EP #57: Is Your Fitness Tracker Helping You… Or Hurting You? The Pros and Cons of Wearable Health Trackers

Wearable health tech is everywhere. Oura Rings. Apple Watches. Garmin. Tempdrop. Step counts. HRV. Sleep scores. Recovery data.But here’s the real question…Is your wearable helping you make healthier choices or making you more disconnected from your body?In this episode of She Breaks The Rules, Faye and Tarryn unpack the pros and cons of wearable health trackers, when they can be genuinely useful, and when they can quietly fuel stress, anxiety, obsession, and health perfectionism.Because while data can be empowering… more data doesn’t automatically mean better health.We explore how wearables can help identify patterns around stress, sleep, movement, recovery, alcohol, and cycle health but also where they can become a crutch that overrides your own internal cues.If you’ve ever cancelled a workout because your recovery score was low… obsessed over a bad sleep score… or let your watch tell you how you feel before you’ve even checked in with your own body, this episode is for you.In this episode, we cover:The genuine benefits of wearable health trackersHow to use health data properly (hint: trends > daily snapshots)Why high-achieving women can become overly reliant on wearable dataThe connection between wearables, stress, and health anxietyWhy sleep scores and recovery metrics aren’t always accurateHow alcohol, illness, stress, and lifestyle habits impact wearable dataTracking your menstrual cycle: when wearables can actually be usefulThe problem with outsourcing body trust to technologySigns your wearable may be doing more harm than goodWhy reconnecting with your internal cues mattersThe big question we want you to ask yourself:Do I use my wearable as a helpful tool… or have I handed over my power to it?Because breaking the rules in women’s health sometimes means trusting your body more than the algorithm.If this episode resonated, we’d LOVE to hear from you.Are you obsessed with your wearable? Have you ditched one completely? Or do you still find yours genuinely helpful?DM us on Instagram and share your biggest takeaway. And if you loved this episode, send it to the friend who checks her sleep score before saying good morning 💜Follow us on instagram:@shebreakstherulespodcast@tarrynwilliams_coach@fayesheridan_