LATE BLOOMERS NOT ANOTHER MATCHA LATTE: Why self-care trends are making us feel worse and how to actually feel better
Jun 4, 2025
Delve into the world of self-care where aesthetic trends like matcha lattes create pressure rather than peace. The hosts uncover how curated routines can worsen self-image, especially for neurodivergent individuals. They emphasize practical self-care by suggesting simple actions like sending an email or drinking water. Personal stories add humor, revealing struggles with emotional eating and hygiene. The conversation shifts to survival care, encouraging kindness and minimal helpful actions over performative care. It's a refreshing take on doing less and feeling better.
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Instagram Self-Care Is Performative
- Social-media self-care is mostly aesthetic showmanship that sets people up to fail.
- Rox Pink says those goals replace real care and make neurodivergent people feel worse.
The 100% Nutrition Smoothie Fiasco
- Rox Pink obsessed over making a '100% nutrition' smoothie and fed the family that drink daily.
- The effort was huge and the smoothie was disgusting, and it became a flash-in-the-pan hyperfocus project.
Executive Function Shapes Self-Care
- Executive-function challenges make routines and basic tasks hard for neurodivergent people.
- Rich Pink notes that cleaning teeth, showering and laundry become difficult before any 'extra' self-care.