until the foundational framework of mental health changes - beyond apologies - Oliver and OTO will continue to see disproportionate harm in communities and advocate against them through legacy healing work. Racism is embedded in psychology and in every institutional framework that exists in American culture—ranging from modern medicine to education. So for Oliver and OTO, this is where legacy healing work continues. Here the work not only includes Oliver speaking about financial healing through entrepreneurship but also psychological healing through the embodiment of authentic humanity.

While we already told y’all when our “independence day” really is, if you look around as of late it doesn’t feel real independent, now does it? Independence means to be free from any outside authority, not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence. In unpacking that, culturally many have found difficulty separating themselves from institutional and systemic harm built into American capitalism. Working cyclical jobs where fragments of your dreams get lost in managing the day-to-day cost of living and funding someone else’s dream, can feel like you aren’t living the “American Dream” which was really designed for some not all.