Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon

Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon

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When kids start to sense the gaze of others
Talking to kids about bodies and body hierarchies
Oct 10 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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What are doctors for?
Recently, I was catching up via text with one of my best friends from medical school.
Sep 30 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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I went on TV to talk about body positivity.
Here's what I wish they had asked me.
Sep 22 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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Why I'm having only one kid
Apr 2 • Mara Gordon, MD
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Why are doctors so mean to fat people?
Jun 20, 2024 • Mara Gordon, MD
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The casual fatphobia of the doctor's office
Mar 19 • Mara Gordon, MD
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Reclaiming exercise from diet culture
Jul 3, 2024 • Mara Gordon, MD
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I went on TV to talk about body positivity.
Sep 22 • Mara Gordon, MD
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Black plastic spatulas, anti-vaccine fears, and the illusion of control
Jun 9 • Mara Gordon, MD
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"I don't want to pass my eating disorder on to my kids."
A conversation about life - in the middle of eating disorder recovery.
Sep 4 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
 and 
Mallary Tenore Tarpley
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When the doctor fears the patient
And how it degrades the relationship for all of us
Aug 22 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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RFK, Jr. comes for primary care
And opens the door for a new era of health care grift
Aug 4 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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Menopause without body shame
A conversation with the great Virginia Sole-Smith
Jul 24 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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Lessons from ten years of medicine
And hopefully many more.
Jul 16 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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Black plastic spatulas, anti-vaccine fears, and the illusion of control
How I care for vaccine-hesitant patients
Jun 9 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
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"It's like brushing your teeth."
Reclaiming exercise from diet culture, with Brooklyn Strength's Cadence Dubus
May 27 • 
Mara Gordon, MD
 and 
Cadence Dubus
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Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon
Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon
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