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Feeling ashamed for not being happier? On an endless quest to transform yourself?
In this excerpt from the event 'The Wellness Syndrome' Carl Cederström and André Spicer explore how wellness has become an unhealthy obsession in western societies, and how living ‘well’ has become synonymous with being morally good.
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