Appearance control, also known as control through diet culture, is one of the most socially celebrated behaviours we engage in, yet it quietly damages our relationship with food, movement, and self trust. In this Weekly Riff, Louise Green explores appearance control through a recovery lens and asks the uncomfortable question we rarely name. What happens when a behaviour is harmful, but fully endorsed by culture.

This episode breaks down how diet culture, weight fixation, and “good body” rules mirror patterns we already recognize in other recovery conversations like eating disorders, compulsive behaviours, and burnout, yet are rarely granted the same language or compassion. When something is normalized, profitable, and praised, acknowledging harm becomes infinitely harder.

In this episode, Louise covers the parallels she has personally experienced between addiction recovery and diet culture through a recovery lens.

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Louise Green is an award-winning coach with 20 years invested in working with women of all body sizes. She has coached thousands of women from all over the world, if you're ready take the next step in your strength, check out her coaching program, Size Strong.