- A new trend known as mental health and habit-building.
- Research indicates that associating new habits with existing cues enhances follow-through and promotes long-term habit formation.
- While effective, wellness stacking works best when kept realistic and flexible. Trying to add too much at once can lead to overwhelm.
When you’re busy, taking care of yourself often falls to the bottom of the to-do list. But a new viral social media trend promises to help you make self-care a habit.
Known as “wellness stacking,” the premise is simple: pair several small and easy self-care practices together and complete them in one intentional block of time.
Instead of treating wellness as a long list of separate tasks you have to squeeze into your day, wellness stacking bundles them into a short, manageable routine.
It’s about using existing good habits to promote new healthy habits. In short? Taking something you’re already doing and adding another feel-good action on top.
In a video series, TikTok user @hummusbirrd experimented with different wellness stacks. Combinations included walking while listening to an audiobook, journaling under a red panel light, and wearing vision therapy glasses and teeth whitening strips while lying on a PEMF mat.
So, is this an effective and realistic way to make self-care a valuable part of your day?
How effective is wellness stacking?
As far as wellness trends on social media go, this one seems relatively sensible and grounded.
“From a mental-health perspective, wellness stacking is one of the more sustainable trends online because it centers on small, realistic habits rather than extreme routines,”
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