Is self-care making us selfish?
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Self-care used to mean face masks, spa days and meditation apps. Now self-care is drifting into hyper-individualism that champions strict boundaries to 'protect your peace' says New York Times writer Emma Goldberg. People-pleasing is out, but in the rush to look after ourselves, Goldberg wonders if self-help is slipping into isolation even selfishness. Her piece called Is Today's Self-Help Teaching Everyone to Be a Jerk?"