If you're feeling disillusioned with politics, disconnected from your community, or just wondering how we move forward in such divided times, The New Civic Path by Richard C. Harwood offers a thoughtful, experience-driven response. This review highlights why the book stood out to me as a justice-minded reader — and why it’s already making its way into the hands of people I care about.

There’s something deeply exhausting about being online in 2025. Not just because of the constant influx of headlines, tragedies, and half-baked thread explainers – but because we’ve now spent over a decade in the digital wilderness, listening to people we would never take seriously in real life. We’re drowning in thoughts that were never meant to be spoken aloud, let alone published, reposted, and algorithmically amplified. And it’s making all of us just a little bit dumber.

No Cure, No Problem: The Art of Healing touched me on a deeply personal level. As someone who made major lifestyle changes to reverse PCOS symptoms, support my mental health, and rewire lifelong habits after significant trauma, I found Jason Ott’s framework both validating and enlightening. His integrative approach reflects what many of us come to discover the hard way: true healing is never one-size-fits-all.