Why High-Achieving Women Are Trading Gratitude Journals For Group Saunas

Emily* had grown her fintech company to eight figures by age thirty-five. Last year, while speaking on a panel for women entrepreneurs, an inspired audience member asked her, "How do you manage your mental health with so much responsibility?"

Emily forced a saccharin smile. "Positive affirmations and a daily gratitude practice," she responded confidently.

But behind that smiling moment—which would later receive thousands of “likes” after her social media assistant posted it to her Instagram page—Emily was white-knuckling her way through chronic waves of debilitating anxiety and crushing depression. "I was barely keeping it together," she told me.