About this episode

Katie and Cris discuss their biggest pet peeves in the health and wellness industry, addressing the pressures of influencer culture and its impact on self-esteem.

If you've ever watched a wellness influencer's 3-hour morning routine and felt like you'll never measure up, this episode is your permission slip to let that go. In this episode, Katie and Cris throw out their planned topic and get spicy and unfiltered about their biggest pet peeves in the health and wellness space. They get into why "perfect routine" influencer content quietly makes people feel inadequate, why Cris thinks affirmations actually support a lie for most people (especially anyone with acne), and why visualization works where repeating "I am beautiful" falls flat. They go from the toxic pressure for practitioners to look and live perfectly, to the body shaming and cruel comments Katie has faced about her weight and fertility, to the algorithm that quietly rewards online cruelty. If you've ever felt like you're not doing health "right," this conversation will feel like a deep exhale. In This Episode We Cover Why the 3-hour, 46-step influencer routine is quietly making people feel like they can't be healthy at all. How inadequacy is the hidden root underneath almost every wellness pet peeve they name. Why Cris says affirmations "support a lie" for most people, and what…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie Stewart, Cris Brown

Topics covered

• health and wellness
• influencer culture
• body image
• affirmations
• social media
• mental health

Keywords

• wellness influencers
• morning routine
• body shaming
• affirmations
• visualization
• social media algorithms

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