#19: Wellness Bullsh*t I Fell for in My 20s

It’s time to get brutally honest about wellness bullsht.* In this episode, I’m sharing the biggest wellness scams I fell for in my 20s—thinking I was being "that girl" chasing health and self-improvement... but I was really just wrecking my hormones, gut, skin, and nervous system.

If you've ever been influenced by wellness trends like:

• • Intermittent fasting & fasted workouts
  • Birth control for "clear skin"
  • Cold green smoothies & raw salads
  • HIIT every damn day
  • Cutting carbs + bingeing on “healthy” snacks
  • Overloading on supplements
  • Biohacking without fixing the basics

• This episode is your wake-up call.

  
  We're talking about the hidden side of wellness culture, why your body might be rebelling against your routines, and what actually works for sustainable gut, skin, and hormone health.

  
  

  🎧 Listen if you’re ready to:

• • Stop wasting money on wellness fads
  • Heal your gut, skin, and hormones for real
  • Ditch the anxiety-driven "optimization" trap
  • Build your health from the foundation up
  • Laugh at your past wellness mistakes (because, same lol)

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  Comment below with the biggest wellness trend YOU fell for. Let’s laugh about it together.

  
  

  CHAPTERS

  00:00 Intro

  00:50 The fasting + fasted workouts that wrecked me

  01:54 Birth control for acne: My decade-long trap
  03:40 Cold smoothies + raw salads = Gut nightmare
  04:21 My HIIT obsession and the hormonal fallout
  05:50 No-carb diets and bingeing on “healthy” snacks
  07:43 My supplement addiction that didn’t solve sh*t
  09:00 The expensive biohacking phase that didn’t work
  10:26 Part 2: The mindset traps I didn’t see coming
  10:33 When “wellness” became toxic productivity
  11:15 Thinness & abs does not equal health
  11:54 Anxiety isn’t a personality trait—it’s dysregulation
  13:00 The toxic belief that you have to earn rest
  14:44 What I know now about real wellness (and what I let go of)
  16:00 Why the boring basics always win
  16:53 You don’t need to fix everything at once
  17:13 Real wellness = safety, not control

  
  

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