How Did Wellbeing Get So Exhausting?

We’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and still being told to meditate more. What if the way we’ve been taught to “do” wellbeing is part of what’s making us feel worse?

We believe wellbeing can make us feel better. Don’t we?

Some days, it could be the weather.

Others, a distinct lack of purpose.

There are moments when it can only be brain chemistry: serotonin dipping, the amygdala misfiring, the dopamine hits not arriving fast enough.

Maybe it’s hormonal — a surge of one thing, a lack of another.

It could be that the sun is…