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Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
Diet Culture
Intuitive Eating
Disordered Eating
Weight Stigma
Ozempic
Diabetes
Wellness Culture
Eating Disorders
Body Positivity
Body Image
Weight Loss
Nutrition
Mental Health
Ultra-Processed Foods
Hormone Health
Intentional Weight Loss
Health At Every Size
Glp-1 Drugs
Adrenal Fatigue
Continuous Glucose Monitors

Helping people make peace with food since 2013. Registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and journalist Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS talks with guests and answers listener questions about making peace with food, healing from disordered eating, learning body acceptance, practicing intuitive eating, escaping harmful wellness culture, and more--all from a body-posit... more

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Latest Episodes

Body-image therapist Zoe Bisbing joins us to discuss why body image is such a challenging part of disordered-eating recovery, how to deal with our body-focused inner critics, and why many people have such visceral reactions to public figures losing w... more

Registered dietitian Aaron Flores joins us to discuss why Andrew Huberman and other biohacking wellness bros have such massive appeal, and how their rhetoric can lead to disordered eating and body-image distress. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers... more

Religious-ethics scholar Liz Bucar, author of Beyond Wellness, joins us to discuss her history with diet and wellness culture, the religious roots of wellness practices, why bringing religion back into “spiritual” wellness spaces might be the key to ... more

Christy answers an audience question about the “adrenal body type” and unpacks the weight stigma, ageism, and pseudoscience embedded in this twist on the dubious diagnosis of “adrenal fatigue.” This episode is cross-posted from our other podcast, Ret... more

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Recent Guests

Zoe Bisbing
Body image therapist, specializes in eating disorders and body-positive parenting
Independent practitioner
Episode: How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear
Aaron Flores
Registered dietitian
Aaron Flores, RDN
Episode: The Huberman Husbands Are Not OK: How Bro Wellness Fuels Disordered Eating and Body Shame
Liz Bucar
Religious ethicist and professor of religion at Northeastern University; author of Beyond Wellness
Northeastern University; author of Beyond Wellness
Episode: Beyond Wellness: Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices
Kelsey Snelling
Filmmaker and podcaster behind Camp Shame
Camp Shame
Episode: [Repost] Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception
Elise Hu
Journalist; author of Flawless: Lessons and Looks, culture from the KVD Capital
Author, Journalist
Episode: Why Beauty Culture is a Cousin of Diet Culture with Elise Hu
Amy Pershing
Therapist and co-author of The Emotional Eating... Workbook
Therapist
Episode: Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing (Best Of)
Judith Matz
Therapist and co-author of The Emotional Eating... Workbook
Therapist, PESI collaborator
Episode: Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing (Best Of)
Charlotte Markey
Psychologist and author focused on body image in children
Author of The Body Image Book for Girls
Episode: Parenting for Positive Body Image with Charlotte Markey, PhD
Kirsten Powers
New York Times bestselling author and former CNN political analyst
CNN, Substack, Rethinking Wellness
Episode: Healing from Dubious Diagnoses, Disordered Eating, and Overwork with Kirsten Powers

Host

Christy Harrison
Host of Food Psych Podcast; critical voice on dieting, intuitive eating, and wellness culture; writer and clinician

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 4.6k ratings
  • Phenomenal

    Episode #320 was so enlightening surrounding food. It would even be helpful to people who don’t struggle with binge eating. Life changing :)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    tmssr-09
    United States18 days ago
  • Good information

    Absolutely love this content! The opening song is cringy but get past that and it’s awesome!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    PrincessRa1309
    United States10 months ago
  • guided me so much, so well in my recovery thru the lens of so many compassionate, kind hearted, incredibly smart individuals. forever grateful for Christy’s work and the work activists are doing to stop diet culture and fatphobia, and that I can hear it whenever I need it.

    Audible
    5
    Anonymous
    United States2 years ago
  • absolute banger

    guided me so much, so well in my recovery thru the lens of so many compassionate, kind hearted, incredibly smart individuals. forever grateful for Christy’s work and the work activists are doing to stop diet culture and fatphobia, and that I can hear it whenever I need it.

    Audible
    5
    Anonymous User
    United States2 years ago
  • What on earth?

    I am a long time listener of Food Psych and am grateful for the insight and the strength it gave me in its original form. I was troubled by the switch to putting part of episodes behind a paywall but stuck with it. Episode 333 however had an advert for a weight loss app. This once safe space doesn’t feel so safe anymore…

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Ek24k
    United Kingdom2 years ago

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How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear
Q: What can a parent or caregiver do to help a child develop a healthier relationship with food and body image without triggering disordered eating?
Set thoughtful, developmentally appropriate limits on food while avoiding punishment or shaming, provide steady modeling of a flexible and embodied approach to eating, and create a space for nuanced discussions that acknowledge complexity rather than simplistic 'good/bad' food rules.
How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear
Q: Why is body image work so challenging in our culture?
Because the culture reinforces preoccupation with appearance at every turn, making it unsafe to let go of self-objectification, while inner and outer environments constantly reward looking a certain way, which keeps people stuck in a cycle.
The Huberman Husbands Are Not OK: How Bro Wellness Fuels Disordered Eating and Body Shame
Q: What are the harms of Huberman-esque wellness thinking on food and body image?
It frames food in moral terms, elevates restrictive practices, fosters perfectionism, and can lead to guilt and isolation when people cannot follow the elusive 'ideal' precisely.
The Huberman Husbands Are Not OK: How Bro Wellness Fuels Disordered Eating and Body Shame
Q: Why do men appear particularly drawn to the biohacking wellness trend?
Because the rhetoric taps into masculinity, performance, and control, with language like biohacking and optimization, which feels like a masculine path to strength, success, and social acceptance.
Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type”
Q: The person writes, I know you've spoken to guests about adrenal fatigue before, but I didn't see this question addressed anywhere, so apologies if it's a repeat. Is this just diet and wellness culture BS, or is there any legitimacy to this label?
Adrenal fatigue is not a real medical condition, and the signs people attribute to it can often be explained by other, real health issues or normal bodily responses to stress. The episode walks through the lack of scientific support, cites systematic reviews and Endocrine Society statements, and highlights how the adrenal body type is more a marketing construct than a legitimate diagnosis. Listeners are advised to be critical of such labels and to seek evidence-based medical advice rather than marketing-driven diagnoses.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Food Psych Podcast

What is Food Psych Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show centers on healing from disordered eating, resisting diet culture, and embracing intuitive eating within a body-positive, anti-diet framework. It frequently features conversations with researchers, clinicians, journalists, and former wellness adherents who unpack body image, the marketing of wellness, and the social forces shaping food choices. Episodes often blend personal recovery stories with evidence-based critique of dieting trends, medicalized approaches to weight, and the mainstream wellness industry, aiming to empower listeners to pursue healthier relationships with food and themselves. A standout aspect is its consistent focus on trauma-informed care, HAES/weight-inclusive perspectives, and practical guidance for navigatin... more

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7. Judith Matz
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