“For women of color, burnout can be the end result of trying to be everything to everyone all while dealing with a multitude of biases, microaggressions, and harassment.” quidditch424
published in October 2019 found that 77% of the women respondents reported prioritizing their family’s needs over their own, and 48% reported that their burnout was so severe it kept them up at night.can be the end result of trying to be everything to everyone all while dealing with a multitude of biases, microaggressions, and harassment. Even now, as much of the country is on pause, there is a weighty weariness that some women of color must work through with the added grief of a pandemic.
With respect to suppressing emotions, Woods-Giscombe acknowledges that it can sometimes be a useful strategy. “It’s a part of surviving and part of helping their families, children, and community,” she says. “But no one can be like that 100% of the time.” “My family didn’t see how depleted I was, so I moved into a new place determined to give myself the time and space to heal.”
“What I suggest is thinking about your life as a multivolume series and that this moment is just one page in a multichapter, multivolume life. Everything that you’re doing is important. Do you have to do it now?” she says. “Then consider expanding or contracting or shifting what it is that you are doing that’s aligned with your values as time goes by, as things shift and change for you.
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