The Good, the Bad the Ugly
Today, no matter the geographical context, the rise of the ‘wellness influencer’ is at an all-time high ever since ‘self-care’ became the buzzword of 2020. And while the trillion-dollar industry itself dates to the 1980s, it is only recently that we see an influx of content related to mental health.
As such, in an age where social media has evolved from being a mere networking tool to becoming an integral aspect of our lives that nearly dictates everything that we do or perceive, we sit down with lifestyle and wellness advocates Maggy Wang and Talitha Tan to further understand what self-discovery and self-acceptance mean in current times.
Whether it is embracing burnouts, the fear of failure or the pressures to conform to societal ideals, they
