This is the seductive lie at the heart of the wellness industry: that liberation is something you can buy, that freedom is something you can achieve alone, that your individual healing somehow exempts you from collective suffering. It's a form of spiritual bypassing dressed up as empowerment—a way to feel like you've transcended systems of... See more

Over the years, I've learned to distinguish between two fundamentally different approaches to therapy: one that helps me cope with broken systems, and another that helps me understand why those systems are broken in the first place.

The first approach keeps me functional within dysfunction—teaching me breathing exercises while the world burns,... See more

Your anxiety isn't just a personal struggle— it's a revenue stream.

Your depression isn't just brain chemistry— it's a subscription model.

My therapist can't save me from capitalism. But they can help me remember that my struggles are not personal failures—they're the predictable result of living in systems that prioritize profit over people.

If an individualized solution "saves" me from capitalism but leaves everyone I know stuck in the same trap, I didn't save myself from capitalism—I just changed my social class.

I don't want a modality of therapy that teaches me how to feel at peace with a world that has enough money to feed the billions of starving people worldwide—but chooses not to.