Self-care used to mean rest. Now it feels like a routine, a checklist, and sometimes even a competition.
In this episode of This Could’ve Been a Voice Note, we’re unpacking how self-care went from something simple and personal to something expensive, performative, and honestly… overwhelming.
We’re talking about:
- how self-care became tied to spending money
- the pressure to keep up with routines and “soft life” aesthetics
- the difference between actual healing and aesthetic self-care
- why doing more isn’t always making us feel better
If self-care has ever felt like something you have to keep up with instead of something that actually helps you… this conversation is for you.
Because at some point, self-care stopped being about taking care of yourself — and started feeling like pressure.
7 min