Even good things are bad. Take the cult of wellness. This was supposed to be a way to improve health in all of its dimensions, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It hasn’t always turned out that way. Many people say wellness proves to be trying and diminishing. It’s become “you are not good enough” theater. One respondent captured the

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“What’s aspirational has changed,” says Beth McGroarty, research director at the nonprofit Global Wellness Institute. Pressures to be perfectly happy, beautiful, and “healthy” are being replaced with a more realistic, relaxed, and less consumerist culture.

This industry preys on our insecurities and our desire to feel in control when everything else seems chaotic. It offers solutions in the form of overpriced supplements, detox programs, and rigid diets, promising that if we just follow their advice, we’ll become THAT girl. But what they don’t tell us is that this pursuit of “wellness” can become... See more