Non-Diet Naturopath
Non-Diet Naturopath
Casey Conroy
Ep 40. Beyond the Binary: Re-Enchanting Practice Without Losing Our Critical Edge with Miriam Latif
1 hour 9 minutes Posted Nov 14, 2025 at 3:00 am.
Welcome & What This Episode Is About
Free Guide + Body as Earth Waitlist
Why This Conversation Hit So Deep
Introducing Miriam Latif & Understory
Postpartum Epiphanies & “Unf*ck Wellness”
What Is Understory?
Wellness Culture, Capitalism & Systems
Caring for Individuals in Sick Systems
“Your Body Isn’t Faulty, the World Is Indigestible”
Redefining What a “Body” Is
“Has Everything I Learnt Been a Lie?”
Our Cultural Fear of Uncertainty
GLP-1s, Non-Diet Work & Practitioner Purity
Parenting, Compost & the Liminal Space
Uncertainty as Medicine
We’re Not Meant to Know Everything
Asking for Help Without Shame
Disenchantment & Why Wellness Feels So Magical
Holding Magic *and* Discernment
Capitalism & the Hunger for Meaning
Collapsing the Wellness/Illness Binary
Cycles, Chronic Illness & Composting
Nuance Is the New Rebellion
Social Media vs. Nuance
Composting Self-Optimisation
What Gives Miriam Hope
Where to Find Miriam
Outro & Next Steps
0:00
1:09:29
Download MP3
Show notes
Casey sits down with herbalist, writer, and mentor Miriam Latif (Understory) for a heart-opening conversation about uncertainty, nuance, and practicing in the messy middle spaces of wellness. They unpack the collapse of certainty, the harm of binaries, how capitalism shows up in diet and purity culture, and what it means to hold both clinical rigour and enchantment. What You’ll Hear About: Holding uncertainty without collapsing into doubt The grief and liberation of “has everything...