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Functionally Speaking
Welcome to Functionally Speaking— the podcast where two clinicians share one brain cell and way too many opinions.
We’re here for the nuance, the hot takes, the facts your certification skipped over, and the occasional spiral into chaos. If you’re a health coach, practitioner, or clinician who’s slightly functional (just like our mitochondria and our recording process), you’re in the right place.
We’re not here to sugarcoat the science or pretend there’s one right way to do this work — we’re doing it our way. Unfiltered. Slightly feral. And always with love for the humans we serve.
Let’s get into it.
Functionally Speaking
27. When Wellness Becomes a Mask for Disordered Behavior
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Is it wellness or is it just disordered behavior in disguise?
In this episode of the Functionally Speaking podcast, we’re naming what’s really going on behind the clean eating trends, detox culture, step-count obsession, and hypertracking disguised as health. From “I need to track to eat enough” to “I can’t skip a workout,” we’re breaking down the disordered behaviors that are getting rebranded as commitment, control, or self-care.
If you’re a practitioner, you need to know what to look for and how to guide your clients back to true nourishment, flexibility, and health that includes their nervous system too.
In this episode, we cover:
- 01:22 The rise of disordered behaviors in wellness
- 02:33 Why “clean eating” might be harming your clients
- 12:33 The deeper issue behind macro tracking and step-count streaks
- 23:16 Detoxes and parasite cleanses: wellness or depletion?
- 26:13 The hidden obsession behind never missing a workout
Links and resources:
- Episode 26. Why Postpartum Care Fails and How Practitioners Can Fill the Gaps: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2506559/episodes/18608520
- Episode 25. Let’s Be Honest About Peptides, GLP-1s, and the Real Problem: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2506559/episodes/18568972
- Episode 02. GLP-1s Explained: Risks, Benefits, and Real-World Applications: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2506559/episodes/17622871
- Episode 22. The Parasite Cleanse Craze: Marketing, Myths & What You Actually Need: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2506559/episodes/18452084
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