Why Social, Cultural & Liberation Psychology Matters in Wellness
You can’t heal what you’re forced to ignore.
Most wellness advice pretends we’re all starting from the same place—with the same access, culture, history, and safety.
Spoiler: We’re not.
At Trust Your Gut, we ground everything we do in social, cultural, and liberation psychology—because your body doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and your healing shouldn’t either.
What Does That Mean?
Here’s the real talk:
Your beliefs around food, rest, health, and productivity? They're shaped by culture, migration, systemic oppression, gender norms, and colonization.
Your nervous system and hormone health? Impacted by your lived experiences—including trauma, displacement, racism, and burnout.
Your ability to “just take care of yourself”? Deeply connected to how safe and seen you feel in your body and in the world.
Liberation psychology teaches us this:
Wellness is not just individual—it’s collective, cultural, and contextual.
How We Use This in Our Work
We don’t just give you a food list and call it a day.
We help you:
Unpack the social and cultural roots of your wellness blocks (hello, internalized grind culture and medical gaslighting)
Reclaim ancestral wisdom around food, movement, and rest
Reconnect with your body’s rhythms in a way that feels safe, not performative
Rebuild practices that are sustainable, flexible, and rooted in you—not diet culture, not hustle, not Eurocentric BS
Healing with Context = Healing that Lasts
When you’re finally seen in your full complexity—language, body, story, hormones, trauma—you don’t just feel better.
You belong to yourself again.
That’s what we’re here to do.
Take the first step: