I recorded this episode yesterday at night. There is no video, there’s not that much editing.
But it’s something I’ve been meaning to record — somewhat selfishly, but also hoping it would reach the ones who need to hear it.
This is not an episode that contains “answers” — but what I do want to do is to hold space for everyone struggling as a genocide in Gaza is unfolding.
Through the guilt, shame, privileges, painful silence of friends, and other things to navigate, I invite you to both normalise not being OK and to move through it as you take meaningful action.
As I say at the very beginning of my episode, we are allowed to talk about how we feel about something without that becoming the story. And, I would add, to CHANGE the story, we have to try our best to take care of ourselves and our community 
Justina
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