Vanessa Christina Hernandez's Reviews > Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind

** spoiler alert ** This text grounded me when I needed it. It gave me clarity in recognizing in having a mother wound, what it means, and how it shows up, which was comforting. It would make sense, for most people with a mother wound or in need of healing or spiritual connection that we turn to plant medicine and Mother Earth, which I share. It also reminded me of Akwaeke Emezi’s Dear Senthuran. I related to that and I was like “Oh!” that’s why I feel this way. Through her spiritual and healing journey she confronts mind, body, spirit. This text is heavily researched and multidisciplinary. If you’re interested in post colonial studies, decolonization, South Asian history, abolition, disability rights, and transformative justice. It introduced other researchers in these fields and their work. We need a whole reimagining of what are lives might look without capitalism, caring for ourselves and communities holistically, tending to the earth, and applying the wisdom of indigenous communities throughout the world. Roisin is passionate and hopeful in creating a different future. There’s an alternate choice. It’s catching up to us. It requires a revolutionary way of being and living. There’s many researchers who have studied, warned, and offer a different way. Most importantly, Roisin connects colonization (white power structures and culture to say it lightly) to our way of life now to the exploitation of workers, the extraction of earth, our indifference, and our inhumanity for others peoples lives especially in the global south. It reminded me of why I studied history.