The Wellness Trap: Why Our Obsession With Health Is Making Us Sick

The Wellness Trap: Why Our Obsession With Health Is Making Us Sick

I build wellness brands for a living, and I've watched health become a second job. Here's the reset that makes it lighter and more effective.

We’re Spending Billions on “Wellness.” It’s Not Making Us Well.

At the beginning of the year, I made wellness my resolution. I was going to sleep more, stress less, move my body, fix my gut, regulate my nervous system and finally become the calm, hydrated, glowing adult Instagram keeps telling me I could be. Six weeks in, I don’t feel dramatically better, but I do have a lighter bank account. Somewhere between the gym membership upgrade, the monthly supplement subscription and the meditation app trial that q…