'Just take a bubble bath!' Why faux self-care won't solve our problems

Everything from journals to air purifiers, crystal jewellery to 'poop stools' has been packaged and sold as the answer to stress, burnout and depression. So why aren't they working? I have a brief window in which to soak all my troubles away. The rosemary bath salts are in, a candle has been lit and I am hoping to blot out all conscious thought. But something isn't right. The water is too hot, the herby scent cloying. And what about all the jobs left undone - the bills not paid, the trains not b...