Why are women feeling so un-well, and how has this trend has shaped our thinking about health and self-care? Find out as award-winning journalist Amy Larocca and former Editor in Chief of Red Book Magazine Meredith Rollins discuss Larocca’s new book: How to be Well: Without Spending All Your Money and Losing Your Mind, a deeply researched, lively, and personal exploration of the multibillion-dollar wellness industry.

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How to Be Well is a clear-eyed, honest portrait of the weird world of wellness. Journalist Amy Larocca lays bare the ways in which the simple notion of caring for oneself has become seriously big business. Peloton, Pilates, biohacking, colonics, ashwagandha — today, the wellness industry is a $3.7 trillion behemoth that touches us all. This timely book peels back the layers behind the wellness movement and reckons with its promises and profits. How did we get here, and how did the idea of wellness become so enmeshed with women's lives? And how did we end up spending so much money on products that may not work at all?

Amy Larocca is an award-winning American journalist. She spent twenty years working at New York magazine as both fashion director and editor at large. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Town & Country, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. She lives with her family in New York and North London.

Meredith Rollins is the former Editor in Chief of Red Book Magazine. She is a content strategist, writer, and brand consultant. She lives in New York City and the Hudson Valley with her family.