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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