Burnout Might Be Wrecking Your Body Image — And You Might Not Even Know It

Let’s start here: if you’ve ever looked in the mirror and thought “Is it me or is everything awful?”: it might not actually be your body. It might be your nervous system waving a giant red flag.

In our latest episode of The Millennial Body Image Project, we’re diving into the sneaky connection between burnout, dysregulation, and body image spirals and why it’s not about willpower or “fixing” your mindset. It’s about getting curious with the chaos.

We talk about:

• What body checking actually looks like (spoiler: it’s more than mirrors and scales)

• Why you suddenly hate everything in your closet

• How dysregulation and burnout mess with hunger cues, emotions, and your sense of self

• What to actually do when your impulse is to fix your body (instead of care for it)

Also, Cristina may or may not publicly call out Dana for wanting to disappear into a remote Taylor Swift-esque lakeside cottage a la “I hate it Here” and honestly, same.

If you’ve been feeling off in your body, disconnected from hunger cues, or like your “squirrel brain is on fire” then this one’s for you.

And if you're nodding along the whole time? You’re so not alone.