9. Well, Well, Wellbeing...?

Have you tried exercising?

 

Well, fuck me, Susan, I didn’t realise a deadlift would cure my anxiety, clear my skin and cleanse my soul!

 

As discussions around mental health become normalised and mainstream, the concept of wellbeing does, too.

 

Whilst this means more people are gaining an awareness of what works for them and what doesn’t, it also means that commercialised wellbeing is taking over with a ‘one size fits all’ approach that people are paying good money to hear.

 

If there’s one thing nobody likes, it’s unsolicited advice, which tends to come hand in hand with the concept of wellbeing strategies.

 

In this episode, I talk about why I hate the concept of commercialised wellbeing quotas, toxic positivity and the narrative that mental health can be ‘cured’.

Also discussed:

• Why wellbeing becoming mainstream has filled the space with commercialised bullshit
• How those speaking the loudest about their wellbeing and mental health are often unqualified to do so, and profiting on the concept that people can be ‘cured’
• How no two people’s wellbeing strategies will or should be the same
• The changes that happen in our lives that mean wellbeing will never be a static thing
• Why having one cup of green tea and banging on an essential oil candle won’t solve the mess that is your life

 

(Look, I wish a good face mask and some cucumbers over my life would solve my problems, but it doesn’t!)

 

Lucky you, you’ve landed on Just Don’t Get Me Started, the podcast that is taking on society one rant at a time.

Laugh at or with host, Grace Hall, as she attempts to battle through Salford’s intense background noise, her own procrastination and her tendency to pick up new hobbies and drop them immediately to entertain you (a little).

 

Just Don’t Get Me Started is sometimes informed, always humorous, and is centred around bringing entertainment through topics that matter.

 

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Intro and outro music:

Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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