We talk with Emma Edwards about The Wardrobe Project, a year-long pause on clothes shopping that reveals how bias, body image, and culture fuel compulsive buying. The pause creates a new way to enjoy style without chasing constant newness. • the no-buy year and why a full stop on shopping matters • how hedonic adaptation keeps us stuck in the “newness” loop • body image pressures and the polished ideal • the clean girl trend, wellness purity and coded thinness • fantasy self versus real self...
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We talk with Emma Edwards about The Wardrobe Project, a year-long pause on clothes shopping that reveals how bias, body image, and culture fuel compulsive buying. The pause creates a new way to enjoy style without chasing constant newness. • the no-buy year and why a full stop on shopping matters • how hedonic adaptation keeps us stuck in the “newness” loop • body image pressures and the polished ideal • the clean girl trend, wellness purity and coded thinness • fantasy self versus real self...
If certainty had a sound, it would be the wellness aisle whispering boost, detox, and natural into your ear. We pull back the curtain on why those words feel so right—and why they so often lead us astray. With Richard Saunders from Australian Skeptics, we unpack how intuition clashes with evidence, how authority bias makes white coats and big badges persuasive, and how deepfakes and influencer snippets outpace careful science in the attention economy. Listen to Richard's Podcast - https:...
Why Smart Women Podcast
We talk with Emma Edwards about The Wardrobe Project, a year-long pause on clothes shopping that reveals how bias, body image, and culture fuel compulsive buying. The pause creates a new way to enjoy style without chasing constant newness. • the no-buy year and why a full stop on shopping matters • how hedonic adaptation keeps us stuck in the “newness” loop • body image pressures and the polished ideal • the clean girl trend, wellness purity and coded thinness • fantasy self versus real self...
