Activism at Any Cost? Why Our Movements Hurt Us—And How to Heal

Why is collective action so difficult? Many who create or join activist groups find themselves disillusioned, hurt by the very spaces meant to fight injustice.
Across all areas of life—work, family, friendships—we inherit and reproduce systems that silence, exclude, and wear us down. Activism may seek to resist these structures, yet it too often falls into the same patterns. How can we build movements that don't just fight for change but embody it?