123 Episodes

  1. On Birth, Evolution, and Striving for Shades of Gray in a World that Wants Black and White

    Published: 3/20/2024

  2. The Insidious Anti-Fat Bias of Wellness Culture with Julia Lévy-Ndejuru

    Published: 3/18/2024

  3. Bonus: The Problems with Skincare and the Importance of Self-Compassion with Jessica DeFino

    Published: 3/15/2024

  4. The Intersection of Beauty Culture and Wellness/Diet Culture with Jessica DeFino

    Published: 3/11/2024

  5. Bonus: Managing Email Stress and Supporting Kids' Attentional Well-Being with Gloria Mark

    Published: 3/8/2024

  6. Andrew Huberman and the Problem with "Cutting-Edge" Research

    Published: 3/6/2024

  7. Reclaiming Your Attention and Finding Digital Well-Being with Gloria Mark

    Published: 3/4/2024

  8. Bonus: How to Navigate Capitalism Without Using Undue Influence with Jessica Elefante

    Published: 3/1/2024

  9. How to Think Critically About Influence and Influencers with Jessica Elefante

    Published: 2/26/2024

  10. Bonus: The Countercultural Roots of Wellness Culture with Stephanie Alice Baker

    Published: 2/23/2024

  11. What If You Can’t Stop Eating When Food Tastes Good?

    Published: 2/21/2024

  12. How Wellness Culture and Lifestyle Gurus Spread Misinformation with Stephanie Alice Baker

    Published: 2/19/2024

  13. Bonus: How to Cut Through Gut Hype in Media and Medicine with Timothy Caulfield

    Published: 2/16/2024

  14. Why the Gut-Health Trend Is Mostly Empty Hype with Timothy Caulfield

    Published: 2/12/2024

  15. How to Handle an Anxious Gut

    Published: 2/7/2024

  16. Bonus: Wellness Trends to Be Excited About—and Skeptical Of

    Published: 2/2/2024

  17. A Critical Look at 2024 Wellness Trends with Faye McCray

    Published: 1/29/2024

  18. You Are More Than What You Eat

    Published: 1/24/2024

  19. Bonus: How to Avoid Wellness Traps When You Care About Health and the Environment with Leah Kern

    Published: 1/19/2024

  20. Anxiety Dieting, Disordered Eating, and the Crunchy-Granola-to-Wellness Pipeline with Leah Kern

    Published: 1/15/2024

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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