Maybe the answer to chronic stress is radical rest

Caroline Dooner is tired as f*ck of the pressures of self-help, diet culture, and trying to fix her supposed imperfections.

A humorist and storyteller, Caroline is the author of two books, The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy (Spanish version), and Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture. Far from a typical "self-help" writer, Caroline blends a characteristic sense of humor with really honest and vulnerable memoir-style storytelling to share her personal history as a chronic dieter, her experience with undiagnosed eating disorders since childhood, and some really blistering social observations about modern burn-out culture. 

Tired as F*ck explores the pressures that we all feel to constantly self-improve and be hyper-productive, including how toxic it really can be to feel like we have to become the "best versions of ourselves." She offers, instead, the idea of granting oneself "radical permission to rest" starting with letting go of some of the pressures we place upon ourselves, every day.

In this interview, Caroline shares…

Why restrictive, calorie-deficit dieting is proven to not work, according to modern scienceHow modern diet culture reflects our society's anxious urge to over-control our livesThe ways in which our busyness culture numbs the pain of being human, in socially acceptable waysWhy we need to practice associating within the body more through feeling, and the mind less

Thank you to Caroline Dooner for joining us on The New Story Is!

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