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How to Breathe When the World is Burning: A Guide to Guilt-Free Joy | The Healing Lab
In this episode of The Healing Lab, host Hailey Munoz addresses the pervasive and often paralyzing guilt that accompanies enjoying life while global crises dominate our news feeds. This guide to guilt-free joy is designed for empathetic individuals, activists, caregivers, and anyone who feels that their happiness is a betrayal of those suffering elsewhere. We explore why modern empathy has become a performance metric, linking moral worth to the capacity to suffer, and dismantle the myth that joy is a zero-sum game. If you find yourself feeling shame after laughing or relaxing, this episode…
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