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American Detox
- The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal
- Narrated by: Kerri Kelly
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
For fans of Hope in the Dark and Natural Causes—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—we’re an America obsessed with self-seeking and self-perfection. We've bought into the idea that with enough intention, dedication, and green smoothies, “wellness” is ours for the taking. But despite a $650 billion industry and infinite good vibes, we don’t feel good. We aren’t happy or healthy. We’re isolated, unwell, and inequitable—and the myth of wellness is making it worse.
In American Detox, yoga activist, wellness disruptor, and CTZNWELL founder Kerri Kelly sounds a wake-up call. We don’t need more green juices and self-care fads—we need to divest from the separation and scarcity that fuel the modern wellness movement and hold us back from making truly positive change for self and society. In the single-minded pursuit of feeling good, we fail to ask: is all this self-focus really making the world a better place? How does the stuff we consume in the name of “wellness” hurt communities and the planet? Whom do we harm when we divorce wellness practices from their cultural origins, and who’s left out?
To build wellness models designed for everyone, we need to dismantle a culture rooted in exclusivity, individualism, consumerism, and white supremacy. We need to resist, disrupt, and dream better futures of what being well can really mean—and do the inner work necessary to unlearn the harmful messages that we’ve internalized about what “healthy” looks like, who gets to be well, and why wellness is not a solo pursuit.
Each chapter includes personal reflections and prompts for collective action to help listeners reimagine wellness, understand positionality and privilege, and become agents for whole wellness on a society-level scale.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Critic Reviews
"An intimate, honest, accountable, and thorough invitation into healing."—adrienne maree brown, author of Pleasure Activism
"American Detox is not only a wake-up call but a call to remember that if some of us aren’t well, none of us are well."—MICHELLE C. JOHNSON, author of Finding Refuge
"Urgent and unflinching."—NICOLE CARDOZA, founder of Reclamation Ventures, author, and magician