Rina Raphael, THE GOSPEL OF WELLNESS: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to journalist Rina Raphael about her new book The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care, a revelatory, cautionary, and expertly-written study of the modern wellness industry (and its impact on women, especially). Rina describes “wellness” as an ambiguous, fear-mongering marketing tactic leveraged in our hyper-consumerist, productivity-obsessed culture. She analyzes diet culture (and its sneaky disguises–like cleanses), skincare fads, and organic product obsessions. She also discusses the loneliness crisis and how the industry has mastered selling us “community.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
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| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Rina Raphael is the author of The Gospel of Wellness, Jim's, Gurus, Goup, and the False |
| 1:03.6 | Promise of Self-Care. |
| 1:05.0 | Rina is a journalist who specializes in health, wellness tech, and women's issues. |
| 1:09.1 | She was a features contributor for Fast Company magazine and has also written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles tech, and women's issues. She was a features contributor for Fast Company magazine |
| 1:11.4 | and has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CBS, NBC News, and Mediums, |
| 1:17.7 | Elemental, among other publications. Her wellness industry newsletter, well-to-do, covers trends |
| 1:23.2 | and news and offers market analysis. Rafael has spoken on the wellness industry and national conferences, such as the Global Wellness Summit and the Fast Company Innovation Festival. |
| 1:32.7 | Previously, she served as a senior producer and lifestyle editor at Today.com and NBCNews.com. |
| 1:38.6 | Welcome, Rina. |
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