Have you ever felt like every time you step back into racial equity work, you’re starting from scratch? Like the learning you’ve done before hasn’t been retained because you haven’t been practising it?
In this episode, I share a simple journaling practice designed to help you stay in racial equity work consistently, without feeling like you need to keep rebuilding from zero.
Drawing on the work of trauma therapist Resmaa Menakem and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, I walk you through a three part practice you can return to again and again. One that honours what your body is telling you, invites self-reflection and helps you track your growth over time.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Why so many values-led business owners feel like they’re constantly restarting in their racial equity journey
- The three questions that form the foundation of a sustainable journaling practice
- How to bring intention to what you’re consuming before you consume it
- What your body is telling you when you encounter content that brings up discomfort
- How to tell the difference between a break that’s part of the practice and one that’s a departure from it
- One small shift that helps this work stop feeling separate from your everyday life.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
How I Can Personally Support You:
If what you’re realising today is that you need a way to stay connected to this work consistently, to be in community with others who are on the same journey, to have a space where the learning deepens rather than dissipates, that’s exactly what we do inside REPRESENTED.
REPRESENTED is a ten week racial inclusion program for values-led online business owners. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/
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With Love,
Annie
