# The Monetization of Wellness: Are You Buying Health or Buying Hype?

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Podcast: [Mindful Paths Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-paths-podcast-6299315)
Published: 2026-07-14T15:00:00+00:00
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What&nbsp;if&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;what&nbsp;you're&nbsp;buying&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;healthier&nbsp;is&nbsp;solving&nbsp;a&nbsp;problem&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;actually&nbsp;have? And&nbsp;what&nbsp;does&nbsp;it&nbsp;say&nbsp;about&nbsp;us&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;wellness&nbsp;industry&nbsp;keeps&nbsp;growing&nbsp;almost&nbsp;twice&nbsp;as&nbsp;fast&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;global&nbsp;economy,&nbsp;while&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;and&nbsp;burnout&nbsp;keep&nbsp;climbing&nbsp;right&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;it? In&nbsp;this&nbsp;Mindful&nbsp;Paths&nbsp;Podcast&nbsp;episode,&nbsp;Nick&nbsp;Day&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hari&nbsp;Kalymnios&nbsp;take&nbsp;something&nbsp;most&nbsp;people&nbsp;treat&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;personal&nbsp;choice&nbsp;and&nbsp;expose&nbsp;it&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;trillion&nbsp;pound&nbsp;industry&nbsp;built&nbsp;on&nbsp;it:&nbsp;the&nbsp;monetization&nbsp;of&nbsp;wellness.&nbsp;Using&nbsp;a&nbsp;wellness&nbsp;conference,&nbsp;a&nbsp;fake&nbsp;heart-monitoring&nbsp;wearable,&nbsp;and&nbsp;years&nbsp;of&nbsp;buying&nbsp;gadgets&nbsp;themselves,&nbsp;they&nbsp;unpack&nbsp;how&nbsp;genuine&nbsp;health&nbsp;gets&nbsp;confused&nbsp;with&nbsp;clever&nbsp;marketing. Rather&nbsp;than&nbsp;dismissing&nbsp;the&nbsp;industry&nbsp;outright,&nbsp;Hari&nbsp;reframes&nbsp;the&nbsp;conversation&nbsp;through&nbsp;his&nbsp;own&nbsp;contradiction:&nbsp;he&nbsp;attends&nbsp;these&nbsp;events,&nbsp;buys&nbsp;the&nbsp;products,&nbsp;and&nbsp;still&nbsp;believes&nbsp;most&nbsp;people&nbsp;need&nbsp;almost&nbsp;none&nbsp;of&nbsp;it.&nbsp;He&nbsp;backs&nbsp;this&nbsp;up&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;psychology&nbsp;of&nbsp;paid&nbsp;advice,&nbsp;explaining&nbsp;why&nbsp;we&nbsp;only&nbsp;truly&nbsp;value&nbsp;what&nbsp;costs&nbsp;us&nbsp;something,&nbsp;even&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;free&nbsp;version&nbsp;w…

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