Health Psychologist
Cheryl A. Batey is a health psychologist specializing in body image, eating behaviors, and the psychological impacts of wellness culture.
The wellness industry is worth over $4 trillion and tells us to love ourselves — but does all that self-optimization language actually free us from body shame, or just give it a green juice and a new vocabulary? Jasmine Mitchell and Cheryl Batey debate whether wellness culture is liberation or the same old pressure rebranded.
