What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence? Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am woman, because I am Black, because I am lesbian, because I am myself – a Black woman warrior poet doing my work – come to ask you, are you doing yours? - Audre Lorde The Transformation of Silence into Action
Visibility + identity = more Audre Lorde
Better to observe than to objectify it turns out
How to be more inclusive to anyone with disabilities in your friend group.
Re-reading Samantha Irby’s Meaty and thinking about parental loss, illness + identity and how that all plays together. Of course her way to write about it is hilariously.
How much change is too much change? A beautiful essay on starting over.
Curious how David identifies, hope it’s as brave.
Show Notes:
Who am I? What am I? What is my purpose? These are the kinds of questions that Nina and Anna’s clients often come to them with. So many of us get caught up in our own conditioning and other people’s identities that it becomes difficult to decipher who we really are. On today’s episode, Anna and Nina discuss their thoughts and experiences with personal and social identity.
One of the greatest factors that muddles our relationship with identity is social media. Nina notes that there’s a huge business of selling an image and use of façade marketing, especially in the world of fitness influencers. Anna and Nina talk about the importance of allowing yourself to experiment and honor what feels good without getting caught up in the ego or ideas of who you should be.
They also touch on the consequences of having a lack of coherent sense of identity. It usually results in a lack of compassion and acceptance of others, which creates an environment where people are afraid to affirm themselves and live freely. Anna and Nina round out their conversation by describing what they identify as and how that shapes their everyday lives.
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Topics Covered:
The struggles of working with different identities as a Tarot reader
The obsession with being a social media star and selling an image
Getting more comfortable with calling out people who create unsafe and exclusive environments
The problem with choosing your identity instead of internalizing your own values
Discovering one’s personal potential
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