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The trend of "wellnessmaxxing" directly contradicts ancient concepts such as mindfulness and meditation.

This recent trend presents self-care in an unreasonable and impractical way.

Presenting wellness as measurable rather than as daily practice sends a damaging message.

We can probably all agree that self-care, as a general concept, is a good thing that promotes healthy attention to our own well-being. But what happens when we overdo it on self-care? Enter the recent TikTok trend known as “wellnessmaxxing” or “habit stacking." Whether it’s answering work emails while doing a facial peel or attempting to meditate while running on a treadmill, the idea is that we can maximize our well-being and personal productivity by performing as many self-care tasks as possible at the same time. But this is inherently contradictory to the very idea of self-care, which has its roots in concepts like mindfulness and meditation, practices that extoll the........

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