{"id":2488,"date":"2021-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/at-once-intolerable-and-addictive-five-wellbeing-courses-and-apps-road-tested\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:41:02","slug":"at-once-intolerable-and-addictive-five-wellbeing-courses-and-apps-road-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/at-once-intolerable-and-addictive-five-wellbeing-courses-and-apps-road-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018At once intolerable and addictive\u2019: five wellbeing courses and apps, road-tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From bibliotherapy to burpees, gratitude journals to cathartic workouts, Nadine von Cohen logs into Australia&rsquo;s new crop of wellbeing apps <\/p>\n<p>Australians are the world&rsquo;s biggest consumers of health and wellness apps, punching well above our per capita weight in our quest for peak physical and mental condition, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uswitch.com\/mobiles\/health-app-index\/\">research<\/a> from telecommunications company Uswitch. In recent years we have also been making them &ndash; with everyone from fitness influencers to mental health advocacy groups launching digital products.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m partial to a bit of mobile-based movement and mindfulness myself, but I have a complex relationship with wellness. While I love green juices, pilates and my &ldquo;ness&rdquo; being &ldquo;well&rdquo;, I can&rsquo;t abide many contemporary uses of the word. In the diet, fitness, fashion and other industries, &ldquo;wellness&rdquo; can feel like a barely repackaged &ldquo;weight loss&rdquo;, while &ldquo;healthy&rdquo; has replaced &ldquo;slim&rdquo; as companies respond superficially to the body positivity movement without really changing their ways.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/oct\/18\/at-once-intolerable-and-addictive-five-wellbeing-courses-and-apps-road-tested\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From bibliotherapy to burpees, gratitude journals to cathartic workouts, Nadine von Cohen logs into Australia&rsquo;s new crop of wellbeing apps Australians are the world&rsquo;s biggest consumers of health and wellness apps, punching well above our per capita weight in our quest for peak physical and mental condition, according to research from telecommunications company Uswitch. 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