By Hannah Dylan Pasternak — 2020
The entrepreneur and community leader on healing, boundaries, and tuning into yourself.
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CLEAR ALL
“I still eat rice and beans. I just use brown rice now,” said Annya Santana of Menos Mas, a wellness company that speaks to African-American and Latinx communities.
Self and community care is critical to combating the effects of racism and intersectional violence.
Shelly Tygielski explores how consistently showing up for yourself first lays the foundation for our life’s purpose—showing up for others—and how to create your own self-care practice.
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Battling stigma is nothing new in the ADHD community. In Black and other marginalized communities, it abounds—outside and, even worse, inside Black families. But reducing stigma in BIPOC communities is not all on us.
Japanese Americans remember discrimination they endured during WWII and say they will defend Muslim Americans.
A brief explanation of traci ishigo's Vigilant Love, a coalition of organizers both from the Japanese American community and Muslim American community who have been building solidarity since 9/11.
“When we are interconnected, when one of us heals, we all heal.”
A testament to the power of giving and human connection.
Shelly offers a short meditation as a way of reminding ourselves that we don’t exist in a bubble. Whenever she buys something, even a tomato, she tries to stop and think about the provenance of that item.
Pandemic of Love founder and author Shelly Tygielski outlines how radical self-care can change the world.