Faith Salie Was Miss Aphrodite, Then Things Got Complicated

The CBS News Sunday Morning commentator, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell
Me panelist, and veteran actor had all the approval and
validation one could want early in her life. She was a pageant
winner, Harvard grad, and Rhodes Scholar by the time she went to
Los Angeles to make it in film and television. But the vagaries
of the entertainment industry, the death of her mother, and an
unsuccessful marriage showed her that there’s only so much you
can prepare and study for. Faith talks about her experiences with
anorexia, depression, and eventually finding love and family. We
also discuss approval, specifically who you seek it from and why.


Get your copy of Faith Salie's book, Approval Junkie: My
Heartfelt (And Occasionally Inappropriate) Quest to Please Just
About Everyone, and Ultimately Myself, wherever books are sold.
Listen to the Off-Broadway production of Approval Junkie on
Audible. For more information, visit www.FaithSalie.com. Follow
Faith Salie on Twitter @Faith_Salie and on Instagram @faithsalie.


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