The Intersection of Diet, Hustle and Online Business Culture | Part 02

In this episode, we continue our exploration of the intersection of diet culture, hustle culture, and online business. We’l continue to explore the paradoxical nature of these cultures and how they can negatively impact mental health. I’m sharing some stories of my personal experience “growing up” in the online business culture, and feeling like I never fit in and wanting to be successful in my own venture. We also highlight the tendency to blame the consumer or client when desired results are not achieved, rather than questioning the effectiveness of the product or method. We explore spiritual bypassing and how this often leads to toxic positivity and a failure to address systemic oppression and privilege amongst online business coaching communities. As always, we finish the episode with some journal prompts and reframes to help us deepen our personal anti-diet work.The Culture Of It All! Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Chapters06:53 Melanie's Journey To Starting An Online Business09:59 Following The Rules & Fear Of Failure13:28 Leaving The Business Coaching Bubble19:41 Inflated Testimonials & Lack of Context24:06 Selling The Next Best "Secret" & Marketing 'Pain Points'28:04 Moving The Goalposts32:46 Spiritual Bypassing, Toxic Positivity and Systemic Oppression in Online Business34:49 Undermining Trust, Intuition & Autonomy37:17 Ditching Diets & Online Business Coaching38:36 Reclaiming Lost Parts of Myself40:57 Anti diet journal prompt & reframe43:30 Navigating the Online SpaceThank you for reading The Culture Of It All! Podcast. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cultureofitallpod.substack.com/subscribe