It’s time to get brutally honest about wellness bullsht.* In this episode, I’m sharing the biggest wellness scams I fell for in my 20s—thinking I was being "that girl" chasing health and self-improvement... but I was really just wrecking my hormones, gut, skin, and nervous system.

If you've ever been influenced by wellness trends like:

• • Intermittent fasting & fasted workouts
  • Birth control for "clear skin"
  • Cold green smoothies & raw salads
  • HIIT every damn day
  • Cutting carbs + bingeing on “healthy” snacks
  • Overloading on supplements
  • Biohacking without fixing the basics

• This episode is your wake-up call.

  
  We're talking about the hidden side of wellness culture, why your body might be rebelling against your routines, and what actually works for sustainable gut, skin, and hormone health.

  
  

  🎧 Listen if you’re ready to:

• • Stop wasting money on wellness fads
  • Heal your gut, skin, and hormones for real
  • Ditch the anxiety-driven "optimization" trap
  • Build your health from the foundation up
  • Laugh at your past wellness mistakes (because, same lol)

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  Comment below with the biggest wellness trend YOU fell for. Let’s laugh about it together.

  
  

  CHAPTERS

  00:00 Intro

  00:50 The fasting + fasted workouts that wrecked me

  01:54 Birth control for acne: My decade-long trap
  03:40 Cold smoothies + raw salads = Gut nightmare
  04:21 My HIIT obsession and the hormonal fallout
  05:50 No-carb diets and bingeing on “healthy” snacks
  07:43 My supplement addiction that didn’t solve sh*t
  09:00 The expensive biohacking phase that didn’t work
  10:26 Part 2: The mindset traps I didn’t see coming
  10:33 When “wellness” became toxic productivity
  11:15 Thinness & abs does not equal health
  11:54 Anxiety isn’t a personality trait—it’s dysregulation
  13:00 The toxic belief that you have to earn rest
  14:44 What I know now about real wellness (and what I let go of)
  16:00 Why the boring basics always win
  16:53 You don’t need to fix everything at once
  17:13 Real wellness = safety, not control

  
  

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if you wake up feeling anxious, wired, or already behind before the day even starts — this episode is for you.

i used to think regulating my nervous system meant expensive supplements, breathwork workshops, or adding more to my already chaotic schedule. but the truth is, some of the most powerful tools are free, simple, and actually sustainable.

in this episode, i share the 8 things i do before 8am that have helped me reset my nervous system, stabilize my energy, and stop relying on cortisol to function. no gadgets. no guru hacks. just real rituals that work — especially for the high-functioning girlies trying to heal from hustle culture.

we get into:

• ​why coffee first thing might be wrecking your gut
• ​the breakfast myth that kept my hormones out of balance
• ​how silent walks changed my mental clarity
• ​somatic shaking, morning pages, oxytocin rituals & more

CHAPTERS

00:00 – intro

00:51 – the swap that calms me

01:53 – the meal i stopped skipping

03:07 – my silent morning trick

04:03 – the weird ritual that works

04:49 – 2 minute mind reset

05:48 – free nervous system medicine

06:36 – my unfiltered morning dump

07:35 – this one’s not talked about enough

08:40 – the art of unlearning

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💌 CONTACT→ hello@artofanna.com

In this solo episode, I’m walking you through the exact $94/week nervous system healing routine that helped me recover from burnout, chronic anxiety, and cystic acne — without expensive programs or trendy wellness gimmicks.

At 29, I hit a breaking point: I was constantly anxious, mentally exhausted, and breaking out with hormonal acne that nothing could fix. I spent thousands on tests, doctors, therapy, and supplements — and nothing worked… until I simplified everything.

Inside this episode, I break down:

• What I eat (based on Traditional Chinese Medicine & cycle syncing)

• Teas and supplements I actually saw results with

• What I cut out (like short-form content, over-scheduling, and multitasking)

• Skincare + movement shifts that supported real healing

• Mindset work and emotional “homework” that changed how I show up

Whether you're dealing with burnout, hormonal acne, anxiety, gut issues, or just feel like your nervous system is shot — this episode is for you.

✨ Minimalist, grounded, and healing-focused — this is wellness that actually works.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Context setting

00:42 What I eat

01:55 Tea x cycle syncing

02:33 Supplements I actually needed

03:26 Being back to back

04:35 Short form content

05:19 Multitasking

05:36 Repairing skin barrier

06:25 Changing type of workouts

07:08 Mindful eating and chewing

07:40 Actually prioritizing sleep

08:50 Nice to haves but not necessary

10:15 Breathwork + morning pages

10:53 The most important thing I had to change

12:24 3 key takeaways

DM me on Instagram @artofanna — what’s one thing you’ve subtracted that helped your mental or physical health?

Follow + leave a review if this episode helped you — it means the world and helps others find this kind of grounded healing content.

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