Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison


Latest Episodes

#322: From Picky Eating to Peace with Food: Feeding Kids with Heidi Schauster
April 11, 2024

Dietitian and author Heidi Schauster joins us to discuss why putting kids on gluten-free diets or other elimination diets in the name of health often backfires; how parents can help kids develop a goo

#321: Eating-Disorder Healing and the Importance of Community Support with Akiera Gilbert
March 14, 2024

Project HEAL CEO Akiera Gilbert joins us to discuss her relationship with food growing up, why she didnt realize she had an eating disorder, how she finally began to find healing, the importance of c

Preview: Let Your Community Be Your Compass with Akiera Gilbert
February 29, 2024

In honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), were sharing a teaser of next months episode. Its with Akiera Gilbert, the new CEO of Project HEAL, whose theme for EDAW is let your community b

#320: Healing from Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Shame with Judith Matz and Amy Pershing
February 22, 2024

Therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing join us to discuss our new collaboration, ; why the typical diet-culture response to emotional eating is unhelpful, and what to do instead; how to k

Are You Looking for Support with Intuitive Eating? New Course Enrolling Now!
August 29, 2023

Hey there! Its been a minute, but I wanted to pop in and let you know that my is enrolling a new cohort now. I designed the course for anyone who wants to give up dieting, make peace with food, and

#319: Rethinking Wellness: The Wellness Trap with Christy Harrison and Katie Dalebout
April 24, 2023

Katie Dalebout guest-hosts the show to interview Christy about her new book, ! Christy shares why she wanted to write a book about wellness, the potential harms of integrative and functional medicine

#318: Do You Really Need to Track Your Body?
April 17, 2023

In the penultimate episode of Food Psych, Christy answers an audience question about the wellness-culture trend of monitoring every bodily function, and whether its compatible with intuitive eating.

#317: Rethinking Wellness: The Wellness to Woo Pipeline and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas
April 10, 2023

Nutritionist and author Laura Thomas joins us to discuss what its like for kids living in the long shadow of clean eating, the almond mom trend on TikTok, the "wellness to woo pipeline," how pare

#316: The Truth About Those New Diet Drugs
April 03, 2023

Christy answers a listener question about Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs, and why we all should be extremely wary of any new diet drug being hailed as a "miracle." Pre-order Christy's upcoming

#315: Rethinking Wellness: The Problems with "Natural" Wellness with Alan Levinovitz
March 27, 2023

Alan Levinovitz, religious-studies scholar and author of Natural and The Gluten Lie, joins us to discuss the problems with framing eating and wellness practices as natural, the weird parallels betwe