When the Body Says “No”: Black Women, Stress, and the Silent Toll on Our Health
Black Women's Health and Chronic Stress, Trauma and Healing, Autoimmune Illness and Health Disparities, Body-Mind Connection, Rest and Resistance, Identity and Emotional-Wellbeing Cydni Richardson, MSPH, BCD Black Women's Health and Chronic Stress, Trauma and Healing, Autoimmune Illness and Health Disparities, Body-Mind Connection, Rest and Resistance, Identity and Emotional-Wellbeing Cydni Richardson, MSPH, BCD

When the Body Says “No”: Black Women, Stress, and the Silent Toll on Our Health

There’s a kind of tiredness many Black women know in our bones. Not the kind that a nap can fix, but the kind that builds slowly over years of holding everything together. We learn early that our value is measured by how much we can carry, the job, the family, the caregiving, the community work, and then we wonder why our bodies ache under the weight of it all.

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Rest Is Not a Reward: Reclaiming Relaxation as Resistance
Rest and Resistance, Healing and Unlearning, Grind Culture and Worth, Ancestry and Labor, Boundaries and Empowerment, Survival and Healing, Tanisha Christie LCSW Tanisha Christie Rest and Resistance, Healing and Unlearning, Grind Culture and Worth, Ancestry and Labor, Boundaries and Empowerment, Survival and Healing, Tanisha Christie LCSW Tanisha Christie

Rest Is Not a Reward: Reclaiming Relaxation as Resistance

We know what it feels like to keep going when there’s nothing left in the tank. To push through the headache, the shortness of breath, the dissociation. To keep producing, performing, holding it all together because slowing down feels like it could crack something open we don’t have time to face.

That’s not personal failure. That’s conditioning.

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Beyond Burnout: Understanding Workplace Trauma
Stress and Burnout, Workplace Trauma and Mental Health, Healing and Recovery, Capitalism and Labor, Identity and Self-Acceptance, Rest and Resistance, Bianca Shaw LMSW CPC Bianca Shaw, LMSW, CPC Stress and Burnout, Workplace Trauma and Mental Health, Healing and Recovery, Capitalism and Labor, Identity and Self-Acceptance, Rest and Resistance, Bianca Shaw LMSW CPC Bianca Shaw, LMSW, CPC

Beyond Burnout: Understanding Workplace Trauma

We recognize burnout when we can no longer function as quickly or effectively as we once did. When we find ourselves disconnected, brain fogged, or constantly feeling stressed. The physical and emotional effects are damaging and they can impact our personal lives and relationships. 

When navigating burnout, self-care and rest are often viewed as the remedy. It is placed on the individual to push through their depleted state and somehow reignite their passion. 

The issue with this though is that for some, self-care alone isn’t enough to recover.

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