Our Love and Hate Relationship with "Wellness"
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Jonni and Maria chat about our take on the wellness industry, and our own definitions, dilemmas, and habits.We question the blurring lines between beauty, health and diet culture. We dish on benefits, placebos, body positivity, how our brains work and if wellness industry players have good intentions or if some are grifters. We share many resources and also explore how privilege and white supremacy play into the wellness industry (trust us, there's a thread!) and howGen Z'ers view wellness and body image these days.
And please fact-check us if we got anything wrong! We are nothing if not humble and eager to learn.
Plus, mall shopping, Harry Potter world,adult purchases that bring us embarrassing joy (new windows and couches!), and more tomfoolery.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
The New York Times,"Smash the Wellness Industry"
Quartz: "Women are flocking to wellness because modern medicine still doesn’t take them seriously"
The Empathy Edge podcast, Saira Rao: Why White Women Need to Talk About Our Racism
White Women: Everything You Already Know ABout Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Saira Rao and Regina Jackson
Byrdie, "White Washing Problem"
Naaya Wellness: Wellness with a social justice lens.
Evergreen Center for Integrative Medicine (Seattle)
Offline with Jon Favreau, Jan 15, 2023, Two Writers Wonder If They'll Be Replaced by AI
Jonathan Van Ness - Over the Top and his follow up book Love That Story
Offline with Jon Favreau- the quote: “I don’t really know what my opinion is” struck a nerve
NPRs It’s Been a Minute- Curls and courage with Michaela Angela Davis and Rep. Cori Bush
Washington Post: "Spoon Theory: What It Is and How I Use It to Manage Chronic Illness"
Podcast Jonni loves: Death, Sex and Money
WIT Regatta Seattle - where we might be recording our podcast from in late April 2023!
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