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All Being Well: Introduction to the World of Wellness

By: Alice Fraser
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  • Summary

  • We've all heard the word wellness, but what does it actually mean? Why is the concept of wellness so popular right now? And why is the wellness industry booming? In this series the comedian Alice Fraser goes on a quest to find out.

    On the way she meets the three guys known as the so-called fathers of wellness, she takes part in a yoga class with a social media influencer and she chats to two scientists carrying out a landmark study on the meaning and measurement of wellbeing. The series also offers practical tips on how to navigate the world of wellness. How can you tell wellness fact from fiction? Which kinds of influencers should you follow? What is the science behind wellness? Can Alice find a type of wellness that works for her?

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Why Wellness?
    Jan 25 2019

    Comedian Alice Fraser wants to find out what wellness really means and why it’s so big right now. What is it about the modern world that makes the concept of wellness so appealing?

    According to Sarah Greenidge, who started a company to uphold the credibility of the wellness industry, we have all become more aware of the imbalance in our work-life balance: we’re stressed, we’re tired, so we look to wellness to feel better. Something that Brigid Schulte, the writer of the book Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time, agrees with. But Greenidge point out that the wellness industry is capitalising on how much we yearn to live a better life. This doesn’t sit well with Alice. She will start her journey to understand wellness beyond the industry in the next episode by looking at the beginnings of the wellness movement in the 70s.

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    16 mins
  • Ep. 2: A Brief History of Wellness
    Jan 25 2019

    Alice Fraser meets wellness influencer and yoga teacher Julie Montegu at a high-end yoga studio in Chelsea, London. She’s going to dive into the history of wellness in this episode, but first she wants to understand what it’s like to promote wellness today.

    Alice, who is going to take Julie’s class, talks to Julie about her day-to-day routine and realises Julie is extremely busy, despite promoting yoga and wellness. So how closely is wellness today related to the beginnings of the movement? Alice digs up three of the fathers of the wellness movement to find out how it all started.

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    22 mins
  • Ep. 3: The Wellness Industry
    Jan 25 2019

    Alice takes a closer look at the trillion-dollar Wellness Industry. Ex-wellness influencer Pixie Turner talks about the turning point in her journey through wellness and explains what made her take a closer look at the science behind some wellness claims. Sarah Greenidge, an independent auditor, gives us her take on what’s behind the growth of the wellness industry and gives us some pointers on how to spot pseudoscience as a news consumer.

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    20 mins

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Well being is more than doing pushups

Interesting look into well being as a whole - body, soul , environment , social etc without pushing products down your throat.

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enjoying listening to this highlighting many things we kind of knee but are too scared to admit we all buy into the wellness world but what is it actually doing for us

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Boring as

This was all about the wellness industry not how to get well. I was most disappointed.

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