Clean eating. Clean cosmetics. Spinning. Meditation. If we’re healthier than ever, then why do American women feel even more stressed out? In the tradition of The Beauty Myth, journalist Rina Raphael looks at women’s obsession with wellness, and how the cure has become as bad as the disease.Journalist Rina Raphael has been there. She’s bought cases of kombucha, she’s paid $45 for an exercise class, she’s sprinkled mushroom “superpowder” in her coffee, she’s gone on luxury mindfulness retreats, and she’s hung out with Hollywood’s crystal healers. . . . She’s a respected journalist who has specialized in health and wellness , so she should know better right? Yes. And No.You see Raphael was once a wellness junkie. Like millions of other women out there, she held out hope that clean eating or the newest strength training class would give her the salvation she sought. Why? Because the modern American woman has been sold a bum deal. In their male dominated workplace, stress levels for women
