Fitting in, otherness and empowerment
We are pack animals and we signify to each other who we belong to and who we don’t. It can be as simple as Not being able to wear Hi Tec trainers at school because the cool kids wear Nike.
But what if you don't fit in because of the colour of your skin? What if the parts of your identity make you unable to fit in? What if the only box you can tick on a form is “Other”?
Arissan Nicole gives us her point of view on trying to fit in when no one thinks you belong to where you’re from. We discuss:
What are microaggressions and how do they affect people?
The extra load on persons of colour to just be enough
What’s it like to look for validation when the answer is always no?
Why finding you confidence on the inside is the only lasting way to self love
The truth you probably don’t want to hear about a self love journey
Arissan shares how accepting her identity and talking about the things she feared the most paved her road to self love.
You can’t belong anywhere until you belong to yourself first. - Arissan Nicole
The episode is powerful. Arissan talks us through the key questions and exercises that helped her to confront the question: Who am I living my life for?
There is so much about this amazing human that we don’t even touch in this episode - like she’s a 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo! So I encourage you to connect and find out more about her - especially if you're stuck in a job you hate.
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