The Official And Now Love Podcast: www.andnowlove.com Eisha Marjara's Website: www.eishamarjara.com Am I the Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen?: www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010471743/am-i-the-skinniest-person-youve-ever-seen.html Calorie: www.caloriethefilm.com Award-winning filmmaker and author Eisha Marjara joins Cynthia Marks for a moving conversation about how our earliest imprints shape the way we see ourselves — and how those patterns can be rewritten. Drawing on her acclaimed documentary work, including Am I the Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen? and Calorie, Eisha shares her journey through an eating disorder in her teens, the profound loss of her mother and younger sister, and the long road back to herself. With honesty and grace, she and Cynthia explore how an eating disorder can become a physical expression of an emotional imprint, tangled up with family expectations, grief, and the fear of stepping into womanhood. Together they look at the ache of coming of age, the difference between care rooted in compassion versus control, and the quiet damage caused by the things families never talk about. Above all, Eisha's story is a testament to healing through creativity and tenderness — a reminder that we don't have to remain prisoners of our earliest conditioning, and that looking back at our youngest, most wounded selves with kindness is where the true rewriting of our story begins. This is And Now Love. Listen to your dreams and live from your heart. Please follow, rate, and share the podcast, and pass this episode along to someone who might need it. This episode discusses eating disorders and loss, and is shared in the spirit of recovery and hope. If you or someone you love is struggling, support is available through the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline (1-866-662-1235). Follow our socials: Instagram / / andnowlove.podcast Facebook / / And Now Love Podcast Youtube / / @AndNowLovePodcast TikTok / / and.now.love.podc ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 0:00 — Welcome and Eisha's Films 1:58 — Eisha's Story: Family, Immigration, and Loss 6:46 — Womanhood, the Body, and the Feminine 14:27 — Behind the Documentary 17:11 — Recovery and Rebuilding 25:16 — Two Sisters, One Imprint 29:53 — Grief, the Parents, and the Father's Strength 37:56 — "Calorie," Compassion, and Breaking the Silence