the recovering human communitythis is for people who are starting to see things clearly.
Together, we’re recovering our humanity from systems that have diminished us to consumers and resources in the interest of profit.
A community for exhausted and disillusioned Americans who are ready to name what is happening honestly, ground themselves, and take action to imagine new systems together.
The system we live in was created by people. Together, we can create something better.
Maybe you've read the books and done the self-help. The boundaries, the journaling, the morning routines. Some of it helped. But somewhere along the way you noticed the exhaustion isn't only yours, and it was never a personal failing.
Our economic, social and political systems were built around white supremacy, patriarchy, and profit. They’re all connected, and they’re pulling us away from our own humanity and from each other. Individual work is where healing begins. It can't be where it ends.
This community is for people who are ready to:
Name
what is really happening, out loud, in a room full of other people
Ground
themselves to move out of survival mode and into action
Commit
to sitting in the discomfort necessary to fight oppression and exploitation
build
the knowledge and capacity to create new systems
You don't need to have it figured out. You only need to be willing to look at it honestly, and to stop doing it alone.
We’re all recovering humans. Welcome.
How It Works
Every Other WeekSharing & Listening
A room to name what is happening socially, politically, and economically, and listen to others do the same. Share for up to three minutes, or just listen. Nobody tries to fix you. Learn more.
quarterlyWorkshops
A deep dive on one big topic, with teaching and open group discussion. This is where we build the capacity and knowledge to change systems. Learn more.
weeklynewsletter
Pieces on our culture, systems and how we got here. Free on Substack but you're added to the distro list automatically. Read the latest.
in developmentThe Grounding Toolkit
The practices that helped me get out of survival mode, most of them learned in recovery. All in one place, so you don’t have to go looking.
$20 a month (founding member rate). Cancel any time. Stay for an optional 30 minutes of open conversation after each meeting, and join the opt-in phone list if you like.
What We Hold To
Shared ValuesAnti-racist, feminist, class-conscious, and willing to challenge the status quo.
We don’t expect perfection. We expect a true commitment to progress, from everyone, with no exceptions.
Anonymous. Real name or alias, camera on or off, your call. The expectation is that no one shares who is part of this.
Confidential. What is said in meetings stays there. No recordings or AI transcription allowed.
No corporate interests or sponsors. Nobody is paying to shape what gets said.
No recruiting or selling. Members are not prospects, resources, or consumers in this space.
Hi, I’m Rebecca Grey.
I'm a community builder and writer.
I spent years leading culture, social impact, and DEI work in corporate America while also focusing on individual healing and self-help in my personal time. The work in both realms felt incomplete. I wanted to bridge individual development and collective change, inspired by what I had learned in recovery from alcoholism: honesty, willingness, courage, discipline, community, and service—a lifelong practice, not a quick fix.
But this concept isn’t new. Voices like bell hooks and Grace Lee Boggs had been advocating for political action that bridged the individual and collective for years. But in our culture, we're inundated with thought leadership that translates everything through a lens of value and capital. Ideas that support personal and organizational optimization, efficiency, and endless growth, rather than acknowledging hard truths. Following those modern ideas drove me to enable the very system I thought I was trying to change.
Now, I hope to do something different. For years I've hosted safe-space conversations, built communities, and driven change, but that work could only go so far inside corporate settings. I want to take it further: to learn from and build on the visions of activists who came before us, and to share this knowledge with others who are disillusioned with our systems and searching for answers.
The Recovering Human is about breaking down the barriers separating us, so we can recover ourselves and build a community that will imagine and create new systems. Systems that prioritize life over profit.
First Meeting - Wednesday, October 14 - 8 p.m. eTYou don’t have to do this alone anymore.
$20 a month. Every other Wednesday on Zoom. Cancel any time.
Interested, but the time doesn't work? Email info@therecoveringhuman.com and tell me what day and time would. Depending on demand, we'll likely open more meeting times.