Human development is contingent upon our ability to get comfortable with our emotions. Our feelings are friends, not foes, they are neither to be stuffed away or discounted. Our emotions are actually part of our complex notification system and crucial safety markers. When we practice greeting them kindly and choose to listen to what they have to say, we position ourselves open to learn valuable lessons about ourselves and those we value most. 

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Melinda and Tiana wrap up the final episode of the series: The 86'd List - cancelling oppressive behaviors one conversation at a time. Sitting with an inappropriate or harassment experience, asking yourself a few really important questions, and then listening to how your body is responding, is the path of empowerment. 

What happens after we process an inappropriate situation or speak up about harassment? Join Melinda and Tiana as they discuss how only you hold the power to say what is and what was - no one else can tell you what to feel or what the next steps should be. Writing it out, telling someone and filing a report are all choices YOU get to make. 

When we grow quicker to identify harassment, we can practice rejecting any misplaced blame and shame it brings. Melinda and Tiana talk about what harassment can look like, feel like and sound like, and discuss how we move the weight of it back where it belongs: somewhere else. 

Oppression that dehumanizes finds a way to hover over us through people, cultures and societal norms, but in the midst of a "cancel culture" it's important we remember that what we're hoping to cancel is a behavior - not a person or a business. If communication is the #1 method for dismantling oppression - then why are we so quick to walk away from difficult conversation?

Instead of trying to debate someone's feelings - let's do better to listen and consider their experience.

Article referenced: 4 Ways To Deconstruct Systems of Oppression, Janice Gassam Asare 

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