The countercultural healer’s guide for building a sustainable
and values-driven practice: work toward your purpose, grow your
client base, and thrive with integrity in an unjust capitalist
system. The time for healing—and the time to be a healer—is now.
Therapist Laura Mae
Northrup navigates the complexities of being a healer today—and
shows how you can stay true to your calling in a world built from
systems that were designed to extract, oppress, and exploit.
Addressing
fundamental tensions that arise for practicing healers working in a
late-stage capitalist culture, Northrup shares how to:
Maintain your
ethical framework even while prioritizing financial stability
Market and brand
your practice authentically, without resorting to fear-based tactics
Recognize the
unconscious biases and unexamined motivations you unintentionally
bring to work
Honor your limits
within a culture that valorizes overwork and perpetuates burnout
Prioritize your
emotional needs and spiritual goals—and honor their place in your
healing practice
Structured in
accessible, to-the-point chapters with practical writing and
reflection prompts, Northrup offers an authentic, spiritually
grounded approach to healership, going much deeper than the promise
of a million-dollar practice or a minimum-effort game plan.
Written for healers
of all modalities—including radical therapists, functional
practitioners, reiki workers, bodyworkers, and healers who have been
sidelined, underfunded, underresearched, or delegitimized within a
Western capitalist framework—this book offers a nuanced, political,
and social-justice informed guide to building the practice you
want—and thriving as the healer you were born to be.