American Detox

<b>**An Amazon Editor's Pick in Best Nonfiction**<br>“An intimate, honest, accountable, and thorough invitation into healing” -- adrienne maree brown, author of <i>Pleasure Activism</i><br>“This book is a powerhouse.” -- Ashley Judd<br><br>The myth of wellness is a lie. And until we learn to confront and dismantle its toxic systems, we can’t ever be well.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>The problem? It’s a lie.<br><br>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.<br><br>It diverts our attention and holds us back from asking the questions that <i>do</i> help us heal: <i>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?</i><br><br>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.<br><br>In <b><i>American Detox</i></b>, organizer, yoga activist, wellness disruptor, and CTZNWELL founder <b>Kerri Kelly</b> 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 <i>wellness</i> really means.