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Goodbye, church... Hello, Wellness Industrial Complex!

Goodbye, church... Hello, Wellness Industrial Complex!

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America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we
feel spiritual in some way. But – at the same time – we're getting
less religious. So for people who are spiritual-but-not-religious –
what's replacing organized religion? What do they believe – and
where does that show up in their day-to-day lives? In our new
series called Losing My Religion, It's Been a Minute is going to
find out.

This week, we're getting into wellness. It's a global industry
worth 6 trillion dollars that's starting to encompass all kinds of
things – including spirituality: from the spirituality of wellness
practices like yoga and reiki, to treating wellness itself like a
religion. Brittany is joined by Alyssa Bereznak, wellness editor
for the LA Times, and Rina Raphael, author of the book The Gospel
of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care,
to get into what people get out of a wellness-based
spiritualism.

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