Is Wellness Just Another Fashion Trend? With Rina Raphael

All The Small Things

Venetia La Manna

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Rina Raphael is a journalist who specialises in health, wellness and tech. She was the health and wellness features writer for the Fast Company and has also contributed to New York Times, LA Times, CBS and NBC News and was previously senior producer and lifestyle editor at The TODAY Show.

In her new book The Gospel Of Wellness, Rina balances the good with the bad, taking a deep, nuanced dive into this $4.4 trillion dollar industry, and how it’ s a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society. She is here to help us tear down the false idols that have taken hold and ultimately shows how we might shape a better future for the movement - and for our well-being.

Find Rina: rinaraphael

Buy her book: The Gospel Of Wellness

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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to all the small things with me, Venetia Lamanna. I'm really excited about today's
0:06.0	episode where we will be discussing the wellness industrial complex. Before we get started, it's
0:12.5	important for me to take some accountability. I was a complete sucker for wellness during a
0:17.5	huge part of my 20s and there are elements of it that I still engage with today. I rarely miss
0:23.1	my daily skincare routine and love a high-energy studio-based workout class. I also think it's
0:29.1	important to recognise that there are definitely elements of wellness that are well-intentioned
0:34.0	and that can truly help our well-being. I've made plenty of mistakes in the past in terms of how
0:39.1	I've upheld the wellness industry and its gurus and over the past few years, I guess I've kind of
0:44.6	undergone a process of unlearning and I'm still trying to wade through the wellness murky waters
0:50.8	that are highly confusing. This is where Reena Raphael comes in. Reena Raphael is a journalist who
0:58.0	specialises in health, wellness and tech. She was the health and wellness features writer for
1:02.5	fast company and has also contributed to the New York Times, LA Times, CBS and NBC News and was
1:09.9	previously senior producer and lifestyle editor at the Today Show. In her new book The Gospel of
1:15.6	Wellness, Reena balances the good with the bad taking a deep nuanced dive into this 4.4 trillion
1:22.4	dollar industry and how it's a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism
1:28.0	within medicine and society. She is here to help us tear down the false idols that have taken hold
1:33.6	and ultimately shows us how we might shape a better future for the movement and for our well-being.
1:39.7	There is lots in this book about community and true, true self-love and self-care in a way that
1:47.0	isn't commodified and I think you will love it. Right, here is our conversation. I hope you
1:51.6	enjoy this chat with Reena Raphael. Reena, I am so excited to chat with you today. I
2:03.2	inhaled your book over the holiday season and then pestered you and your publicist
2:10.6	in order to arrange this conversation because I think my listeners are going to gain a lot
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