Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. “People don’t change.” “Nothing ever changes.” We’ve all heard these assessments of the possibility of change, but the fact is that, in the material realm that we live in, change is the only thing we can count on. In fact, if there’s one …
Why I’m going to fast in the desert
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, and though I’m sure that I felt my absence more than anyone else, my guilt is giving rise to a little writer’s block as I sit down to compose this week’s post. My inner perfectionist, …
Therapy for white supremacy culture: Defensiveness and Denial
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. In recent weeks, I have been writing about various characteristics of white supremacy culture in order to help white folks understand what white supremacy culture is and how we are harmed by it. My hope in writing these posts is to motivate white …
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Therapy for white supremacy culture: Individualism
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. In recent weeks, I have been writing about various characteristics of white supremacy culture in order to help white folks understand what white supremacy culture is and how we are harmed by it. My hope in writing these posts is to motivate white …
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How to talk about white supremacy
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post Last week I wrote about the importance of practicing mindfulness when talking about white supremacy so that we don’t get caught up in good/bad thinking (a major characteristic of white supremacy culture) about the people we are talking to. This week I will …
Mindfulness and talking about white supremacy
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post In this post, I share my thoughts on how mindfulness can help us have more productive and connecting conversations about white supremacy. So, it finally happened. Two personal friends in the last month have indicated that they think I’ve been writing an awful …
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The spiritual lessons of COVID
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post I've been wondering about the true spiritual lessons we are meant to learn from the present sociopolitical context we're living in regarding COVID and vaccines. Here are a few thoughts. Two major concepts from spirituality that carry a lot of meaning for me …
Therapy for white supremacy culture: Either/or thinking
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about the characteristics of white supremacy culture, as presented by Tema Okun, and I’ve taken a closer look at fear and perfectionism specifically. Today I’ll continue that examination with a third major characteristic of white …
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Therapy for white supremacy culture: Perfectionism
Click the image to be taken to the full Instagram post Last week I wrote about fear, the foundational characteristic of white supremacy culture, and how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help us overcome the ways that fear prevents us from acting on our values and living a meaningful life. This week I will …
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White supremacy & cultural therapy: change starts with you
Click the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. Last week, I wrote about four characteristics of white supremacy culture—fear, perfectionism, either/or thinking, and quantity over quality—and the need for cultural therapy. I believe it’s important to highlight (especially for white-identified people, or people who are skeptical about the relevance of white supremacy …
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