For Me, Ditching Wellness Was the Key to Actual Wellness

I was obsessed with healthy eating and addicted to exercise

Ivy Staker
Fearlessly Nourished
4 min readMay 8, 2020

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As someone who was secretly struggling with disordered eating, wellness was the perfect cover. I was about 20 when the wellness industry came on the scene. I’m 29 now. Before that, I hid behind a projected passion for “healthy eating,” a far less sexy umbrella.

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Ivy Staker
Fearlessly Nourished

Social anthropologist | Passionate about the outdoors | Intensely curious | UX researcher | Fledgling eating disorder recovery advocate