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Book Synopsis**An Amazon Editor''s Pick in Best Nonfiction**
?An intimate, honest, accountable, and thorough invitation into healing? -- adrienne maree brown, author of Pleasure Activism
?This book is a powerhouse.? -- Ashley Judd
The myth of wellness is a lie. And until we learn to confront and dismantle its toxic systems, we can?t ever be well.Better, stronger, healthier, whole--the wellness industry promises us that with enough intention, investment, and positive thinking, we?ll unlock our best selves and find meaning and purpose in a chaotic and confusing world.
The problem? It?s a lie.
The industry soars upwards of $650 billion a year, but we?re still isolated, insecure, and inequitable. ?Wellness? isn?t making us well; it?s making us worse.
It diverts our attention and holds us back from asking the questions that
do help us heal:
Who gets to be well in America? Who?s harmed--and who''s left out? And what?s the real-life cost of our obsession with self-improvement?To be truly well, we don?t need juice fasts or yoga fads. We need to detox from a culture rooted in perfectionism, white supremacy, and individualism--and move toward a model that embodies mutual responsibility and extends beyond self-help to collective care.
In
American Detox, organizer, yoga activist, wellness disruptor, and CTZNWELL founder
Kerri Kelly sounds the wake-up call. It?s time to commit to the radical work of unlearning the toxic messages we?ve been fed--to resist, disrupt, and dream better futures of what
wellness really means.
