Brett Chody on Social Media Success, Healing Her Relationship with Food & Protecting Her Mental Health
Real Pod
Dear Media
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Your favorite marathon runner and internet BFF, Brett Chody aka @brettsbites, is here! In this episode, Victoria sits down with Brett to talk about her transition from college grad to full-time influencer, what people get wrong about her journey online, and how she’s handled the challenges that come with growing a platform. Brett opens up about the body image and food struggles she faced as a competitive runner, what helped her heal her relationship with food, and why creating content for her younger self matters so much to her now. They also get into navigating life as a creator with famous friends like her bestie, Jake Shane, creating better boundaries around social media, and her best tips for anyone looking to start running. Tune in for a fun, honest conversation about career growth, healing old patterns, and figuring out what feels right in your 20s!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back. |
| 0:11.4 | Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight. |
| 0:15.9 | Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect. |
| 0:19.2 | Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered, |
| 0:22.0 | and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content |
| 0:27.5 | that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just |
| 0:31.8 | unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real. |
| 0:44.0 | Hello, everybody, and welcome back to RealPod. |
| 0:46.9 | Joining us today is a fan favorite on Instagram and TikTok. |
| 0:50.9 | Her videos are so fun, so down to earth. |
| 0:53.9 | She's your favorite marathon runner. |
| 0:56.1 | You could spend days just watching her Instagram story. She's so entertaining, informative, |
| 1:01.0 | insightful, and just kind of like your internet BFF. She's amassed hundreds of thousands of followers |
| 1:05.9 | online. It is Brett Chodey. You may know her online as Brett's Bites. She graduated from USC. She happens to also be |
| 1:14.5 | best friends with Jake Shane. And she's really one of the most fun, authentic content creators out there |
| 1:19.8 | right now. So if you're not already following Brett's Bites, make sure you check her out and throw her a |
| 1:24.4 | follow. Today we're going to be talking all about her transition from |
| 1:27.9 | college grad to influencer, how she's navigated all her newfound career success, the body |
| 1:34.5 | image and food issues that she navigated in college while being a competitive runner and athlete, |
| 1:40.1 | and she's going to tell us all about her three-year relationship and her plans to move in with her boyfriend. |
| 1:45.0 | That's always a big decision. |
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