Find Your Food Voice [Chat] Mel Robbins food and exercise recs: Should we all REALLY be doing 11 push ups?
Jun 3, 2025
Coleen Bremner, a dynamic force behind the scenes of the Finding Food Voice team, joins Rachel Popik, an anti-diet chef specializing in PCOS wellness, for a thought-provoking conversation. They dissect Mel Robbins' Let Them Theory, exploring its ties to diet culture and societal pressures on fitness and aging. The duo emphasizes the importance of personal boundaries, intuitive eating, and compassionate self-care. Listeners are encouraged to rethink fitness norms and prioritize emotional well-being over unrealistic standards.
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Hope as a Seductive Hook
- Hopefulness initially attracts people to ideas like Mel Robbins' Let Them Theory, similar to diet culture's lure.
- This hope can seduce people into cycles of trying new fixes without addressing core issues.
Control and Profit in Self-Help
- Self-help and diet industries profit by keeping people feeling inadequate and needing constant change.
- This cycle benefits capitalism by focusing people on self-improvement instead of societal systems.
Julie’s Conflicted Reaction
- Julie heard about the Let Them Theory during an anxiety spiral, which initially felt calming.
- However, she soon noticed marketing tactics and felt conflicted between its ease and accompanying hustle pressure.
