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**An Amazon Editors 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 cant ever be well.

Better, stronger, healthier, wholethe wellness industry promises us that with enough intention, investment, and positive thinking, well unlock our best selves and find meaning and purpose in a chaotic and confusing world.

The problem? Its a lie.

The industry soars upwards of billion a year, but were still isolated, insecure, and inequitable. Wellness isnt making us well; its 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? Whos harmedand whos left out? And whats the real-life cost of our obsession with self-improvement?

To be truly well, we dont need juice fasts or yoga fads. We need to detox from a culture rooted in perfectionism, white supremacy, and individualismand 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. Its time to commit to the radical work of unlearning the toxic messages weve been fedto resist, disrupt, and dream better futures of what wellness really means.

Author: Kerri Kelly
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.93h x 5.98w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781623177249
Language: English