Nourish with Sarah - Holistic Wellness & More

the algorithm decided women should shrink again. here's why and what it's doing to us

Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.

0:00 | 23:07

SkinnyTok has billions of views.

That's not just an internet stat. It means the algorithm has decided that women want to watch other women shrink again. And the algorithm is almost never wrong about what's selling.

So the question isn't whether it's real. The question is: why is it back, what is it costing us, and what do we actually do with all of it?

This is episode one of a four-part series I'm calling The Skinny Pandemic. This episode is about how we got here. Episode two is on GLP-1s. Episode three is on peptides. Episode four is what to actually do with all of it.

In today's peisode we cover:

  • The five reasons thinness is back
  • The "collapsed middle": how toned, strong, lean, and thin have been collapsed into one word
  • The "wedding shoot" content genre and what it is really saying to women
  • Why this is not about shaming women who want to lose weight
  • The numbers nobody in this space says out loud
  • What actually holds up when every trend fades
  • And one question to ask yourself the next time you land on one of these videos before you save it

You can want weight loss and still be trapped by the culture selling it to you. Both things are true at once, and most of the internet is too loud to hold both.

Free 14-Day Reset is linked below. And come back next week for episode two: GLP-1s, the honest version.


Demi Moore picture: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYUaJnXM7y0/

If this episode hit home, I'd love for you to join me inside The Nourished Reset: a free 14-day guided experience to help you break free from nighttime overeating, food noise and the guilt spiral, so you can finally feel calm around food and at home in your body. No restriction, no willpower, just real tools that actually work. [Sign up here →]


And if you're ready to go even deeper, Embodied Nourishment is my signature 16-week coaching program to help you lose that stubborn weight, break free from emotional eating and finally feel calm, confident and free around food - for good. [Learn more & apply here →]


If you enjoyed this episode and feel motivated to finally become the best version of yourself, share your thoughts with me on insta and tag me in your stories so I can see and share! 🥰

Connect with me on Instagram here

Get my FREE Notion Journaling Template including 21 Days of Emotional Eating Journaling Prompts