The Intersection of Diet, Hustle and Online Business Culture Part 2

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.Chapters:06:53 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 listening to The Culture Of It All! this podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive early posts, bonus material and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber on Substack. Come say 'hello' on social media! You'll find episode content on Instagram stories. Looking for more conversations around the politics of fashion? Join me on TikTok Until next time, pals — keep showing up, speaking up, and taking up space.