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When Self-Care Becomes Self-Criticism: Breaking the Wellness Perfectionism Cycle
When self-care turns into self-criticism. From sleep score stress to fitness tracker guilt and the quiet weight of wellness burnout, this episode explores how health tracking and optimization can quietly become another form of self-attack—and how to reclaim self-care as compassion instead of a report card.
In this episode, I share why I returned my unopened Whoop band and how wellness perfectionism is creating health-tracking anxiety for millions. From sleep score stress to fitness tracker guilt and the quiet pressure of wellness burnout, discover why choosing self-compassion over…
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