The Perspective Shift on Health & Fitness That We All Need

This week I’m joined by Kate Lyman and Michael Ulloa from the How to Fitness podcast for a conversation about wellness culture, sustainable health habits, and what happens when “being healthy” starts becoming less about authentic health — and more about optimization and chasing wellness trends.

We talk about:

• how rigid ideas about health can actually keep people stuck and lead to disordered eating patterns

• the pressure to do fitness and nutrition “optimally” and why it's BS

• the importance of flexibility within a sustainable approach to health

• why evidence-based health matters immesly in a world full of food-fear, weird trends, and constant wellness marketing

• the impact of obsessing over “health” and what people miss out on when their lives become consumed by self-monitoring

• how orthorexia, wellness culture, and disordered eating patterns can quietly reinforce perfectionism, fear, and control

• how to become a more conscious consumer of health and wellness content — and the red flags to watch for

• which habits actually support a healthy and fulfilling life (and which ones are mostly noise)

• why so many people feel emotionally attached to control around food and exercise

This conversation felt like such an important reminder that health is supposed to support your life — not become your entire life.

This is about more flexibility, self-awareness, nuance, joy, and actually finding what works for your real life.

Health can be fun!!

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@KLNutrition

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@MichaelUlloaPT

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@howtofitnesspod

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xoxo

-Lizzie