Beyond Wellness: Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices
Religious-ethics scholar Liz Bucar, author of Beyond Wellness , joins us to discuss her history with diet and wellness culture, the religiou...
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Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Helping people make peace with food since 2013. Registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDRD talks with guests abo...
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20 of 409 episodesWhy There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type”
Christy answers an audience question about the “adrenal body type” and unpacks the weight stigma, ageism, and pseudoscience embedded in this...
How to Handle an Anxious Gut: 9 Ways to Cope Without Cutting out Food
In this episode, Christy shares some personal thoughts on how anxiety impacts the gut, and offers a perspective on how to handle digestive d...
[Repost] Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception
Filmmaker and podcaster Kelsey Snelling joins us to discuss her new podcast, Camp Shame , which exposes the troubling history of a notorious...
Why Beauty Culture is a Cousin of Diet Culture with Elise Hu
Journalist, podcaster, and author Elise Hu joins us to discuss her background with modeling and disordered eating, why beauty culture is a c...
[Repost] Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing
Therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing join us to discuss our new collaboration, The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge E...
Should You Buy Organic? And Should You Eat Organic in Recovery from Disordered Eating?
In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about organic food. She explains what the science really says about the health impacts...
2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore (and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By)
In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about disordered eating and food rules. She shares two food rules that she used to fol...
Parenting for Positive Body Image with Charlotte Markey, PhD
Body image scientist and researcher Charlotte Markey, PhD joins us to discuss the many factors that impact body image and how parents can he...
Healing from Dubious Diagnoses, Disordered Eating, and Overwork with Kirsten Powers
New York Times bestselling author and former CNN political analyst Kirsten Powers joins us to discuss her history of chronic fatigue and her...
“The Trickiest Part Of All Is When I Felt it Actually Worked” — Recovering from Diet and Wellness Culture with Sarah-Jane Garcia
Pharmacist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Sarah-Jane Garcia joins us to discuss how smart people get caught up in wellness culture...
[Repost] The Hidden Risks of Weight-Loss Drugs: Behind the GLP-1 Hype with Ragen Chastain
Writer, speaker, and weight-inclusive health/fitness professional Ragen Chastain joins us to discuss the potential side effects and other do...
Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period Problems?
In this episode, Christy answers two audience questions about period pain, endometriosis, and whether “anti-inflammatory” protocols or elimi...
Anxiety Dieting, Disordered Eating, and the Crunchy-Granola-to-Wellness Pipeline with Leah Kern
Anti-diet dietitian Leah Kern joins us to discuss how struggling with anxiety made her susceptible to a wellness diet that promised safety a...
How to Handle the Onslaught of Diet Culture This New Year
Christy offers 5 tips for dealing with diet evangelists and diet-culture messaging this time of year. This episode originally aired in Janua...
The Elusiveness of “Full Recovery” from Disordered Eating with Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Journalist and professor Mallary Tenore Tarpley joins us to discuss her new book Slip and the realities of life in the middle of eating diso...
How to Feed Picky Eaters (Without Diet Culture) ft. Katja Rowell, M.D.
Katja Rowell, M.D. joins us to discuss responsive feeding, picky eating, and how to parent without passing diet culture norms on to your kid...
Neurodivergence and Nutrition: Separating Myths from Facts with Dietitian Jackie Silver
Registered dietitian Jackie Silver joins us to discuss nutritional approaches that are helpful for neurodivergence, why neurodivergent peopl...
From Taking Ozempic for Weight Loss to Practicing Weight-Inclusive Medicine with Dr. Mara Gordon
Physician and writer Mara Gordon joins us to discuss diet and wellness culture among medical doctors, why she took Ozempic for weight loss (...
"Food Addiction" + Ultraprocessed Foods + Disordered Eating with Marci Evans
Eating-disorders dietitian Marci Evans joins us to discuss the current science on “food addiction” (sometimes called “ultraprocessed food ad...