I’ve gone through a similar journey myself almost exactly. However, I had to wade through a lot of crap to get to this point and this whole “trend” was one of t

I’ve gone through a similar journey myself almost exactly. However, I had to wade through a lot of crap to get to this point and this whole “trend” was one of those areas I had to go through to get to where I am now. I agree it’s a simplified version of what the religions offer. Similar to how Stoicism and Minimalism have both gone through a resurgence in popularity and sales recently, but the stuff released recently on those topics only scratches the surface of what they actually are. I view this “emotion trend” as something similar to those two modernised versions of the previously mentioned philosophies: a good spring board into the real thing. But without it existing I’d have never gotten to the real thing so I see it as having some value.