A Solid Alternative to Googling Your Symptoms ft. Casey Gueren

Oh, I Like That

We sat down with our former co-worker, health journalist Casey Gueren, to chat about her new book It's Probably Nothing: The Stress-Less Guide to Dealing with Health Anxiety, Wellness Fads, and Overhyped Headlines. We talked about health anxiety in the age of COVID, as well as how to make sense of everything we read online about health and wellness. There are tons of practical tips from Casey and the experts she talked to for her book. If you’ve ever wondered about the supplements you keep seeing all over FitTok, wondered whether to believe that new health trend or study, or have a tendency to assume every minor pain or skin thing you experience is a rare and deadly disease, do we have a treat for you (this episode).

This episode was produced by Rachel and Sally and edited by Lucas Nguyen. Our logo was designed by Amber Seger (@rocketorca). Our theme music is by Tiny Music. MJ Brodie transcribed this episode. Follow us on Twitter @OhILikeThatPod.

Things we talked about:

• It's Probably Nothing: The Stress-Less Guide to Dealing with Health Anxiety, Wellness Fads, and Overhyped Headlines by Casey Gueren (on Twitter @CaseyGueren and Instagram @caseygueren)
• STAT news
• Acadia National Park
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