
The Wellness Trap
Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
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Christy Harrison
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Christy Harrison
From the paradigm-shifting author of Anti-Diet comes a deep dive into the underbelly of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being.
“It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle.” You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful.
Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in alternative medicine, as Harrison once did. Yet the wellness industry promotes practices that often cause even more damage than the conventional approaches they’re meant to replace. From the lack of pre-market safety testing on herbal and dietary supplements, to the unfounded claims made by many wellness influencers and functional-medicine providers, to the social-media algorithms driving users down rabbit holes of wellness mis- and disinformation, it can often feel like no one is looking out for us in the face of the $4.4 trillion global wellness industry.
The Wellness Trap delves into the persistent, systemic problems with that industry, offering insight into its troubling pattern of cultural appropriation and its destructive views on mental health, and shedding light on how a growing distrust of conventional medicine has led ordinary people to turn their backs on science. Weaving together history, memoir, reporting, and practical advice, Harrison illuminates the harms of wellness culture while re-imagining our society’s relationship with well-being.
©2023 Christy Harrison (P)2023 Little, Brown SparkListeners also enjoyed...




















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Good reading for those open and flexible enough in their thinking to hearing the message
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I found this book to be a must read for moms because we are being targeted by endless attempts to prey on reasonable and protective fears we have during the years of pregnancy, post parting and child raising. The wellness trap makes us often more scared and fearful than we already are!! Christy hits the nail on the head with calling it a trap! Just trust me, this book is worth your time!
A motherhood must read!!
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THE wellness book of the year
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You have done it again. My mind is blown and the way that I see the wellness world will never be the same. Thank you for taking on this research and putting it out there in a world where other voices want you to shrink. Keep speaking!
My brain 🤯
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Informative & Entertaining
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life changing book
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