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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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  • Ep. 1: Why Wellness?

    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
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  • Ep. 2: A Brief History of Wellness

    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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  • Ep. 3: The Wellness Industry

    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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Interesting

Was an interesting thought process, missed a bit more advice. But all on all was nice to hear different opinions here and there about Wellness

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Not Mindblowing but Enjoyable, Nice Pace

Nice tone and pace, very unbiased, good sources. Wasn't incredibly enlightening or anything but it was nice to hear all these different takes on 'Wellness'. Especially liked the episode that dealt with Yoga, as someone who loves Yoga.

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informative and interesting

An engaging introductory look into the world of wellness that highlights the reality in comparison to myths , assumptions and preconceptions.

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Fab. Really interesting

thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. thanks for taking the time and effort to make it

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Brilliant

Informative and easy to listen to. Have listened twice already, only downloaded a few days ago. Thoroughly worth a listen

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Well done

As usual, Something Else Production gave us an interesting and versatile outlook of core principles, problems and views of modern idea of wellness

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Great listen

I've loved all of these 'introductions to..' so far, and this one was no different. Lots of interesting information to have a think about, especially the commercial value of wellness, thankfully I have never fell into that trap as I was introduced to it for me and to get the most benefits. But if you feel as though wellness is costing you too much money or you want to explore other ways to look after your mental wellbeing, then this is a great place to start.

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Excellent podcast

Raises some intetesting facts and studies, in addirion to exploring personal thoughts and views on the subject of wellness. The final Chapter especially raises expert driven concerns which relate especially strongly to everyone given cirumstances.

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Great intorduction to the concept of wellness!

The show was well constructed. I would love to have follow up series - i.e. Advanced Wellnes, etc...

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Listen to this series

I have downloaded most of these interviews. They are informative, educational and fun to listen too.

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