Meet Erynn Besser, LCPC, CST

I am deeply curious about how people find meaning and create belonging in a world shaped by shame, isolation, and stigma. My perspective is shaped by lived experience and navigating systems that don’t always make room for us to be fully ourselves.

I am drawn to the places where liberation and community care meet. I believe that access to resources, meaningful connection, and spaces where we can show up as ourselves can open up possibilities for lives that feel more expansive and more fully our own.

I identify as a pleasure activist and believe that people are the experts on their own lives. I am passionate about challenging the shame and stigma surrounding our identities, choices, and ways of being. Rather than asking people to become more acceptable to existing systems, I am interested in reimagining a world where resources are more accessible, connection comes more naturally, and we have greater opportunities to care for ourselves and each other.

Healing Revival Collective is an expression of this vision and the belief that care extends beyond traditional institutions and take root in our everyday relationships and communities.

I live in Humboldt Park with my longtime partner and proudly identify as a house-witch, a playful way of describing my love of cultivating spaces, setting a vibe, and making magic out of the everyday. You can usually find me dancing in my living room, wandering the streets of Chicago, connecting with friends, or catching a live show or music festival.

After all, play, pleasure, and being a little weird are not distractions from the work of creating a better world. They are part of it.

I am a queer, neurodivergent, self-proclaimed weirdo who finds joy in community, live music, and the little things that make life feel pleasurable.

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