In Moderation

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Alone In My Childhood Bedroom

July 09, 2026

You ever hit that point where you don’t want productivity, progress, or another plan you just want sleep? We’re in that place tonight, and we say the quiet parts out loud: the exhaustion after an emotional week, the loneliness that shows up when family leaves, and the weird way your brain starts rummaging through childhood memories like it’s searching for proof you used to feel safe. We walk through what it’s like to end up back where you started, right down to remembering a loft bed, makeshi...

Laughing At Food Fear

July 02, 2026

Fear sells faster than facts, and nutrition misinformation knows it. We start this one in near-whisper mode and immediately slide into the kind of internet chaos that makes health grifters thrive: vague “toxic ingredient” warnings, anxiety-driven shopping, and the constant hunt for something to blame. We talk about why that fear-based marketing works so well, how it shows up in fitness influencer culture, and the difference between someone showing you a genuinely useful product versus someone...

I Refuse To Be A Fitness Influencer

June 25, 2026

The fitness internet is getting louder, meaner, and weirder, and it’s exhausting. Today Mike flies solo and says the quiet part out loud: platforms don’t reward the most helpful coach, they reward the most shareable fear. If your feed is full of seed oil panic, sunscreen paranoia, “miracle” peptides, and comment-section cruelty, you’re not imagining the shift.We talk through what that does to real people trying to lose weight or get in shape, especially beginners who already feel exposed. Mik...