What We Carry Underneath.
With Dr Tala Abdallah
October 2026 · 1 min read
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About this episode
Talking to AI about your mental health can be appealing. It seems cheaper and faster, it is there at 2am, and it can feel like talking to a friend without worrying about being a burden or being judged.
Dr Tala Abdallah reflects on what human connection brings to these conversations, and on how eating disorders are rarely only about food. Underneath the plate can sit emotion, validation, family dynamics, culture, body image and years of learned behaviour.
This episode covers
- Why people turn to AI for mental health
- What human connection brings
- Eating disorders are rarely only about food
- Family, culture and body image
Reflection prompts
Three questions to sit with after listening. There are no right answers.
- 1.Which version of yourself do you perform most often, and who is it for?
- 2.What did you keep when you left, or when others left you, and what did you let go?
- 3.What are you carrying right now that nobody around you has noticed?
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About the guest
Dr Tala AbdallahClinical Psychologist and Dietitian, based in London
Dr Tala Abdallah is a clinical psychologist and dietitian based in London. She works with Arabs and expats on their relationship with themselves, with the people closest to them, and with their bodies. On Inner Narratives she talks about what human connection brings that AI cannot, and about what sits underneath an eating disorder.
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