Category: Mental wellness


  • The Performance of Wellness: When Self-Care Becomes Another Thing to Achieve

    You’ve got the morning routine down. Meditation app open at 6 AM. Green smoothie in hand. Gratitude journal filled with three things you’re thankful for, written in aesthetically pleasing handwriting. Your skincare has twelve steps. Your supplements are organised by colour. Your yoga mat is always unrolled, waiting. You’re doing all the self-care things. So…

  • Productivity as Saltwater: When Doing More Makes You Feel Like Less

    You wake up at 5 AM. You optimize your morning routine. You batch your tasks, time-block your calendar, and measure your output. You read the books, listen to the podcasts, implement the systems. You’re productive as hell. So why do you feel so empty? Because productivity—at least the way we’ve been taught to pursue it—is…

  • The Comparison Trap: Why Social Media Makes Us Feel Empty

    You open Instagram feeling fine. Maybe even good. Ten minutes later, you close the app feeling vaguely inadequate, restless, like you’re somehow behind in a race you didn’t know you were running. Your life, which felt perfectly acceptable moments ago, now seems smaller. Duller. Not quite enough. Welcome to the comparison trap—one of the purest…

  • Standing on the Threshold

    There’s a paradox at the heart of being human: we drink deeply from life, seeking to satisfy our deepest thirsts, only to find ourselves wanting more. We chase success, relationships, achievements, experiences—gulping down saltwater that promises to quench us but leaves us parched. The more we consume, the thirstier we become. This is saltwater. But…