Self-Care Culture is Making Us Broke, with Chelsea Fagan | Money With Katie Podcast

It was only a matter of time before The Money with Katie Show tackled the Goopification of wellness (even “wellness” seems like a term that’s been co-opted in the last decade). In the US, this industry is worth $212 billion—and growing 11% annually. People be spendin’ some money.
What if commercialized self-care is really just a millennial pink Band-aid for the problems endemic to our hyperspeed lives? Are we trapped in a cycle of deadlines and bath bombs and existential dread? (Just me?)
This week’s episode explores the commodified self-care industrial complex and how it’s awfully reminiscent of other industries marketed specifically toward women, but with the purported benefit of being ~good for you~. 
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Mentioned in the Episode

High-maintenance spending habits: link

That Girl: Wellness Shouldn't Be Work: link

Wellness industry analysis: link

Aisha Harris's A History of Self-Care: link

Global Wellness Economy: link

Millennials and the American Dream: link

What is the American Dream Now?: link

Bootstrapping #Fail: Why the American "Solution" to Systemic Problems Keeps Falling Short: link

Statistic on adult anxiety disorders in the US: link

Chelsea Fagan's 7 Common Self-Care Tips That Actually Make You More Stressed: link

U.S. News & World Report survey on financial anxiety in Americans: link

Research on poverty & the developing brain: link

Financial Independence Tracker: link

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