The Midlife Feast
The Midlife Feast
Jenn Salib Huber RD ND
Midlife, Body Image, and the Ads that Influenced GenX with Lu Chekowsky.
42 minutes Posted Sep 21, 2026 at 6:00 am.
The Joke Of Being Targeted
Gen X Diet Ads We Remember
A Midlife Breakdown Sparks A Memoir
Learning To Decode Ads With Mom
Nike Just Do It And Belonging
Oprah Era Programming To Influencers
How Ads Get Built And Targeted
Filters That Protect Your Self Trust
What Is A Body For
Joy In Midlife And Where To Find Lou
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Most of us can still remember the diet ads from our youth. We can't remember why we walked into the kitchen, but we can remember the jingle. My guest this week is Lu Chekowsky, an Emmy Award winning creative director who spent her career inside the industry, spending time at MTV and Facebook, all while quietly struggling with her own body. Her memoir, Don't Buy What I'm Selling, traces the origin of how those messages shaped her, and how she found her way back out. We talk about the ads that ...