E207. Rina Raphael Wants You To Know Goop Isn't The Answer

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🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Rina Raphael is a journalist and author who covers health, wellness, and women's issues. She sits down with Bridget to discuss her new book The Gospel of Wellness , where she looks at the recent explosion of the wellness industry, the fads, the gimmicks, the marketing strategies, and what lies underneath it all. Rina is a reformed wellness addict herself, and became aware of the dark side of an industry that's constantly telling you what to buy next in order to feel better. They cover how liberal, affluent women in coastal cities and big cities have really adopted the aspirational reinterpretation of wellness, why they might turn to alternatives out of desperation because the healthcare industry is not working for them, how control is a huge part of the wellness industry, how wellness culture is driving people to extremes and making them more stressed, what overidentifying with your choices means about you as a person or a parent, and how aware Gwyneth Paltrow is of the Goop grift. Sponsor Links: Storyworth - https://bit.ly/storyworth-wiw Vegamour - https://bit.ly/vegamour-walkins FIRE.org - https://bit.ly/thefire-wiw AG1 - https://bit.ly/AG1-WiW JustWorks - https://bit.ly/justworkswiw Progressive - https://pgrs.in/3Dp5ZIW

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1:15.0	This week on the podcast, we welcome Rina Raphael. She's a journalist who covers health, wellness, tech, and women's issues.
1:23.0	She contributes to publications such as The New York Times, LA Times, Men's Health, and Fast Company Magazine.
1:29.0	Her industry newsletter, Well to Do, examines the latest in health and wellness.
1:34.0	She is also author of the new book, The Gospel of Wellness, which is why she came through today to talk to me.
1:41.0	And we had a really great wide-ranging conversation about the wellness industry and our experience with our own dabbling in the wellness industry.
1:52.0	And I love Rina and her voice is really important in this space. Enjoy.
1:58.0	I'm with Rina Raphael. Everyone, welcome to Walkins. Welcome.
2:02.0	Hi there. Excited to be here.
2:04.0	I'm so excited to talk to you about your new book, The Gospel of Wellness, which I feel it's such an interesting topic.
2:14.0	And just on a personal level, this is fascinating to me because as I was reading your intro and the early chapters, I was like, oh my god, this is me.
2:24.0	I am this person that has I've done all of the things.
2:30.0	Yeah, well, same here. I mean, that's kind of why I wrote the book because I used to be obsessed with wellness and try out every new trend.
2:38.0	And because I was so obsessed with it, I became a wellness industry reporter.
2:43.0	So not only did I do it personally, but then I did it for work.
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