Rethinking Wellness

I am a big fan of Christy’s work. I feel drawn by many elements and also wonder if more nuance could be explored. I am thinking about the episode with Asher Pandijiris and the intersection between ancient indigenous healing traditions, perspectives and practices and “alternative medicine.” I think while Christy ventured into this a bit, there is room for expansion around the complete tossing out of “alternative medicine” (alternative to what? Who’s culture? Who’s belief system?) and the continuation of healing traditions like Ayurveda, TCM, or culturally rooted healing practices as effective and meaningful as soup recipes or foraged herbs. Sometimes the broadness of claims being made seems as problematic as the broadness of claims it is seeking to oppose. Nuance feels really important here.

I respect needing to sustain oneself and make a living, but this may as well be a paid podcast, for both this and the newsletter because at least each time I’ve tried to listen or read several times over the year, a subscription is required to listen to the full episode or read the full article or post. I love the content, but I agree with others who proposed retaining the model. Perhaps have some shorter episodes that are free or free for a limited time. As it is now, it’s the frustration of being in the middle of a great conversation and having it cut off in the middle. I’ll be removing myself from the mailing list today as well because it’s pointless for me to continue receiving it when I can’t read any of the articles.

I tried having an open mind but this took it too far. As someone with an autoimmune condition for 2 decades and not finding ANY relief until I leaned heavily into healing holistically.. yes through diet/supplements. If you put junk in your body, it’s not going to feel good, supplements allow us to fill in the nutritional gaps and give our body what it needs to regain health. If takes time and it takes work but yes you most definitely have the ability to reverse disease through diet lifestyle, you will never find that in conventional medicine.

I love Christy’s work. But I find that I can’t listen to this podcast like a regular podcast anymore. There’s too much content being put out as a teaser. More than other podcasts I listen to. I have found this to be the same with her newsletter, where her content there is 90% linking to paid content. I would suggest changing the model up, maybe every other episode being behind a paywall. I get that we all need to sustain ourselves out there! But this method is just putting listeners off.