The Problem With ‘Self-Care’ That Nobody Talks About

Addie Page
A Different Page
Published in
5 min readOct 29, 2022

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Gwyneth Paltrow, the queen of Goop-y self-care nonsense. (By Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Like much of the world, I’m currently clawing my way out of the wreckage of the last few years.

I suspect we’re in the eye of the storm, but I’ll take what I can get: schools are open, boosters work, we haven’t yet started World War III (I think?). Things aren’t perfect, but it’s enough to catch my breath.

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Addie Page
A Different Page

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