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Wonderland of wellbeing promises

Under criticism: Is wellness science or pseudoscience?

The effect of energetic treatments such as Reiki has not been scientifically proven. / © Jürgen Rübig Pixabay

20.9.2024

Wellness is a business worth billions or trillions. With longevity, the latest hype, wellness resorts can also make good profits. The promise of a healthy, long life often goes hand in hand with illustrious alternative medical practices. Canadian psychologist Dr Jonathan N. Stea has set himself the task of debunking these.

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Bärbel Schwertfeger

is a qualified psychologist and has been working as a freelance journalist for daily newspapers, business magazines and trade journals (including Capital, FAZ, Handelsblatt, Spiegel online, Der Standard, Welt, Wirtschaftswoche and ZEIT) since 1985, focusing on human resources management, management and further education, as well as tourism. From 2007 to 2020, she was editor-in-chief of the trade magazine Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell. Since 2010, she has been running her online magazine mba-journal.de on the subject of management training, and in 2020 she added the online magazine Wirtschaftspsychologie Heute. She is also the author of eight books.

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