioned, she ran this food blog called The Actors Diet for years and years and

was really involved in this world of both eating disorder recovery

and food journalism really. And she spoke to other people in the industry about food and eating.

And that is one of several topics that we cover in this as well.

And really, you know, act one is about rejection. Act two is really about eating disorder

recovery. And with that, you know, I want to read something before we get started with the show

that I've actually read here a couple of times. And honestly, I'm pretty sure I read this pretty recently on an episode with Virgil Tovar.

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