44. Are You Actually Healing — Or Just Really Good at Performing It?

Miss Reign · Jul 9, 2026 · 20m

"That's so triggering."

"He's literally a narcissist."

"I'm just protecting my peace."

You've heard these. You've probably said some of them. So have I.

But here's the question nobody in the wellness space is brave enough to ask: Are you actually healing — or have you just learned to speak the language fluently?

This episode goes where therapy culture content never goes.

Psychologist Dr. Nick Haslam's research on "concept creep" shows that clinical terms like trauma, narcissist, gaslighting,

and boundaries have gradually expanded their meaning until they've lost clinical precision — and…