Health, Spirituality and the Cult of the Perfect Body

Posted by Christine Garvin on October 26, 2009  |  2 Comments

Listening to Carrie Fisher’s encapsulated biography, “Wishful Drinking” on audiobook recently, I thought about how the Baby Boomers, and their Greatest Generation parents, had no choices when it came to depression, mental illness, homosexuality, or pain and grief.
Oh, I take that back – they could choose to keep quiet or get electroshock therapy.