Molly Johnston

Long story short: My journey into the exclusive world of wellness taught me to check my privilege

By: Molly Johnston, SFU Student I have a confession to make: I drank the green Kool-Aid and bought into the oh-so-exclusive club of wellness. Ever since I can remember, I have struggled with chronic stomach pain — a persistent discomfort accompanied at times by heartburn so bad that it could often be hard to breathe. After twenty-something years of being bounced from specialist to specialist, I was given the ever ambiguous diagnosis of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) which is basically medspeak for “we don’t know why but your bowels are just easily irritated.” The solution? Try cutting out different foods and…

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