Lianna chats with health and wellness journalist, Lauren Clark about all of the trends we sat in 2023 and some predictions for wellness in 2024. They discuss the ozempic craze, coffee backlash, the big business of women's health, the need for media diets, low cortisol living, and even look at how AI is going to infiltrate the health space and therapy. Subscribe to Lauren's substack, Well, Actually here.
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Lauren Clark is a freelance journalist and content writer, based in Lisbon. Alongside this, she is the author of the Well, Actually… newsletter, which has been named a Substack Featured Publication 2023.
Previously, Lauren was the Acting Commissioning Editor for Women’s Health magazine in the UK. While in the role, she penned features and shaped copy on a broad range of wellness topics - from nutrition and fitness, to health conditions and mental wellbeing. Lauren also co-produced the popular Going For Goal podcast, which has surpassed one million downloads and was shortlisted for the best Health & Wellbeing Podcast at the Publisher Podcast Awards 2021.
Lauren specializes in health and wellness content - however she has written across all aspects of lifestyle, including beauty and travel, for numerous leading titles. Her career as a journalist has seen her amass extensive print and digital editorial experience. She has interviewed top experts in their fields, as well as ordinary people with incredible stories, and household names - like Heidi Klum, Iskra Lawrence and Laura Whitmore. Lauren has a passion for crafting long-form features that require detailed, in-depth research and interviews - and, often, push her out of her comfort zone.