Tricia Hersey

And the main thing that you can do is begin to heal yourself, is to begin to make space so that you are in a space where you can feel like you're connected to the divine and that you're helping and you're seeing yourself as simply someone who will no longer be a part of the oppression. Like, I'm done. You have to say, I'm done with it. It stops with me.

And I think people have to get to that on their own time. Like, it takes time. Some people will hear my message and it might be two years before they get it. Some people email me all the time, like, I love what you're doing, but when I first heard it, I was like, I don't know. I don't see how it can happen. And now I've sat with it longer. I've started to take some more time off work.

And I think people have to get to that on their own time. Like, it takes time. Some people will hear my message and it might be two years before they get it. Some people email me all the time, like, I love what you're doing, but when I first heard it, I was like, I don't know. I don't see how it can happen. And now I've sat with it longer. I've started to take some more time off work.

And I think people have to get to that on their own time. Like, it takes time. Some people will hear my message and it might be two years before they get it. Some people email me all the time, like, I love what you're doing, but when I first heard it, I was like, I don't know. I don't see how it can happen. And now I've sat with it longer. I've started to take some more time off work.

You know, I've been reading more about the slave narratives you told me to read. I've been reading bell hooks. I've been Trying to slow down. I've just been trying to like sit and deepen into the word. Two years later, they'll be like, I get it now. I know. I'm resting. My life is changing. I'm being able to see better. I can feel better. My health feels better.

You know, I've been reading more about the slave narratives you told me to read. I've been reading bell hooks. I've been Trying to slow down. I've just been trying to like sit and deepen into the word. Two years later, they'll be like, I get it now. I know. I'm resting. My life is changing. I'm being able to see better. I can feel better. My health feels better.

You know, I've been reading more about the slave narratives you told me to read. I've been reading bell hooks. I've been Trying to slow down. I've just been trying to like sit and deepen into the word. Two years later, they'll be like, I get it now. I know. I'm resting. My life is changing. I'm being able to see better. I can feel better. My health feels better.

I'm able to make better connections. I'm living. You're more human. I'm more human. I'm more human. I'm a human being now. I'm a human being now. Take so much courage, though. It's very courageous.

I'm able to make better connections. I'm living. You're more human. I'm more human. I'm more human. I'm a human being now. I'm a human being now. Take so much courage, though. It's very courageous.

I'm able to make better connections. I'm living. You're more human. I'm more human. I'm more human. I'm a human being now. I'm a human being now. Take so much courage, though. It's very courageous.

I think this goes back to my upbringing in the black church and the idea of black liberation theology and how I was raised by a black liberationist, you know, activist black man in Chicago who would look at me and tell me. You're perfect because God created you. God is on your side. You're a Black woman in this culture. You're a Black girl in this culture.

I think this goes back to my upbringing in the black church and the idea of black liberation theology and how I was raised by a black liberationist, you know, activist black man in Chicago who would look at me and tell me. You're perfect because God created you. God is on your side. You're a Black woman in this culture. You're a Black girl in this culture.

I think this goes back to my upbringing in the black church and the idea of black liberation theology and how I was raised by a black liberationist, you know, activist black man in Chicago who would look at me and tell me. You're perfect because God created you. God is on your side. You're a Black woman in this culture. You're a Black girl in this culture.

And there is nothing else that you need to do but stay true to that. And just... So I was never really... taught in a lot of ways that I had to be perfect. I understood that there is no such thing as perfectionism. And I was boosted up and held up in a way that allowed me to just explore what it has meant to be able to say, let the chips fall where they may professionally.

And there is nothing else that you need to do but stay true to that. And just... So I was never really... taught in a lot of ways that I had to be perfect. I understood that there is no such thing as perfectionism. And I was boosted up and held up in a way that allowed me to just explore what it has meant to be able to say, let the chips fall where they may professionally.

And there is nothing else that you need to do but stay true to that. And just... So I was never really... taught in a lot of ways that I had to be perfect. I understood that there is no such thing as perfectionism. And I was boosted up and held up in a way that allowed me to just explore what it has meant to be able to say, let the chips fall where they may professionally.

I say no to 90% of things asked of me. It's a joke now that when people ask Trisha and that bitch would do something, she usually will say, thank you, but no. I really don't overbook my calendar. Mm-hmm. I feel like if I do that, that it would not allow space for mystery, curiosity, and for the sacredness of what could happen in those spaces.

I say no to 90% of things asked of me. It's a joke now that when people ask Trisha and that bitch would do something, she usually will say, thank you, but no. I really don't overbook my calendar. Mm-hmm. I feel like if I do that, that it would not allow space for mystery, curiosity, and for the sacredness of what could happen in those spaces.

I say no to 90% of things asked of me. It's a joke now that when people ask Trisha and that bitch would do something, she usually will say, thank you, but no. I really don't overbook my calendar. Mm-hmm. I feel like if I do that, that it would not allow space for mystery, curiosity, and for the sacredness of what could happen in those spaces.

I want to say yes to things that I only feel like really a yes about. It's meant I've lost money. I've lost projects that I haven't been able to get on because they wanted to rush me and micromanage me and I had to return a call in two minutes. That's not the pace that I'm living on. I'm not working on the unsustainable pace that white supremacy work culture wants me to. I just am not.