Manifesto for Slow Health

I don’t want fast health.

I don’t want to lose weight in ten days, or try to fix years of burnout overnight. I don’t want ‘miracle’ supplements, biohacks, or expensive gadgets that promise everything but deliver nothing. I don’t want algorithms making decisions for my wellbeing, or marketing that sells hope instead of truth. I don’t want the quick fixes, the quackery, the endless nonsense. I don’t want people profiting from my vulnerability. Capitalising on anxiety and suffering. I don’t want the rebounds, the regret, the delays in seeking real care. I don’t want us to constantly be drawn away from what works into what can be sold.

No. I never did.

I want Slow Health.

I want to build health that lasts fifty years, not five days. Health that nourishes not just my body, but my mind, time, money, family, and the planet too. I want a quiet, grounded approach that says it’s OK to take more time. To tweak rather than overhaul, to build wellbeing gently, sustainably, and realistically. To think about where my health truly comes from, and how to help it stay. To seek connection, to start with what’s free, and to follow what works. To allow wellbeing to flow into the gaps around the rest of my life, rather than trying to barge it’s way right through the middle of everything. To recognise the tidal nature of my energy, resources and available space I have to attend to myself. To be welcoming, rather than excluding.

Slow Health is the basics, done well, over and over again.

It’s found in the small, real, daily moments and decisions that quietly add up to profound, lasting change.

In a world addicted to faster, louder, and more, Slow Health is a calmly radical act. It’s the decision to stop chasing quick fixes, and start creating health that truly lasts.

It’s health, without the hype.