How Do I Know if a Self-Care Practice is Helping or Just Placebo?
In today’s wellness-obsessed world, self-care is both a lifeline and a marketplace. Everywhere you look — social media feeds, shops, online ads — there’s a new gadget, supplement, or ritual promising to elevate your mood, improve your sleep, or melt away stress. But how do you cut through the noise and figure out whether a self-care practice is truly working for you? Or if it’s just a placebo effect reinforced by clever marketing? With UK-specific nuances around legal pr