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EXCLUSIVE: Mara Schiavocampo Dishes on How a Spiritual Change Can Lead to a Physical One

The ABC News Correspondent joined ESSENCE's books editor Patrik Henry Bass for a very special Google Hangout this afternoon.
Mara Schiavocampo Dishes on How a Spiritual Change Can Lead to a Physical One
Mara Schiavocampo, 32
By Essence · Updated October 27, 2020
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Last year, journalist and ABC News correspondent Mara Schiavocampo wrote THINspired: How I Lost 90 Pounds—My Plan for Lasting Weight Loss and Self Acceptance, a handbook on how sometimes, a spiritual change needs to precede a physical one.

Schiavocampo stopped by the ESSENCE office today to chat with our books editor, Patrik Henry Bass, for a Google Hangout. Miss the sesh? No worries—you can watch the full conversation above.