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by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
Rethinking Wellness offers critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, and reflections on how to find true well-being. We explore the science (or lack thereof) behind popular wellness diets, the role of influencers and social-media algorithms in spreading wellness misinformation, problematic practices in the alternative- and integrative-medicine space, how wellness culture often drives disordered eating, the truth about trending topics like gut health, how to avoid getting taken advantage of when you’re desperate for help and healing, and how to care for yourself in a deeply flawed healthcare system without falling into wellness traps.
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- 1 weeks ago59 min
How Social Media Algorithms Rewrite Your Identity—and How to Take It Back
Sociologist and journalist Kathryn Jezer-Morton, author of the new book THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE, joins us to discuss how social media affects the way we make sense of our lives, how the pressure to perform emotional wellness online affects our actual emotional well-being, how credentialed providers with nuanced messages can get heard in this media environment, and more. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers, we get into how to change your relationship with social media, why “flat stories” are sometimes more helpful than transformative ones, and where to share stories about chronic illness, disability, and eating disorders without the pressure to perform. As a paid subscriber, you get the full version of this episode. Thanks so much for your support! If you love what you hear, please consider leaving a rating and review here, or gifting Rethinking Wellness to a friend. Get full show notes and references on Substack.More from Christy:Christy's second book, The Wellness Trap, is available wherever books are sold! Order it here, or ask for it in your favorite local bookstore. If you're looking to make peace with food and break free from diet and wellness culture, check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course.Subscribe on Substack for full interviews and more! Support the podcast by becoming a paid subscriber, and unlock great perks like extended interviews, subscriber-only Q&As, full access to our archives, commenting privileges, and a place to connect with other listeners.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago13 min
Do Ultra-Processed Foods Disrupt Metabolism? Unpacking a New Randomized Study
Christy answers an audience question about a new study that claims to show food processing influences metabolism and brain activity. As a paid subscriber, you get the full version of this episode. Thanks so much for your support! If you love what you hear, please consider leaving a rating and review here, or gifting Rethinking Wellness to a friend. Get full show notes and references on Substack.More from Christy: Books: Anti-DietThe Wellness TrapThe Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image WorkbookCourses:Intuitive Eating FundamentalsIntro to Intuitive EatingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago24 min
Food-Sensitivity Tests, SIBO, Probiotics, and FODMAPs: Your Evidence-Based Guide
Christy answers an audience question about food-sensitivity tests, SIBO, probiotics, elimination diets, and how to navigate digestive issues in disordered eating without falling into wellness traps.As a paid subscriber, you get the full version of this episode. Thanks so much for your support! If you love what you hear, please consider leaving a rating and review here, or gifting Rethinking Wellness to a friend. Get full show notes and references on Substack.More from Christy: Books: Anti-DietThe Wellness TrapThe Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image WorkbookCourses:Intuitive Eating FundamentalsIntro to Intuitive EatingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- 4 weeks ago1h 9m
How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear
Body-image therapist Zoe Bisbing joins us to discuss why body image is such a challenging part of disordered-eating recovery, how to deal with our body-focused inner critics, and why many people have such visceral reactions to public figures losing weight. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers, we discuss why setting limits with food won’t automatically give your kid an eating disorder, which limits are developmentally appropriate, and how parents who’ve had our own histories of disordered eating can avoid becoming overly permissive. To hear the full episode including the deep dive, upgrade to paid at rethinkingwellness.substack.com. More from Christy:Christy's second book, The Wellness Trap, is available wherever books are sold! Order it here, or ask for it in your favorite local bookstore. If you're looking to make peace with food and break free from diet and wellness culture, check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course.Subscribe on Substack for full interviews and more! Support the podcast by becoming a paid subscriber, and unlock great perks like extended interviews, subscriber-only Q&As, full access to our archives, commenting privileges, and a place to connect with other listeners.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- Sep 28, 202616 min
Why Are GLP-1s Being Hailed As Longevity Drugs—and What Does the Science Say?
Christy discusses GLP-1s and longevity—the discourse, the hype, where it comes from, and what the science really says.As a paid subscriber, you get the full version of this episode. Thanks so much for your support! If you love what you hear, please consider leaving a rating and review here, or gifting Rethinking Wellness to a friend. Get full show notes and references on Substack.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- Sep 21, 20261h 4m
The Huberman Husbands Are Not OK: How Bro Wellness Fuels Disordered Eating and Body Shame
Registered dietitian Aaron Flores joins us to discuss why Andrew Huberman and other biohacking wellness bros have such massive appeal, and how their rhetoric can lead to disordered eating and body shame. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers, we get into how to talk to male partners or loved ones who’ve come under the sway of bro-wellness culture—and how to set boundaries when their diet/fitness talk challenges our recovery from disordered eating. We also get vulnerable about mortality, grief, and why it’s so hard to confront aging and death head-on, and Christy shares an unexpected response to a past interview on the pod. As a paid subscriber, you get the full version of this episode. Thanks so much for your support! If you love what you hear, please consider leaving a rating and review here, or gifting Rethinking Wellness to a friend. Get full show notes and references on Substack.More from Christy:Christy's second book, The Wellness Trap, is available wherever books are sold! Order it here, or ask for it in your favorite local bookstore. If you're looking to make peace with food and break free from diet and wellness culture, check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course.Subscribe on Substack for full interviews and more! Support the podcast by becoming a paid subscriber, and unlock great perks like extended interviews, subscriber-only Q&As, full access to our archives, commenting privileges, and a place to connect with other listeners.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- Sep 14, 202610 min
Migraine Diets: Myths, Facts, and What the Science Really Says
Christy answers an audience question about whether you need an anti-inflammatory diet, or other dietary changes, for migraines. As a paid subscriber, you get the full version of this episode. Thanks so much for your support! If you love what you hear, please consider leaving a rating and review here, or gifting Rethinking Wellness to a friend. Get full show notes and references on Substack.More from Christy: Books: Anti-DietThe Wellness TrapThe Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image WorkbookCourses:Intuitive Eating FundamentalsIntro to Intuitive Eating This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
- Sep 7, 20261h 4m
Disordered Eating, Dubious Diagnoses, and Autoimmune Disease with Abbie Attwood
Nutritionist Abbie Attwood joins us to discuss how dealing with multiple autoimmune chronic illnesses led her down a path of dubious diagnoses and disordered eating, and how she ultimately found healing. We get into how disordered eating can trigger and aggravate chronic conditions, why she believed she had “adrenal fatigue” and “leaky gut,” and the role of obsession and OCD in orthorexia. We also talk about why it’s so easy to have your identity get wrapped up in disordered eating and chronic illness, how wellness culture preys on grief over physical limitations, the importance of self-compassion and how Abbie and Christy practice it, the prevalence of heightened sensitivity in IBS and other chronic conditions, how wellness-culture rabbit holes can lead to worsening symptoms, and the process of coming back to conventional medicine after a foray into the alt-med world. This episode was originally published in February 2025.We’ve removed the paywall, and this episode is now available for free thanks to our sponsors! For more free content, please don’t skip the ads :) Abbie Attwood (she/her) is an anti-diet, weight-inclusive provider with a masters in clinical nutrition. She is the owner of Abbie Attwood Wellness, providing both individual and group virtual nutrition therapy and body image coaching. She is also the host of the Full Plate Podcast and writes the accompanying newsletter.Abbie has lived experience with an eating disorder, which happened at the intersection of competitive running, OCD, and several chronic illnesses—all of which have made her especially passionate about working with those who don’t always see themselves in the traditional picture of disordered eating.She works with clients around the globe, supporting them in healing from disordered eating, chronic dieting, body shame, and compulsive exercising to move into a kind and respectful relationship with their body. Abbie’s approach centers on self-compassion, social justice, and body liberation.She splits time between Maine and the Bay Area with her husband and their two quirky rescue pups. She’s a lover of breakfast, books, the ocean, and all the ice cream. Learn more about her work at abbieattwoodwellness.com.If you like this conversation, subscribe to hear lots more like it! Support the podcast by becoming a paid subscriber, and unlock great perks like extended interviews, subscriber-only Q&As, full access to our archives, commenting privileges and subscriber threads where you can connect with other listeners, and more. Learn more and sign up at rethinkingwellness.substack.com.Christy's second book, The Wellness Trap, is available wherever books are sold! Order it here, or ask for it in your favorite local bookstore.If you're looking to make peace with food and break free from diet and wellness culture, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com/subscribe
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Rethinking Wellness offers critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, and reflections on how to find true well-being. We explore the science (or lack thereof) behind popular wellness diets, the role of influencers and social-media algorithms in spreading wellness misinformation, problematic practices in the alternative- and integrative-medicine space, how wellness culture often drives disordered eating, the truth about trending topics like gut health, how to avoid getting taken advantage of when you’re desperate for help and healing, and how to care for yourself in a deeply flawed healthcare system without falling into wellness traps.
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