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

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

June 25, 2026 · 16 min · Season 11 · Episode 348

About this episode

Christy discusses the impact of anxiety on gut health and offers coping strategies without resorting to restrictive eating.

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 stress without getting pulled down wellness-culture rabbit holes—especially if you have a history of disordered eating. This episode is cross-posted from our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness . More from Christy: Check out Christy’s three books, Anti-Diet , The Wellness Trap , and The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook for a deeper dive into the topics covered on the pod. If you’re ready to break free from diet culture and make peace with food, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course . For more critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, check out Christy’s Rethinking Wellness podcast! You can also sign up to get it in your inbox every week at rethinkingwellness.substack.com . Ask a question about diet and wellness culture, disordered-eating recovery, and the anti-diet approach for a chance to have it answered on Rethinking Wellness. You can also subscribe to the Food Psych Weekly newsletter to check out…

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