What is wellness?
It's not a trend and it's definitely not an aesthetic.
Wellness is not a trend. And it’s definitely not an aesthetic.
You may as well say “being alive is a trend.”
Sure, wellness will always be used as marketing. It’s an easy way to sell products.
And yes, what’s been dubbed a “wellness aesthetic” (the clock screensavers, takeaway matcha, linen curtains, matching activewear and even these days frilly dresses and aprons) is absolutely trending.
But that is not wellness.
True wellness looks different for every single person.
And even for the same person, it shifts moment to moment, season to season.
It’s not a destination you arrive at.
It’s not something you buy.
It’s not something you finally reach once you’ve achieved or fixed or proven something.
Wellness is not something you work towards.
It’s something you live into.
It’s in your first thought in the morning.
In your self-talk.
In your breath.
Your choices.
Your relationships.
Your light and your darkness.
Your emotions (all of them).
Your ability to know yourself and show up as her.
It’s something only you can feel and be.
And it’s often something no one can see.
Wellness is the repeated choice to be and feel well in the present moment.
When enough of those moments stack up,
you’re not chasing wellness.
You’re living it.