Recovery from mental, emotional or physical burnout can take years. Even if you start prioritizing rest and you start living a softer life, your nervous system remembers the burnout and/or the trauma. Understanding this and being gentle and patient with ourselves is key
Hey allies, you don’t have to make it weird and talk about what tomorrow is not. In fact, you don’t have to say … *whispers* anything tomorrow.
You can just:
✅ enjoy the day
✅ rest
✅ read the TRC
✅ donate to a local Indigenous org
Monday: happy international women’s day! Women should feel empowered to call out bullying and abuse.
Tuesday: how dare a woman speak out about something that’s had a huge impact on her mental health?
Wednesday: if women choose to walk home alone then they put themselves at risk.
It's through seemingly small things like imposing Western dress codes on Indigenous people that the message of assimilation and genocide continues to spread: "We don't want you as you are. We don't value you as you are. We only tolerate you if you agree to be like us."
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