Feeling exhausted, anxious and out of shape, journalist
Brigid Delaney decides to find out - using herself as the guinea pig.
Starting with a brutal 101-day fast, Brigid tests things that are meant to make us clean, lean and serene. Travelling the world, she tries colonics, meditation, silent retreats, group psychotherapy and oodles of yoga, working out what is helpful and what is just expensive hype.
In monasteries and health farms, on hiking trails and massage tables, she asks, why do so many of us swing from indulgence to detox and back again? Is it possible to integrate good habits into your daily life? What does our obsession with wellness say about us?
And why do you smell so bad when you haven't eaten in seven days.