Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Beyond Wellness: Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices

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 There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type”

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 diagnosi

How to Handle an Anxious Gut: 9 Ways to Cope Without Cutting out Food

In this episode, Christy shares some personal thoughts on how anxiety impacts the gut, and offers a perspective on how to handle digestive distress that’s triggered by st

[Repost] Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception

Filmmaker and podcaster Kelsey Snelling joins us to discuss her new podcast, Camp Shame, which exposes the troubling history of a notorious weight-loss camp. We get into

Why Beauty Culture is a Cousin of Diet Culture with Elise Hu

Journalist, podcaster, and author Elise Hu joins us to discuss her background with modeling and disordered eating, why beauty culture is a cousin of diet culture, Elise’s

Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing (Best Of)

Therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing join us to discuss our new collaboration, The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook; w

Should You Buy Organic? And Should You Eat Organic in Recovery from Disordered Eating?

In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about organic food. She explains what the science really says about the health impacts of organic food and the envir

2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore (and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By)

In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about disordered eating and food rules. She shares two food rules that she used to follow and four eating principles

Parenting for Positive Body Image with Charlotte Markey, PhD

Body image scientist and researcher Charlotte Markey, PhD joins us to discuss the many factors that impact body image and how parents can help their kids develop a positi

Healing from Dubious Diagnoses, Disordered Eating, and Overwork with Kirsten Powers

New York Times bestselling author and former CNN political analyst Kirsten Powers joins us to discuss her history of chronic fatigue and her experience with dubious diagn

“The Trickiest Part Of All Is When I Felt it Actually Worked” — Recovering from Diet and Wellness Culture with Sarah-Jane Garcia

Pharmacist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Sarah-Jane Garcia joins us to discuss how smart people get caught up in wellness culture. She shares her path from th

[Repost] The Hidden Risks of Weight-Loss Drugs: Behind the GLP-1 Hype with Ragen Chastain

Writer, speaker, and weight-inclusive health/fitness professional Ragen Chastain joins us to discuss the potential side effects and other downsides of using GLP-1 drugs (

Can a Diet Really Help Solve Your Period Problems?

In this episode, Christy answers two audience questions about period pain, endometriosis, and whether “anti-inflammatory” protocols or elimination diets can alleviate sym

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

Anti-diet dietitian Leah Kern joins us to discuss how struggling with anxiety made her susceptible to a wellness diet that promised safety and longevity, how that diet qu

How to Handle the Onslaught of Diet Culture This New Year

Christy offers 5 tips for dealing with diet evangelists and diet-culture messaging this time of year. This episode originally aired in January 2023. If you're ready to b

The Elusiveness of “Full Recovery” from Disordered Eating with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Journalist and professor Mallary Tenore Tarpley joins us to discuss her new book Slip and the realities of life in the middle of eating disorder recovery.  She shares ho

How to Feed Picky Eaters (Without Diet Culture) ft. Katja Rowell, M.D.

Katja Rowell, M.D. joins us to discuss responsive feeding, picky eating, and how to parent without passing diet culture norms on to your kids.  We also explore the scien

Neurodivergence and Nutrition: Separating Myths from Facts with Dietitian Jackie Silver

Registered dietitian Jackie Silver joins us to discuss nutritional approaches that are helpful for neurodivergence, why neurodivergent people are often the targets of wel

From Taking Ozempic for Weight Loss to Practicing Weight-Inclusive Medicine with Dr. Mara Gordon

Physician and writer Mara Gordon joins us to discuss diet and wellness culture among medical doctors, why she took Ozempic for weight loss (and what made her quit), how s

"Food Addiction" + Ultraprocessed Foods + Disordered Eating with Marci Evans

Eating-disorders dietitian Marci Evans joins us to discuss the current science on “food addiction” (sometimes called “ultraprocessed food addiction”)—and what’s changed s