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Black girl burnout is REAL.
Maybe you got all the degrees and promotions. You are climbing that ladder and looking good while you do it. But you are also awake at night with debilitating anxiety, replaying any mistake you made that day.
Or maybe you are working to right the many injustices in our community. You get to experience the satisfaction and joy of seeing lives changed or policies enacted. Actually, that only happens every once in a while. More often, you experience a combination of rage, dread, helplessness and disbelief as you have to fight the very people and systems that are supposed to support you.
And let's not even mention family. You know, those people you are supposed to have better boundaries with? But in your family system, boundaries means you will become a "bad" daughter, sister, mom or wife. And, if you don't do all the things to keep those people on the rails, who will?
And of course, there are a few little issues like white supremacy culture, the patriarchy, toxic capitalism, rampant racism, colonization etc. And just in case you were still having a good day, you just got invited to a pool party. You have to go... swimsuit shopping.
This life is crazy-making.
It is easy to see how you became overwhelmed, overworked, and exhausted. But I promise, you don't have to stay that way.
Welcome to the Great Un-Learning.
It is possible to have fulfilling relationships and feel passionate about your work without losing your mind or hiding parts of yourself. Through a lens of decolonization and attachment-based therapy, my clients and I work on healing relationship wounds, identity integration and rejecting the anxiety/depression burnout cycle many high-achieving BIPOC women get trapped in. If this sounds like the kind of support you could benefit from, reach out.