to all the fads I've tried before
on being in the social media "wellness" space for 9+ years
When I started my public social media account in 2015, I wasn’t quite sure what my intention behind it was. I was utterly lost and reeling from a breakup, though knew I loved making healthy food and thought it would be a nice creative outlet.
What I was presenting was fun! puns! food! good moods!
And behind the scenes I was lost! sad! insecure! freaking out!
In other words, young and vulnerable.
While there is abundant goodness that came out of the decision to start posting so many moons ago - friendships, opportunities, and an overall coming-of-age story - it has made me somewhat of a skeptic about the wellness industry.
(what does wellness even mean and who has access to it?)
I now feel like my frontal cortex is a bit more formed compared to where it was fresh out of college. And therefore, I have a wee more hindsight to review things I was seeing and trying all in the name of wellness.
It took many years of building this external wisdom while fine-tuning the internal wisdom (read: recognizing which of these things were absolute bullshit). Though ultimately I am grateful because it got me to where I am now, a place where I feel completely at peace and at home in my body.
In this post, I’m naming and reviewing wellness fads and trends I’ve seen during my last near-decade on social media - what I originally thought of them then, and how I view them now with a bit more wisdom and experience under my belt and in my brain. Some I’ve tried, and some I’ve looked at from afar.
If you are in a place of vulnerability when it comes to seeing and reading about wellness fads and trends, this may be a post to skip.
And as always, I am reviewing these things strictly as a consumer - describing my own personal experience. Like all of my newsletters, none of this is medical advice.