Self-Care Culture is Making Us Broke, with Chelsea Fagan

The Money with Katie Show

Money with Katie

Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing, How To

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

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~. Learn more about our sponsor, Vin Social: http://vinsocialvip.com/. Transcripts can be found at https://www.podpage.com/money-with-katie-show/. — Mentioned in the Episode High-maintenance spending habits: https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/high-maintenance-is-expensive-how-i-went-from-a-320mo-girly-budget-to-a-negligible-one That Girl: Wellness Shouldn't Be Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVlxNGPvDo Wellness industry analysis: https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/ecommerce/beauty-health-personal-household-care/personal-care/worldwide Aisha Harris's A History of Self-Care: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/04/the_history_of_self_care.html Global Wellness Economy: https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4108643.html Millennials and the American Dream: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-with-katie-show/id1589146097?i=1000578662240 What is the American Dream Now?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-with-katie-show/id1589146097?i=1000579420509 Bootstrapping #Fail: Why the American "Solution" to Systemic Problems Keeps Falling Short: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-with-katie-show/id1589146097?i=1000582372410 Statistic on adult anxiety disorders in the US: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Anxiety-Disorders Chelsea Fagan's 7 Common Self-Care Tips That Actually Make You More Stressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfkM6pM6HvI U.S. News & World Report survey on financial anxiety in Americans: https://money.usnews.com/credit-cards/articles/two-thirds-of-americans-experiencing-financial-anxiety#:~:text=Survey%3A%20More%20Than%2067%25%20Are,Anxiety%20%7C%20Credit%20Cards%20%7C%20U.S.%20News Research on poverty & the developing brain: https://dana.org/article/poverty-and-the-developing-brain/#:~:text=Children%20growing%20up%20in%20poverty,adaptive%20behavior%20patterns%2C%20and%20learning. Financial Independence Tracker: https://moneywithkatie.com/new-2023-wealth-planner — Follow Along at Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/ Follow Money with Katie! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie Subscribe to The Money with Katie Newsletter - Sign up for free today: https://www.morningbrew.com/money-with-katie/subscribe/2 Follow the Brew! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How often have we been told, as women, to indulge in a massage or a glass of wine during
0:06.3	a bath?
0:07.3	How much emphasis do we place on the role of bi-weekly manicures and quarterly highlights
0:12.6	and haircuts in our self-care routines?
0:16.2	I've talked before about how being a hot girl is undoubtedly expensive, but I've been
0:21.2	thinking a lot about how we're often marketed superficial or surface-level things in the
0:27.1	name of taking care of ourselves or reducing stress, instead of addressing what might
0:32.6	actually be causing us to feel insecure, stressed out, or on edge.
0:38.6	So what's the actual issue and what's a hot girl to do?
0:43.5	Let's dive in.
0:51.5	Welcome back to The Money with Katie Show Rich Girls and Boys.
0:55.0	I am your host, Katie Gatti Tossana, and this week, we are talking about self-care culture.
1:02.0	Recently, I've been writing a bit of a high horse about my health.
1:12.0	I've cut out alcohol.
1:13.6	I've been consistently getting up at 5.30 a.m. and doing my woo-woo morning digital workouts
1:18.5	from Tribeca Fitness Personality, Taryn Tumi, which involve a lot of breath work and making
1:24.1	weird noises, and I've been meditating or journaling most days, or at least pretending
1:29.5	to.
1:30.5	And every once in a while, I feel compelled to goop my social media and espouse the magical
1:35.4	powers of sobriety, sleeping, and exercise.
1:39.6	Really cutting-edge stuff over here, guys.
1:42.6	But then I remember, nobody needs another wellness routine from a childless, high-earning
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