

Wellness, Self-Care, Vanity
Hot (and likely super-unoriginal) take: most of the time we see the terms “wellness” or “self-care”, what’s actually being promoted is vanity. A little vanity is fine — let’s face it, that’s why most of us are on social media in 2026 — but please, can we just call it what it is?! Classical Music is finally wising up about the need for “wellness”, but what does that actually mean? When a wellness-conscious classical musician (e.g. me) encourages “self-care”, what does that ent