What is wellness? I think of the image of wellness personally is like pure joy.

It seems like a basic question, one we all want the answer to.

Wellness are the things your grandmother told you to do.

Yet when you really start to think about it,

the answer feels more complicated.

I'm not a sober person.

I am on the kind of sober curious spectrum.

I'm Maya Feller, registered dietician nutritionist,

and author.

And I'm Dr. Kavita Patel.

We're the hosts of Well Now, Slate's new podcast on Wellness.

Every week, we'll talk with all sorts of experts

in the wellness industry.

From doctors and nurses to nutritionists and fitness instructors.

I should have been like really happy that I finally have like achieved this body of my dreams

but I was actually more miserable than I'd ever been.

To biohackers and zero-proof cocktail makers.

I want it to become so that 20 years from now every wedding, every business conference,

every house party has a high quality non-alcoholic drink and people just like you who will share

what they've learned on their way to wellness. We'll cut through the noise and

get to the heart of what wellness means now and what it means to you.

Join us every Wednesday as we tackle that simple yet important question

...