Can We Have Empowerment without Healing?

There’re many ways to define empowerment and any progress toward being the authentic and intentional selves matters.

But is there something else?

Is there something we can put the work to uncover that would help us move forward in significant ways?

I think there is. And I have to mention it when I talk about empowerment.

I don’t know what it is for you and I don’t know where that healing lies. But I want to invite you to embark on that journey as it can only be rewarding.

The Fires, The Multiple Fires Investigative Selfism

Stillness can suck — because sometimes, what comes out of it is not necessarily pleasant.I know we all know it intellectually, but I'm inviting you to actually create space for it at the end of the year and see what happens.See what needs attention.See what needs self-compassion.(I share my own "discoveries", very much related to what we've been witnessing in Palestine for the past years 💔).And also see what fires are burning there, burning away only what you are not.#gazagenocide #FreePalestine #mentalhealth #collectivetrauma #collectivegrief
  1. The Fires, The Multiple Fires
  2. Smash Self-Abandonment, Speak out against Fascism
  3. On One of The Forms of Smallness
  4. What Are You Saving Unapologetic Language For?
  5. Don't Show Loyalty Just Because Once You Did

Explore what different health professionals say about trauma here.

See the book by Michael Singer that I reference in my episode here.


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My name is Justina

As a political commentator who talks about different forms and systems of external oppression, I’m also interested in my own personal transformation.

In this platform, I share with you tools, frameworks, authors, and anything of value I have found to lead a life of authenticity.

Imperfectly – oh yes? And with silliness where appropriate (well, or not).

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