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After the holidays, the first trend of 2026 emerged: the year 2016.
This week started with the “2026 is the new 2016” trend on Instagram and Tiktok. “2026 is the new 2016” celebrating what’s been dubbed a return to the ‘best year ever’. I shared a post too, thinking it would be a simple throwback. But while scrolling through photos from that year, I realized how quietly pivotal 2016 was in my own life. Beyond the pop culture moments, what’s really resonating right now is how much simpler the world felt then. Less optimized. Less performative. Less noisy.
This week’s Wellness Rewind is about that pull. Not nostalgia, but the desire for forward motion that feels clean, grounded, and real again.