The Wellness Trap
In The Wellness Trap, journalist and dietitian Christy Harrison explores how wellness culture—once meant to promote balance and care—has become another form of control.
Through research and storytelling, Christy shows how wellness marketing often preys on fear and perfectionism, convincing us we need endless fixing to be healthy or worthy. She examines the rise of pseudoscience, moralized eating, and “clean” living trends that can quietly lead to stress, guilt, and disconnection.
This book invites readers to step back, question the noise, and rebuild a gentler, evidence-based relationship with health. Christy offers practical ways to navigate information overload, tune back into your body, and redefine what well-being means for you.
Her work aligns beautifully with the values we hold here: curiosity, compassion, and trust in our own inner knowing.
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The Wellness Trap
“When wellness becomes about fear, it stops being about health.”