The Mel Robbins Podcast #376 · March 8, 2026 · 1h 22m

#1 Body Image Expert: How to Repair Your Relationship with Your Body & Food

NYU clinical psychologist Rachel Goldman on emotional eating, body image struggles, and GLP-1 medications. The approach: understand the psychology behind stress-driven cravings rather than fighting them with willpower. Building sustainable habits without shame. Discusses the GLP-1 revolution in context — what it can and can't do.

Highlights

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Shame-based approaches to eating always backfire

Goldman: the diet industry's shame model increases the behaviors it claims to fix. Understanding the psychology behind stress-driven cravings is more effective than willpower.

Claude ChatGPT Gemini

Misc

✧Discusses GLP-1 medications (Ozempic/Wegovy) as part of a comprehensive approach

✧Goldman: shame-based approaches to eating always backfire

✧NYU professor — clinical psychology lens, not diet culture