Radical self-care is empowering people and helping fight burnout

(Update 1/29/22: This show has been updated from it's original broadcast to reflect the recent events surrounding the r/antiwork subreddit and Doreen Ford's removal as a moderator. We've added new context to our conversation with Doreen and linked to coverage below on the subreddit's changes.)

In recent years, self-care has become a multi-billion dollar industry and a focal point of the pandemic. This week on Disrupted, we dive into the meaning of self-care and its radical origins. And we talk to an anti-work advocate about the movement’s mission.

GUESTS:

• Dr. Maryam Aziz - African American History Postdoctoral Fellow at Penn State University
• Angelee Lopez- Certified meditation guide and founder of Manifest House, a virtual wellbeing space
• Doreen Ford - Anti-Work movement advocate and a former moderator for the anti-work subreddit r/Antiwork

Click here to find a links to recent coverage from Bloomberg and Business Insider on the r/antiwork subreddit. New moderators have addressed the changes to forum and you find that post here.

This week's episode was produced by James Szkobel-Wolff, Zshekinah Collier, and Catie Talarski.

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