Tricia Hersey
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It is spiritually killing you, a white person, to believe that they're superior in some way to another divine human being. That is a spiritual deficiency. That is a disconnection to your power and to who you are. So that has robbed you of your own humanity as well. And so people never feel that. They're always just like, oh, damn, I never thought about it like this.
And that's why this work is global. It's not just for Black people. They're like, is this work just for Black people? Absolutely not. It's for anyone involved. Who needs to disrupt and push back and heal from white supremacy and capitalism. Now, the ways in which you're going to have to do that are different. Like my history is a total different thing.
And that's why this work is global. It's not just for Black people. They're like, is this work just for Black people? Absolutely not. It's for anyone involved. Who needs to disrupt and push back and heal from white supremacy and capitalism. Now, the ways in which you're going to have to do that are different. Like my history is a total different thing.
And that's why this work is global. It's not just for Black people. They're like, is this work just for Black people? Absolutely not. It's for anyone involved. Who needs to disrupt and push back and heal from white supremacy and capitalism. Now, the ways in which you're going to have to do that are different. Like my history is a total different thing.
Everybody has their own origin story, historic stories of how they're placed in this sick situation. That was created, you know, not by us. And so we have to land in it. We have to feel it. And I will tell you that you will have to just feel that energy. You're going to have to just sit with the discomfort of that. And I say sleep your way through it. Rest your way through it.
Everybody has their own origin story, historic stories of how they're placed in this sick situation. That was created, you know, not by us. And so we have to land in it. We have to feel it. And I will tell you that you will have to just feel that energy. You're going to have to just sit with the discomfort of that. And I say sleep your way through it. Rest your way through it.
Everybody has their own origin story, historic stories of how they're placed in this sick situation. That was created, you know, not by us. And so we have to land in it. We have to feel it. And I will tell you that you will have to just feel that energy. You're going to have to just sit with the discomfort of that. And I say sleep your way through it. Rest your way through it.
Make small, small, small ways to start. Start with the 10 minutes a day of just sitting and resting. Closing your eyes, not responding to an email, making space in your calendar to not be doing nothing. If I have it in my calendar, rest days, chill days, Sabbath days, I have very clear boundaries around how I work. I don't do meetings over 30 minutes.
Make small, small, small ways to start. Start with the 10 minutes a day of just sitting and resting. Closing your eyes, not responding to an email, making space in your calendar to not be doing nothing. If I have it in my calendar, rest days, chill days, Sabbath days, I have very clear boundaries around how I work. I don't do meetings over 30 minutes.
Make small, small, small ways to start. Start with the 10 minutes a day of just sitting and resting. Closing your eyes, not responding to an email, making space in your calendar to not be doing nothing. If I have it in my calendar, rest days, chill days, Sabbath days, I have very clear boundaries around how I work. I don't do meetings over 30 minutes.
If you want to do a meeting over 30 minutes, we probably can't work together. It only is set in my calendar. It's only a 30 minute. We're going to be concise. We're going to say it and we're going to move on. and we're going to go lay down and telepathically communicate that way.
If you want to do a meeting over 30 minutes, we probably can't work together. It only is set in my calendar. It's only a 30 minute. We're going to be concise. We're going to say it and we're going to move on. and we're going to go lay down and telepathically communicate that way.
If you want to do a meeting over 30 minutes, we probably can't work together. It only is set in my calendar. It's only a 30 minute. We're going to be concise. We're going to say it and we're going to move on. and we're going to go lay down and telepathically communicate that way.
It is. Yes, it is the opposite. It is a new idea. It is a new paradigm. The idea of perfectionism has been placed on us from birth. And when you think about white feminism, absolutely. You are literally trying to be a part of a system that hates you. Yes. It hates you. Fuck! It hates your guts. And you're uplifting it and making it richer and making it more...
It is. Yes, it is the opposite. It is a new idea. It is a new paradigm. The idea of perfectionism has been placed on us from birth. And when you think about white feminism, absolutely. You are literally trying to be a part of a system that hates you. Yes. It hates you. Fuck! It hates your guts. And you're uplifting it and making it richer and making it more...
It is. Yes, it is the opposite. It is a new idea. It is a new paradigm. The idea of perfectionism has been placed on us from birth. And when you think about white feminism, absolutely. You are literally trying to be a part of a system that hates you. Yes. It hates you. Fuck! It hates your guts. And you're uplifting it and making it richer and making it more...
Viable and making it worse for everybody else.
Viable and making it worse for everybody else.
Viable and making it worse for everybody else.
And we're like, what else can we do for you? How can we make it richer? Yes. Yeah.