It’s time to get brutally honest about wellness bullsht.* In this episode, I’m sharing the biggest wellness scams I fell for in my 20s—thinking I was being "that girl" chasing health and self-improvement... but I was really just wrecking my hormones, gut, skin, and nervous system.
If you've ever been influenced by wellness trends like:
This episode is your wake-up call.
We're talking about the hidden side of wellness culture, why your body might be rebelling against your routines, and what actually works for sustainable gut, skin, and hormone health.
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Comment below with the biggest wellness trend YOU fell for. Let’s laugh about it together.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:50 The fasting + fasted workouts that wrecked me
01:54 Birth control for acne: My decade-long trap
03:40 Cold smoothies + raw salads = Gut nightmare
04:21 My HIIT obsession and the hormonal fallout
05:50 No-carb diets and bingeing on “healthy” snacks
07:43 My supplement addiction that didn’t solve sh*t
09:00 The expensive biohacking phase that didn’t work
10:26 Part 2: The mindset traps I didn’t see coming
10:33 When “wellness” became toxic productivity
11:15 Thinness & abs does not equal health
11:54 Anxiety isn’t a personality trait—it’s dysregulation
13:00 The toxic belief that you have to earn rest
14:44 What I know now about real wellness (and what I let go of)
16:00 Why the boring basics always win
16:53 You don’t need to fix everything at once
17:13 Real wellness = safety, not control
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