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The BIG Lesson I Learned 5-Years After That Viral Blog Post
Originally posted in the Inner Field Trip® community on Patreon on October 11, 2022 At 3:06pm Eastern on October 11, 2017, I published a post on my blog containing nine writing prompts to address spiritual bypassing, tone policing, and unconscious biases related to...
Rest isn’t a reward for the work; it’s part of the work – A timeline of this quote
"Rest isn't a reward for the work; it's part of the work." This is a quote that I came up with in October 2021 after reading a post on Instagram written by Tricia Hersey, who posts at The Nap Ministry. I'm including a screenshot below. Screenshot of post written by...
The Key Problem Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals Through a Culturally Responsive & Socially Just Lens
S.M.A.R.T. goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time sensitive. There are many articles and posts explaining what are S.M.A.R.T. goals that I don't need to labour over those details here. First, a backgrounder on how S.M.A.R.T. goals were...
Kindness vs Weaponized Kindness: What’s the Difference?
Being kind is not the problem. In fact, we all should be. But when kindness is used as a tool to guilt someone into abandoning their anger around injustice, or pressure someone into loosening their boundaries, or ridiculing someone to dump their self-care practices,...
The Great Opt Out Manifesto: Why I Just Cannot Return to Normal and What I Want Instead (Contains Guided Prompts for Journaling)
The expanded essay, plus the 6 lessons I learned sheltering-in-place, is posted here. If you'd like to receive the 5 guided prompts so you can use reflective journaling to get clear about what you want to opt out of, enter your info in the box below to get them...
Ow, Canada: A 13-Day Reflective Journaling Challenge to Explore What We Don’t Know About the Legacy of Residential Schools in Canada
UPDATE: The Ow, Canada Challenge will be ending on Day 8. Forty-eight hours after the last topic and prompt are posted, I will archive the challenge. I'm shortening the challenge due to two reasons which I explain in this 14-minute video posted to Instagram (if you're...
Meet Your Inner Oppressor: The Part of You That Bullies, Guilts, and Tempts You Into Submitting to the Dominant Culture
Meet your Inner Oppressor.Your Inner Oppressor is designed to bully, guilt, and tempt you into submitting to the dominant culture.It keeps your biases hidden so you conform.It keeps your boundaries weak so you #PeoplePlease.It masks your sensitivities so...
Stumble Bravely: Why You Will Absolutely Fail In Your Quest to Become Anti-Racist, Anti-Biased, and Anti-Oppressive – And Why You Must Keep Going
You will stumble in your quest to become anti-racist. Stumble bravely.You will not have all the answers.Stumble bravely.You will be called out for doing harm.Even after you've read the anti-racism book, watched the anti-racism film, and protested loudly about...
Inner Field Trip™: Helping Those With Gentle, Quiet, and Highly Sensitive Personalities Explore Unconscious Biases So They Protect Their Energy, Stand on the Side of Justice, and Become Better Ancestors (Next One Departing Soon)
After going through a year long process to deconstruct and decolonize the narrative I've been led to believe about my social and biological identities, I thought I was supposed to do activism a certain way. I thought I was supposed to be expressive, boisterous, and...