In episode 39, I sit down with published author and professor Janet Stickmon to discuss soul care versus self-care, especially when it comes to racial battle fatigue. Janet shares openly about her journey through experiencing soul-care after feeling exhausted from work, lived experiences of racial battle fatigue, and returning to play and joy in her life. I trust this episode will help you along your healing and wellness journey. So no matter if you are going for a walk or tuning in curled up on your couch with some tea, this episode will leave you with some gem takeaways. 

Guest Bio

Janet Stickmon is a professor of humanities, specializing in Ethnic Studies, and faculty coordinator of the Cultural Center at Napa Valley College. Stickmon’s books Crushing Soft Rubies—A Memoir, Midnight Peaches, Two O’Clock Patience—A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Short Stories on Womanhood and the Spirit, and To Black Parents Visiting Earth:  Raising Black Children in the 21st Century have been used in colleges and universities nationwide. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post, Mutha Magazine, Read to Write Stories, Positively Filipino, and Red and Yellow, Black and Brown:  Decentering Whiteness in Mixed Race Studies (Rutgers University Press, 2017). Janet Stickmon holds a Master’s of the Arts Degree in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University, a Master’s of the Arts Degree in Religion and Society from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. For over 20 years, Stickmon’s work has influenced thousands across the country.   

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-To Black Parents Visiting Earth available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Parents-Visiting-Earth-Children/dp/0975990853/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stickmon+black+parents&qid=1604877181&sr=8-1

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