Ep 558: Voices of Diversity with Sherona Varulkar and guest Eve Eliot on hmTv

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Voices of Diversity on hmTv, host Sherona Varulkar welcomes psychotherapist, author, and eating disorder specialist Eve Eliot for a deeply personal conversation about identity, family history, grief, resilience, and healing.Eve shares the remarkable story of her Sephardic Jewish grandparents, who came to America from Greece and built a new life in Brooklyn with extraordinary determination. She reflects on growing up in Bensonhurst, being raised largely by her grandparents while her mother battled cancer, and the emotional silence that shaped her childhood. She also discusses her father’s World War II service, her stepmother’s powerful Zionist story, and the complex blend of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish identity within her family.The conversation also explores how Eve’s early experiences with illness, anxiety, food, body image, and emotional pain led her to become a psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders. With honesty and humor, she speaks about the importance of self-healing, the power of therapy, and the need to protect the inner world of the heart in a time when the outside world can feel overwhelming.This moving episode is a story of immigration, memory, loss, humor, identity, and the lifelong journey toward healing.Support the show