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Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS 405 episodes Nov 5, 2026

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison is a weekly show that helps people make peace with food and heal their relationship with eating. Hosted by registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor Christy Harrison, the podcast features interviews with guests and answers listener questions about intuitive eating, body acceptance, and escaping diet culture. The show challenges restrictive wellness and fitness trends from a body-positive, anti-diet perspective. It is designed to provide safe, non-triggering support for those recovering from eating disorders and weight stigma.

Episodes

From Weight-Loss Influencer to Weight-Inclusive MD: How One Doctor Is Helping in the GLP-1 Era
From Weight-Loss Influencer to Weight-Inclusive MD: How One Doctor Is Helping in the GLP-1 Era Nov 5, 2026 34:29 Weight-inclusive medical doctor Mónica Peralta joins us to discuss weight stigma in medicine, her shift from sharing her “weight-loss journey” on social media to specializing in weight-inclusive care, and her experiences as both a physician and a higher-weight patient. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers, we get into GLP-1s and eating disorders, the importance of support when discontinuing GLP-1
Food-Sensitivity Tests, SIBO, Probiotics, and FODMAPs: Your Evidence-Based Guide
Food-Sensitivity Tests, SIBO, Probiotics, and FODMAPs: Your Evidence-Based Guide Oct 29, 2026 9:21 Christy answers an audience question about food-sensitivity tests, SIBO, probiotics, elimination diets, and how to navigate digestive issues in disordered eating without falling into wellness traps. This episode was previously posted on our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness.The full version of this episode is for paid subscribers. Listen to the first part (about food-sensitivity tests) here, and
How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear
How to Heal Your Body Image and Feed Kids Without Fear Oct 8, 2026 39:51 Body-image therapist Zoe Bisbing joins us to discuss why body image is such a challenging part of disordered-eating recovery, how to deal with our body-focused inner critics, and why many people have such visceral reactions to public figures losing weight. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers, we discuss why setting limits with food won’t automatically give your kid an eating disorder, which limi
The Huberman Husbands Are Not OK: How Bro Wellness Fuels Disordered Eating and Body Shame
The Huberman Husbands Are Not OK: How Bro Wellness Fuels Disordered Eating and Body Shame Sep 24, 2026 42:42 Registered dietitian Aaron Flores joins us to discuss why Andrew Huberman and other biohacking wellness bros have such massive appeal, and how their rhetoric can lead to disordered eating and body-image distress. In a deeper dive for paid subscribers, we get into how to talk to partners or loved ones who’ve come under the sway of bro-wellness culture—and how to set boundaries when their diet/fitne
Beyond Wellness: Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices
Beyond Wellness: Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Aug 6, 2026 46:47 Religious-ethics scholar Liz Bucar, author of Beyond Wellness, joins us to discuss her history with diet and wellness culture, the religious roots of wellness practices, why bringing religion back into “spiritual” wellness spaces might be the key to promoting true well-being (even for non-religious people), and how the very human need for control shows up in rigid diet and wellness behaviors. This
Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type”
Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type” Jul 31, 2026 13:46 Christy answers an audience question about the “adrenal body type” and unpacks the weight stigma, ageism, and pseudoscience embedded in this twist on the dubious diagnosis of “adrenal fatigue.” This episode is cross-posted from our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness.The paywall on this episode has been removed! Sign up for a paid subscription to hear lots more like this.Get full show notes and ref
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 Jun 25, 2026 16:15 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 th
[Repost] Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception
[Repost] Secrets of the Notorious "Camp Shame," a Hotbed of Disordered Eating and Deception Jun 11, 2026 1:13:10 Filmmaker and podcaster Kelsey Snelling joins us to discuss her new podcast, Camp Shame, which exposes the troubling history of a notorious weight-loss camp. We get into the effects of deprivation and starvation, the cult-like nature of the camp, how it weathered its many scandals, whether it’s possible to run a camp for larger-bodied kids that’s weight-inclusive or ethical, how she made the podca
Why Beauty Culture is a Cousin of Diet Culture with Elise Hu
Why Beauty Culture is a Cousin of Diet Culture with Elise Hu May 28, 2026 26:53 Journalist, podcaster, and author Elise Hu joins us to discuss her background with modeling and disordered eating, why beauty culture is a cousin of diet culture, Elise’s experience with intense beauty standards in Korea, and the realities of pushing back against performances of femininity.Behind the paywall, Christy and Elise discuss the rise of K-Beauty globally, problematic K-Pop body ideals, t
Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing (Best Of)
Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing (Best Of) May 14, 2026 59:39 Therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing join us to discuss our new collaboration, The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook; why the typical diet-culture response to emotional eating is unhelpful, and what to do instead; how to know if you’re a chronic dieter (as opposed to just a “healthy eater”); the role of trauma in binge eating; why high body we
Should You Buy Organic? And Should You Eat Organic in Recovery from Disordered Eating?
Should You Buy Organic? And Should You Eat Organic in Recovery from Disordered Eating? Apr 30, 2026 21:00 In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about organic food. She explains what the science really says about the health impacts of organic food and the environmental impacts of organic farming. Then she shares some important things to consider if you’re eating organic while working to heal from disordered eating.This episode is cross-posted from our other podcast, Rethinking Wellness.
2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore (and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By)
2 Weird Food Rules I Don’t Follow Anymore (and 4 Other Principles I Try to Live By) Apr 16, 2026 14:48 In this episode, Christy answers an audience question about disordered eating and food rules. She shares two food rules that she used to follow and four eating principles that she now tries to live by.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, Bi

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