WANTcast: The Women Against Negative Talk Podcast
Health & Fitness:Mental Health
"Wellness" is 4.4-trillion-dollar global industry — but in many cases, it's not actually making us more well. In a society that's become increasingly distrustful of conventional medicine, how can we decipher what's fact vs. fiction, steer clear of The Wellness Trap, and reimagine what well-being CAN be?
Today's guest is the phenomenal Christy Harrison, a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. She’s the author of the brand new book The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being and the amazing book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating. She’s also the producer and host of two podcasts, Rethinking Wellness and Food Psych, which have helped tens of thousands of listeners around the world think critically about diet and wellness culture and develop more peaceful relationships with food.
Something really important to know: if you’re thinking this is going to be an episode totally bashing wellness — that is NOT what this is. Christy is encouraging us to expand our critical thinking skills and hold multiple truths at once. This is 100% a WANTcast episode for people who are wellness devotees, for people who can't stand (or at least are super skeptical) what’s become of the wellness world, and for all the people in the middle. If you listen to one pod this week, make it this one.
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ABOUT THE WELLNESS TRAP:
"The Wellness Trap delves into the persistent, systemic problems with that industry, offering insight into its troubling pattern of cultural appropriation and its destructive views on mental health, and shedding light on how a growing distrust of conventional medicine has led ordinary people to turn their backs on science. Weaving together history, memoir, reporting, and practical advice, Harrison illuminates the harms of wellness culture while re-imagining our society’s relationship with well-being."
SHOW NOTES:
Buy The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being
Buy Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
Rethinking Wellness
Food Psych
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042: Defining Your Through Line
041: On Conquering Change (When You Don't Like Change) + Making Wellness Intersectional with Katie Dalebout
040: Thinking Out Loud: On Functioning Under F*ck-It, Micro vs Macro, Other People's Trauma, Running Toward Real Life, and More (Season Two Finale)
039: On Creative Postpartum, Making Money, and Dreamin Big with Erin Bagwell of Dream, Girl
038: The Recovery Myth Part 4 - What Does Recovery Mean To You + Sustaining, Maintaining, Self Care and Self Image with Katie Dalebout
037: Thinking Out Loud: On Finding Your Limits, Shifting Social Media, #WellnessRealness, Building Structure, Wedding Planning, and More
036: The Recovery Myth Part 3 - Nathaniel V. Dust, Breathwork For Recovery
035: The Recovery Myth, Part 2 - Lynn Chen, Actress + Activist
034: The Recovery Myth Part 1 - 7 Common Misconceptions About The New Normal
033: On Cool Girls, Wellness Experiments, and Finding Answers (Without Blowing Your Budget) w/ Phoebe Lapine
032: A Creative Gal's Guide To The Daily Grind
031: On Body Memories, Gut Feelings, and The Taboo Therapy You're Not Supposed To Talk About w/ Somatic Healer Pamela Samuelson
030: Down With The SIde Hustle, Down With The Day Job
029: On Being Healthy-ish + Building A Brand (And Life) With Lasting, Long-Term Value with Derek Flanzraich of Greatist
028: On Fixing Others, Food Issues, Forgiveness + Feeling Fly As F**k (No Matter What) with Jessica Murnane of One Part Plant
027: On Education, Immigration, and The Power Of Conversation with Brenda Gonzalez of Tamarindo
026: Four Ways To Be An Activist In The Wellness Industry
025: On Manifesting It All + Waking Up Fully with Sarah Britton of My New Roots
024: The Art Of The Planned Freak-Out
023: On Confronting Fear, Fighting The Good Fight + The Return Of Chivalry with Danielle Beinstein
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