The Taylor Swift Wellness Connection

There are specific cultural reasons millennials consider the songstress their "self-care." Plus: the latest industry news & trends

Updates:

A shout-out to one of my favorite newsletters: Recovering by bestselling author Holly Whitaker. I met Holly earlier this year and she’s everything you’d expect: sharp, insightful, and hilarious. So I’ve so been flattered whenever she mentions this newsletter, as she did last month:

“That we live in a time where there are ministers of loneliness, borax tonics, gourmet water bars, a store called Sporty and Rich [that people will covet owning things from and aspire to the image it projects!] IN THIS CLIMATE feels wild. I’ve plugged Rina’s newsletter a few times for good reason: because there is something so revelatory (and almost relieving) to see all this bullshit rounded up and stacked together, week after week.”

Ha! I never thought of my links roundup as a collection of this industry’s nuttiness, but I guess she’s right? There’s some wild stuff. As always, I try to highlight the good, the bad, and all the peculiar in-between.

🚨 SXSW alert: My panel, “How can we improve the wellness industry?” made it to the panel-picker! Vote by August 20 (two more days!) for our panel to make it!

Four Ways Taylor Swift is Wellness

“Was at target and saw this.” (@riverfearless)

“My best friend scheduled an early labor induction so she could attend Taylor,” my dermatologist told me during a checkup earlier this month. 

Huh, I replied. Did she tell her doctor why?