As an overworked perfectionist, ignoring wellness advice was the salve my soul needed | Johanna Leggatt
I watched all the TV shows and read all the books and, gradually, I found my way back to myself
When the wheels come off, and your days become a gulag of deadlines and appointments and online “Are you stressed?” quizzes, you do what any self-respecting, middle-class woman does in this situation.
You hit Google for answers. You take your problems to the zaniest, maddest reaches of cyberspace – where wellness blogs with stock images of peonies and people with “daily practices” reside – and you grab at what you can find.