Radical Wellbeing
Well-being is an act of revolution. Only you can define what ‘well-being’ means to you.
In a Capitalistic society that is designed to keep people sick and depleted, being healthy and well can feel elusive. Global health and wellness is a massive industry valued at $5.61 trillion and is projected to grow to $8.47 trillion by 2027 (Statista). Our Capitalistic society is engineered to drive the continuous consumption of products and services, all in service to a singular goal of increased GDP. To meet this, it relies upon the continuous extraction of Earth’s resources, and the energy of our people to drive such growth. It is focused solely on output and monetary growth measured in quarters, and year-over-year growth.
Our society’s “healthcare” system and wellness industry are also founded on this Capitalistic philosophy. The industries exist, not to ensure the health and wellbeing of our people, but rather, to manage and minimize the symptoms of the sick. It is a sick care system, for when things have already broken down and no one seems to be able to understand the root causes nor how to heal for the long-term. The industries churn out more products and services to the sick and the unwell, and in turn, keep them dependent in ongoing consumption. Think pharmaceuticals that suppress chronic symptoms, supplements, or forever therapy. They are band-aids that serve to mask, suppress, or provide short-term comfort, but can never heal the root cause of disease and sickness. We do not have a culture that is designed to value or prioritize the health and wellbeing of its people and planet. If our society was healthy, we wouldn’t need an $8.47 trillion dollar wellness industry.
Over a trillion dollars worth of toxic pharmaceuticals are produced and consumed every year, with questionable disclaimers and side effects, and polluting our oceans and water supplies. People pump themselves with toxic skincare products, inject themselves with botox (a toxin that causes a life-threatening type of food poisoning called botulism), undergo unnecessary surgery to enhance their physical appearance (cutting and scrambling energy meridian lines), and consume artificial ingredients, supplements, and protein powders (filled with hundreds of unregulated toxins). The majority of products on the market are engineered for the cheapest ingredients, sold at the highest costs. The majority of food and produce available on the market are also engineered for the cheapest ingredients and production, selling food that is nutrition-less, and filled with artificial ingredients, toxins, growth hormones, antibiotics, etc. In short, people spend an awful lot of money to feed themselves toxins and waste, that requires their bodies energy to then filter out. Enormous amounts of toxins and waste are actively being marketed and sold under the guise of health and wellness. And an enormous amount of money is spent every year on that marketing. The majority of money is spent on marketing, with very little cost to make the product. Marketing is so prolific and highly under-regulated, that being sold a false promise, a lie, an illusion of beauty and health is very common.
‘Wellness’ is a marketing term. It’s a commercial term that is used to frame health and well-being as some thing that is obtained externally, and some thing that can be purchased and consumed through products and services. Wellness is a meaningless term because it represents an illusion of wellbeing. Wellness is a false promise, a marketing claim, a sparkly band-aid that masks or covers up what is really going on below the surface. Wellness is something to be consumed: a juice cleanse, products to reverse signs of aging, a yoga retreat, a soundbath. They have nothing to do with real health and wellbeing. Because real health and wellbeing is not a thing.
Real health and wellbeing is a way of being, a way of life, an alignment and balancing of energy in self and life. It is self-mastery, it is individual responsibility, and it is entirely free. Real health and wellbeing costs a person nothing outside of themselves. It requires their presence, their space, their energy, and their time. Real health and wellbeing is individually cultivated inside. Real health and wellbeing is not about loading up or adding more, it’s about elminating waste and nourishing energy your body can actually process and benefit from. If one is sick or unwell, no amount of wellness products can ever fix the simple truth that a body is under-rested, under-nourished, and overloaded with waste in one’s day-to-day life. Health and wellbeing is quite simple if you understand nature and life itself.
Real wellbeing is a way of life that is entirely unique to each and every person. Because to be aligned in energy, is to be well. Only you can learn and define what that means for you. To actually get truly healthy and well, it requires a person to go rogue. To no longer trust the marketing claims, the false experts, and the information on the internet. It’s a total act of rebellion. A reclaiming of ownership of self, and your power within. A willingness to decide for yourself, honestly, what actually feels right and healthy for you.