123 Episodes

  1. Intuition, Wellness Misinformation, and the Importance of Analytical Thinking with Gordon Pennycook

    Published: 10/21/2024

  2. Intuitive Cooking, Diet-Culture Recovery, and a New Relationship to Fitness with Julia Turshen

    Published: 10/14/2024

  3. Escaping Diet and Wellness Culture with Shana Minei Spence

    Published: 10/7/2024

  4. Sometimes You Need a Break from Your Brain

    Published: 9/30/2024

  5. Exposing the Dangers of MLMs in Diet and Wellness Culture with Kat Garcia-Benson

    Published: 9/23/2024

  6. Why Smart People Fall for Wellness Misinformation (Part 1)

    Published: 9/16/2024

  7. Fighting Mental-Health Misinformation and Wellness Pseudoscience with Jonathan Stea

    Published: 9/9/2024

  8. The Wellness to Woo Pipeline, and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas (Repost)

    Published: 8/26/2024

  9. How Industry Influence Threatens Scientific Integrity – Insights from Joel Lexchin

    Published: 8/19/2024

  10. Repost: How to Fight Wellness Misinformation and Counter Conspiracy Theories with Seema Yasmin

    Published: 8/12/2024

  11. Is Alcohol Really Unsafe At Any Dose?

    Published: 8/7/2024

  12. Body Image: What the Evidence Really Says, with Charlotte Markey

    Published: 8/5/2024

  13. Repost: The Harms of Social Media, and Giving Up a Career as a Fitness Influencer with Mary Jelkovsky

    Published: 7/29/2024

  14. Why IgG Tests Don't Work, and the Truth About Glyphosate in Food

    Published: 7/24/2024

  15. How Alternative Medicine Can Harm Your Health with Family Doctor Brad McKay

    Published: 7/22/2024

  16. When Researching a New Health Condition Becomes a Hobby

    Published: 7/17/2024

  17. Repost: Cooking Without Wellness Rules and How Social Media Is Like Diet Culture with Julia Turshen

    Published: 7/15/2024

  18. Social Media and Kids' Mental Health: A Critical Look at the Evidence, with Melinda Wenner Moyer

    Published: 7/8/2024

  19. Repost: Why Wellness Sells - the Benefits and Harms of Wellness Culture with Colleen Derkatch

    Published: 7/1/2024

  20. Taming Your Ambition Monster, Healing from Overwork, and the Role of "Practical Woo" with Jennifer Romolini

    Published: 6/24/2024

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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. **This podcast feed shares generous previews and very occasional full-length episodes. To hear everything, become a paid subscriber at rethinkingwellness.substack.com.** rethinkingwellness.substack.com