Biohacking Your Body: When The Wellness Industry Goes Too Far

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of the wellness industry into biohacking and its impact on health anxiety.

The wellness industry used to be about feeling good. Now it’s about optimizing everything. From protein-packed coffee and injectable peptides to full-body MRI scans and endless diagnostic testing, the biohacking era is here and suddenly everyone is trying to upgrade their body like it’s a piece of software. This week we’re unpacking how wellness culture spiraled into biohacking, extreme health trends, and rising health anxiety, and why the pursuit of “perfect health” is starting to feel more stressful than healthy. --- Stream Hannah's album, PHASES ! Watch Emily's Short Film, All We Were ! Emily's Substack: third martini thoughts --- Emily's Captivation: Midnight Sun by Zara Larsson Hannah's Captivation: Kitsch Satin Lined Flexi Shower Cap Shop CLEARSTEM and 15% off with the code GALSGUIDE at checkout --- Welcome to The Gal’s Guide — a weekly dating and lifestyle podcast created to empower radical self-love and bold relationships. Join us, long-distance best friends Hannah Adams and Emily Aleece Burton, for amusing and vulnerable conversations with insightful guests as we cover topics like love and dating to your own self-love, healing, spirituality, and always remembering the…

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Hosts: Hannah Adams, Emily Aleece Burton

Topics covered

• biohacking
• wellness industry
• health trends
• health anxiety
• self-love
• optimization

Keywords

• biohacking
• wellness
• health trends
• self-love
• health anxiety
• optimization
• diagnostic testing

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