This $4 trillion industry doesn't want you to accept the bare reality of aging or illness. It wants you to buy a supplement, a jade egg, or a retreat. The bare reality is often messy and unsolvable; wellness requires a product.
"Good girls" don't talk about yeast infections. "Ladies" don't mention that they sometimes hate their children. "Wives" don't admit that marriage can feel like a long, slow erosion of self.
Because the truth is, the archive of authentic womanhood is not a finished product. It is a living, bleeding, breathing document. And you are holding the pen.