Rethinking Wellness

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5 Ways to Cope with Body-Image Challenges This Summer
IVF has changed my body—here’s how I’m navigating it. | Christy discusses what she’s been going through with IVF and how it’s affected her body image…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
6
14:29
How to Handle an Anxious Gut (Best Of)
9 ways to cope without cutting out food | In this bonus episode, Christy shares some personal thoughts on how anxiety impacts the gut, and how to handle…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
5
16:04
When Sugar Is Survival, or: the Importance of Eating When You’re Not Hungry
What illness can teach us about intuitive eating | In this solo episode, Christy shares an essay about what her daughter’s experience with the flu…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
10
11:18
Best Of: Weight Loss and Wellness, and Differences in Our Perceptions of Risk
What if disagreements and differences are a matter of risk perception? Plus: Is weight loss really the only way to be well?
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
4
17:35
Sometimes You Need a Break from Your Brain
Why Smart People Fall for Wellness Misinformation, Part 2 | In this solo episode, Christy discusses how evidence-based mind-body practices like yoga and…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
5
16:47
Why Smart People Fall for Wellness Misinformation (Part 1)
Three traps for analytical minds | In this solo episode, Christy shares the first in what has become a multi-part series about why bright, analytical…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
4
9:42
When Researching a New Health Condition Becomes a Hobby
On getting a new diagnosis—and the insatiable curiosity, vulnerability to misinformation, and identity shifts that often go along with it
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
15
13:31
What Netflix's New Doc Gets Wrong About Gut Health
The film’s claims that gut microbes directly influence weight and disease are more hype than science
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
3
20:40
"Sunlight Before Screen Light" and Why You Don't Need to Worry
Looking at your phone first thing in the morning isn't as terrible as you think
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
8
21:31
On Birth, Evolution, and Striving for Shades of Gray in a World that Wants Black and White
A year of Rethinking Wellness, and a look back at how we got here
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
6
14:14
How to Handle an Anxious Gut
9 ways to cope without cutting out food
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
28
16:01
You Are More Than What You Eat
A critical look at Netflix’s latest food-fearmongering documentary series
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
11:29
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