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Rethinking Wellness

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

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5:27

Bonus: How the Wellness Industry Is Shifting to Stay...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/11/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, journalist and The Gospel of Wellness author Rina Raphael returns to discuss how the wellness industry is changing to respond to more skeptical consumers—and why that might be making it even harder to tell what’s truly evidence-based.Rina Raphael is a journalist and the author of The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care. She writes for the New York

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68:47

How the Media Treats Wellness Trends Like Fashion...

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2023/11/20

Journalist and The Gospel of Wellness author Rina Raphael joins us to discuss why most media coverage of wellness is so uncritical, and how that allows misinformation to spread; why “science-washing” is rampant in the wellness industry; how wellness is used as a band-aid for systemic issues and ironically doesn’t get to the “root cause” that’s so often touted in wellness culture; her own complicated history with wellness; and more.Rina Raphael is a journalist and the author of The Gospel of

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14:49

Does Gut Health Really Matter for Your Mental Health?

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/11/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comA critical look at research on the gut-brain axis, including whether certain gut bacteria are linked to anxiety and depression, whether probiotics have any benefit for mental health, whether you need to take digestive enzymes for anxiety, and more.The full version of this episode is for paid subscribers. Listen to the first part here, and sign up for a paid subscription to hear the rest!Christy's new book,

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8:31

Bonus: How Media and Social Media Fan the Flames of...

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2023/11/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comProfessor and SUGAR RUSH author Karen Throsby returns for a bonus episode to discuss how her own relationship with sugar has changed since before she wrote her book, the role of influencers and social media in spreading anti-sugar messages, why news media report so uncritically on government recommendations to cut sugar, and more.Karen Throsby is Professor of Gender Studies and the Head of the School of

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63:53

Why Sugar Isn't As Bad As You've Been Told with Karen...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/11/04

Professor and SUGAR RUSH author Karen Throsby joins us to discuss why sugar became demonized despite a lot of actual uncertainty in the science, how anti-sugar sentiment is bound up with anti-fat bias, the different rhetoric around sugar that’s dominant in diet culture vs wellness culture, what the research really says about the supposed addictiveness of sugar, and lots more.Karen Throsby is Professor of Gender Studies and the Head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of

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8:48

Bonus: Author Pooja Lakshmin on How to Tune In to...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/10/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, psychiatrist and REAL SELF-CARE author Pooja Lakshmin returns to discuss how to tune in to your inner voice—and why that process isn’t as simple as it might seem. Plus, in a special segment for paid subscribers, Christy answers a question about how to avoid comparisons and start noticing your own inner voice specifically when it comes to food and your body.Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD is a

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47:50

Real Self-Care and Breaking Free from Wellness...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/10/23

Psychiatrist and REAL SELF-CARE author Pooja Lakshmin joins us to discuss her experiences with faux self-care and toxic wellness culture, her definition of real self-care and how it can fit into your life, the importance of setting boundaries (and what that actually looks like), how to tell if you need self-care or professional help, and more.Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD is a psychiatrist and author, the founder of the women’s mental health platform Gemma, and a contributor to The New York Times. Her new

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10:51

Bonus: Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/10/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comQ&A: A critical look at diet advice for period pain and endometriosis.Check out the transcript for links to all referenced studies. The full version of this episode is for paid subscribers. Listen to the first question here, and sign up for a paid subscription to hear the rest!Christy's new book, The Wellness Trap, is now available wherever books are sold. Order it online or ask for it in your favorite local

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11:50

Bonus: Chronic Conditions and Acceptance, Plus: Is...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/10/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, registered dietitian Jonah Soolman returns to discuss the role of acceptance in navigating chronic health conditions, whether eating-disorder recovery can ever be compatible with alternative medicine, what to look for in a healthcare provider given the problems with the alternative- and integrative-medicine fields, and more.Jonah Soolman is a registered dietitian specializing in the

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55:47

I Worked at an Alternative Medicine Clinic. Here's...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/10/09

Registered dietitian Jonah Soolman joins us to discuss his time working in an alternative medicine clinic run by integrative doctors. He shares some of the shady practices he saw his bosses engaging in, why food-sensitivity testing and other alt-med tests are often misleading, the dangers of trying alternative or integrative medicine if you’re in recovery from an eating disorder, the devastating situation that finally made him leave the clinic and start speaking out about the harms of alternative

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13:02

Does Nutrition Response Testing Work? Plus: Can a...

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2023/10/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comQ&A: how to know whether a particular test is legit. Plus, in a bonus answer for paid subscribers, Christy discusses what to say to a doctor who’s recommending a diet for ME/CFS or other poorly understood illnesses.Listen to the first question here, and sign up for a paid subscription to hear the full episode!Christy's new book, The Wellness Trap, is now available wherever books are sold. Order it online or

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5:40

Bonus: Other People's Opinions, Rethinking Beauty...

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2023/09/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, anti-diet Pilates instructor Helen Phelan-Guillemot returns to discuss workout selfies, the way people respond on social media to images of her body, Christy’s own experience navigating other people's opinions on social media, the lack of regulation in the fitness industry and why it’s a problem, how Helen is reexamining her relationship with beauty culture, and more.Helen

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59:24

Loving Fitness While Hating Toxic Fitness Culture...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/09/25

Anti-diet Pilates instructor Helen Phelan-Guillemot joins us to discuss her history as a dancer and how that affected her relationship with food and her body, how she moved from disordered eating into wellness obsession, how she’s come to hate toxic fitness culture while still loving physical activity, how to know when you need to take a break from fitness, why we don’t need to constantly self-optimize, and more.Helen Phelan-Guillemot is a comprehensively certified pilates instructor, prenatal and

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9:45

How to Handle Bizarre Wellness Claims, Plus the Real...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/09/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comQ&A: The next time you come across a wellness influencer saying sensational things, try this. Plus, in a bonus answer for paid subscribers, Christy discusses whether seed oils are as bad for you as some sources claim. Listen to the first question here, and sign up for a paid subscription to hear the full episode! Christy's new book, The Wellness Trap, is now available wherever books are sold. Order it online

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11:02

Bonus: How Social Media and Wellness Culture Can Harm...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/09/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, Ling Ling Huang returns to discuss how wellness culture affected her creativity and work as a professional violinist, how she’s changing her relationship with social media, how algorithms led her to questionable wellness products out of a desire to help a loved one, her upcoming TV series, and more.Ling Ling Huang is a writer and violinist. She plays with several ensembles including

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56:46

Wellness Culture and the Myth of "Natural" Beauty...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/09/11

Author and violinist Ling Ling Huang joins us to discuss her new novel, Natural Beauty, and the fraught nature of that term; how working in the clean-beauty and wellness space affected her eating-disorder recovery and her mental health; why she invested so much in wellness culture at a time in her life when she could barely afford food; the fetishization and appropriation of Asian cultures in wellness; and lots more.Ling Ling Huang is a writer and violinist. She plays with several ensembles

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8:29

Bonus: How to Support a Loved One with Chronic...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, illustrator and author Eliza Wheeler returns to discuss how to support a loved one with chronic illness, navigating her own symptoms alongside a partner who also has chronic conditions, and more. Hear more from Eliza in episode 15 at rethinkingwellness.substack.com.Eliza Wheeler is an illustrator and author of books for children, and was a recipient of the Sendak Fellowship Award. Her

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59:50

How Disordered Eating Can Play Into Chronic Illness...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/08/28

Illustrator and author Eliza Wheeler joins us to discuss the intersection of chronic illness and disordered eating. She shares the unexplained symptoms that led her to try more than a dozen different “wellness” diets, her winding path to an eventual diagnosis of Lyme disease under stringent CDC criteria, why the functional-medicine approach didn’t work for her, how starting to heal her relationship with food has made her chronic illness more manageable, and more.Eliza Wheeler is an illustrator and

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8:36

Bonus: Friends in Wellness Culture, the Anti-Aging...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/08/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, Christy answers audience questions about how to navigate a friendship with a naturopath while trying to reject diet and wellness culture, how to avoid getting sucked into wellness culture's anti-aging advice, dealing with pre-wedding body image struggles, and more. This episode is a recording of the August Q&A for members of Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals course, which is

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43:32

A Former Wellness Influencer Shares What It Was...

Rethinking Wellness ·

2023/08/14

Writer and ex–wellness influencer Lee Tilghman joins us to discuss how she got into wellness influencing in the first place (and the role of her eating disorder in that process), how it affected her mental well-being to be so wrapped up in wellness for work, what it’s been like to leave influencing, her upcoming book about influencer culture, tips for shifting your relationship with social media, and more.Lee Tilghman is a blogger, writer, creator, and speaker who has had many internet evolutions

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