Intro to Healthy Deviance (Your First +Depth Charge)

In which we discover the ugly truth of the Unhealthy Default Reality, and our place in it.

Hello, my friend! You asked for a +Depth Charge. You got it!

💥 IMPORTANT: Don’t miss today’s Healthy Deviant LIVE session — we’re meeting here at 3 PM Central.

Key Takeaway:

Deviation from unhealthy norms is how we reclaim the vitality that is our birthright, and escape the miasma of the Unhealthy Default Reality (more on that in video below).

This week’s delivery is the first in a trio of shortish (about 15-minute) videos I created to explain what Healthy Deviance is all about, and why it is so essential to our individual and collective well-being/survival/thriving.

These videos aren’t technically part of my Healthy Deviant U (HDU) membership experience, but I cover a lot of the same ground in HDU’s “Intro and Core Content” module, so I’m mixing ‘em in here.

It’s time to learn the lingo, friend. Be one of the cool kids!

Let’s get into it: “Intro to Healthy Deviance: Part 1” …

Here’s an accompanying mini-workbook … 📖

Lots of fun goodies in here, including a Declaration of Inherent Worth and Willingness and an Action Items checklist.

Digest Workbook Intro 1

1.56MB ∙ PDF file

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And here’s a little extra gifty for ya, too. 🎁

It’s my “Healthy Deviants Wanted” invocation — delivered as a help-wanted poster. Our Healthy Deviant movement is always looking for new applicants. Because the more of us deviating in healthy ways, the better. And because active involvement is where the magic happens. 👇

Healthy Deviants Wanted (Mini-Poster)

255KB ∙ PDF file

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Excerpted from Pilar Gerasimo's book, "The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker's Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World" (North Atlantic Books, 2020).

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Which reminds me …

Are you coming to today’s Healthy Deviant Live session?

Sunday, April 28th at 3 PM Central
(1 PM Pacific, 2 PM Mountain, 4 PM Eastern)

👉 Click here to join our Zoom meeting! 👈

Those pesky Zoom details if you need ‘em:

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87494066751?pwd=VU1jU2FOUDhENEN3aER1U3ZVcXh4QT09

Meeting ID: 874 9406 6751

Passcode: HDLIVE

• Come meet some other good-hearted, Healthy Deviant humans

• Share some highlights/lowlights of your own encounters with the Unhealthy Default Reality

• Bring your questions and cries for help

• Bring a “Call Out the Crazy” item for show-and-tell (annoying headlines, silly ads, and absurd products are all fair game)

• Show up out of pure curiosity

And if you just need a reality check and some friendly encouragement to keep going, I’m here for ya! We all are.

P.S. Just to get you started on your own “Call Out the Crazy” collection, here’s an example from my archive. This cracker ad from years back implies that the manufacturer’s revolutionary addition of “some real food ingredients” deserves a jaw-dropping “OMG” response. Because real food ingredients are clearly not NORMAL. I especially love the “once you get over the shock” line. 🤭

P.P.S. If you’re digging this Healthy Deviance +Depth Charge newsletter, please recommend it to others!