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fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

How Our Culture Fuels Both Addiction and Disordered Eating

An influencer pops up with a "what I eat in a day" post-the perfect-looking meals have no carbs, few calories. Another influencer tries to humorously share their night out partying, and a mom shows how she needs wine to get through the day. Ads for fitness programs fill your feed, promising that "you can fix your life in 3 simple steps!" The next day, a coworker talks about the new diet they want to start;
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fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

Everything You Need to Know About Gwyneth Paltrow's Insane Property Portfolio

Gwyneth Paltrow transformed from Hollywood actress into a wellness business leader while using strategic real estate investments that reflect her personal and professional evolution.
Wellness
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Long Covid has more than 200 potential symptoms. Selective gullibility is one of mine

Chronic long Covid symptoms drove a previously skeptical journalist to desperate use of unproven wellness treatments and susceptibility to the billion-dollar wellness industry.
Mindfulness
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

An Analog Solution for Mindful Living

Poetry immerses readers in present experience, counters wellness-tech optimization, and reconnects people to lived emotions and meanings that prevent a sense of life slipping away.
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Wellness
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

The Best Wellness Advice Has Always Been Free

The wellness industry promotes the idea that treatments are necessary for every condition, driving consumer spending and complicating individual health journeys.
Marketing tech
fromwww.cnn.com
3 months ago

How Trump's pick for surgeon general uses her big online following to make money

Dr. Casey Means' potential conflicts of interest as a surgeon general nominee raise ethical concerns about her credibility and transparency in health recommendations.
fromAol
3 months ago

Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits from wellness product sales

Dr. Casey Means, Trump's pick for U.S. surgeon general, has criticized health systems for corruption, yet profits from promoting wellness products, raising ethical concerns.
Marketing tech
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Wellness
fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

The Perilous Spread of the Wellness Craze

Many Americans see health care as daunting, contrasting with the booming wellness industry, particularly among women.
Wellness
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

From fitness fads to mental health trends, how wellness became an American 'epidemic'

The wellness industry, while promising optimization of health, often focuses on marketing over genuine benefits.
Exploring the connection between wellness and luxury branding reveals deeper societal implications.
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Wellness
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

How We Learned to Buy Our Feelings

The wellness industry commodifies emotional peace, making it a luxury product that fosters ongoing desire rather than true fulfillment.
Chasing calm through consumerism is ultimately unfulfilling, as emotional well-being cannot be bought or optimized.
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fromFuturism
4 months ago

Weight Loss Influencer's Fans Angry When She Reveals How She Was Really Pulling It Off

Janelle Rohner faced backlash for not disclosing her weight loss drug use while promoting fat loss courses.
fromBustle
4 months ago

We Can Learn A Lot From The Anti-Wellness Celebrity Icons

"The mid-2020s signals a wellness boom projected to exceed $7 billion by 2025, yet we also see a growing backlash against the 'wellness industrial complex.'"},{
Wellness
fromSFGATE
4 months ago

Trial for SF 'orgasmic meditation' startup kicks off with ugly testimony

Witnesses have described OneTaste as a "cult" where coercion and psychological manipulation were common, leading employees to feel they had no way out.
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fromNew York Post
4 months ago

Lawyers for glamorous leaders of OneTaste - 'orgasm cult' accused of grooming members - insist victims 'were having a blast' as trial begins

The trial revolves around allegations of abuse in the wellness company OneTaste, focused on sexual exploitation disguised as orgasmic meditation.
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