{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ddfa7be-69b9-413c-9c51-4965d3fb699a/68ff8f365d04b8669606f66d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Wellness of Weirdness? Who gets to be 'well'?","description":"<p>Recently, we talked about how wellness has become performative. How it was more about&nbsp;<em>looking</em>&nbsp;serene than actually&nbsp;<em>feeling</em>&nbsp;or <em>being</em> it.</p><p>This week, I’m taking that idea further. Because wellness isn’t just performative, I think it has become&nbsp;<em>exclusive.</em>&nbsp;It’s a club with an unspoken dress code, a price tag, and a very specific aesthetic.</p><p>From £300 yoga mats to Alo tracksuits and the sacred Stanley cup, the modern wellness world isn’t about health, it’s about&nbsp;<em>belonging.</em>&nbsp;We’ll talk about:</p><ul><li>Why 'inclusive' wellness is often just clever marketing</li><li>The new uniform of wellbeing (and why trainer socks are apparently an indicator of age/being out of fashion)</li><li>How thin privilege and class still shape who gets to be 'well'</li><li>Why you never see wellness marketed to men - and what that says about who the industry’s really serving</li><li>And how ancient cultural practices became content for Instagram</li></ul><p>This isn’t a takedown of self-care, it’s a reality check on what wellness culture has become: a glossy performance that often leaves people out.</p><p>Maybe real wellness isn’t something you can buy, post, or prove.</p><p>Maybe it’s the small, unfiltered things that actually keep you human.</p><p>🎧&nbsp;<strong>Listen now</strong>&nbsp;for a wry, honest look at the business, aesthetics, and quiet absurdities of modern wellness culture.</p><p>🌿 Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/emmaguns/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/emmaguns/</a></p><p>📰 Substack <a href=\"https://emmaguns.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://emmaguns.substack.com/</a></p><p>🎧 Listen to past episodes <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-emma-guns-show/id1102982843\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-emma-guns-show/id1102982843</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Emma Gunavardhana"}