Self-Care Culture is Making Us Broke, with Chelsea Fagan
The Money with Katie Show
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The Framing of Self Care
The more money you have the even less you need to rely on social connections and community because you can just pay for everything. For me personally disengaging with a lot of the expensive beauty regimens and kind of commercialized self care routines was good for my mental health, even if I were not then turning around and saving and investing that money. It costs $120 where I live to get a manicure pedicure plus tip, the therapy session that I attend also cost $120. Both have happened every two weeks money as a scarce resource. Sometimes you have to pick where you allocate that scarce resource.
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