Why You Stressin?

Rest Days

Stress is a part of life. When does the thing we’re accustomed to become the thing we’re relying on to get anything done? The stress of needing to meet a deadline or eat before you get too hangry or drink water before your body turns into a raisin – yep, we know those stressors and more. MAJOR CW for talk about Gwyneth Paltrow + other diet culture thingsDiet and wellness cultures are their own stressors, as noted by Lauren in her recent TikTok [link: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7wuFD5/ ]. We do our best to tackle Goop Queen and her IV throne for this week’s clickbait. We also highly recommend that you check out Chrissy King’s book, The Body Liberation Project: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704696/the-body-liberation-project-by-chrissy-king/In this episode, we talk about the stressors related to fitness and nutrition. In some ways, movement and food help us decrease stress, and in other ways, they are stressors in and of themselves. How to deal? Have a listen, and join us!

*Correction: In this episode, Lauren refers to PEM as post exercise malaise when it is actually post exertional malaise (that can be triggered by exercise)

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