Productivity Culture

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An exhausted person overwhelmed by a desk full of wellness products and a demanding schedule, illustrating self-care as a stressful, commercialized job.

The Wellness Imperative: When Self-Care Becomes Another Job

Modern wellness culture is rapidly becoming less about genuine health and more about a new form of hyper-productive, commercialized performance. We are trading intuitive self-care for an expensive, exhausting checklist of prescribed rituals, effectively working a second shift titled 'Well-being.'

Adrian Vale·April 2, 2026