Happiness is not joy. Under capitalism, happiness is a duty and unhappiness is a disorder. Companies increasingly sell happy experiences instead of products: happiness is a relaxing vacation on the…
When Spiritual Bypassing Meets Racism Meets Gaslighting | Wake Up, Mama!
I want to talk about something I witnessed last week in the online world. First, a little background. A couple of years ago, I became increasingly aware of a pervasive phenomenon in the (overwhelmi…
Spiritual Bypassing: We Need to Hurt in Order to Heal
Ten years ago, when I quit my job in the hospital, I had just been through a series of traumas and I was hurting so badly I didn’t know how to cope. That’s part of why I quit my job—because I was in and out of feeling suicidal and I just wanted to stop hurting. So many of the people I knew were obvi
The law of attraction debunked: A psychology professor explains what's ...
"The Secret" promotes the notion that positive thoughts lead to positive outcomes, a simplistic view that overlooks the complexities of reality. It misuses scientific principles and encourages magical thinking, potentially leading to victim blaming and unrealistic expectations.