We mock the Victorians for their corsets. The fainting. The deformed ribs. The compressed organs.
How barbaric, we think. Thank God we’ve evolved.
And then we strap on a waist trainer and call it “shaping.”
In this episode, I’m walking through the modern torture devices—the wraps, the trainers, the vibration plates, and yes, the surgeries that remove organs rather than examine thoughts. Nothing has changed. We just have better marketing.
In this episode:
Waist trainers: corsets with Instagram accounts
Body wraps and the lie of “melting inches”
Vibration plates: the $500 illusion of effort
Gastric surgery: when we’d rather remove organs than examine beliefs
Why surgery doesn’t reset the thermostat either
If this resonates:
If you’ve ever considered an extreme intervention, this episode might save you from a painful mistake. Share it with someone who needs perspective.
