"Awakening Your Intuition: A Course for White Women"

In the three years since experiencing a severe form of workplace trauma I have been on both a healing and discovery journey. As part of both, I shifted my social media away from the food industry "professionals" I now found boring and towards those speaking truth to power. Not only did the content of my feed shift, so did the voices. No longer was I subjected to toxic positivity mostly from white men and women, now I was learning from, and being inspired by, Black and brown women who were not afraid to speak their truths. 

While I have read countless books about racism and misogyny, I have learned far more from the every day lived experiences of these women I follow. When I started to speak out myself, I noticed a lack of support from most of the white women in my own circles. A few even asked me *not* to tag them, although we had spoken privately about sexism in our field. That's when I realized that white women, we have a problem. Why are we allowing, even expecting, those who are most marginalized to do the heavy lifting? Why are we white women remaining silent, when we are often to blame for, or at least playing an important role in, the workplace trauma that so many marginalized people experience every day?

It's time to change that. As white women, we need to heal our own traumas, so that we can join others in speaking out about injustice. That's why I was thrilled when Francesca James reached out to me to collaborate. She saw something in me that was aching to come out. To be a voice, a guide, to help other white women break free as I have.