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Kristin Cavallari is feeling pretty good these days. Amid the pandemic, she’s been hanging with her kids (Camden, 8, Jaxon, 6, and Saylor, 4, who she shares with ex-husband Jay Cutler), spending time with friends, and continuing to expand her jewelry company, Uncommon James. She’s also focusing on her health, even releasing her second cookbook, True Comfort, featuring gluten- and refined sugar-free recipes for cozy dishes like Oat Crust Chicken Pot Pie and Chicken Ragù à la King (her favorite). For the 33-year-old star, the book (out September 29th) is part of the healthy, whole-food lifestyle that she says she’s been committed to since her first pregnancy back in 2012. 

But getting to this mindset wasn’t an easy process. When we speak on the phone in September, Cavallari reveals that back in her twenties, during the days of MTV’s Laguna Beach and The Hills,