Diversity Kids ·

Sometimes the hardest part is accepting our emotions and allowing them to be. Feeling them can be scary, especially when you grow up in households where your emotions were not allowed to be expressed.

will you?

A moment where staying connected, staying safe, or staying functional requires you to override what you feel. You say yes when something in you says no. You hold back a truth to keep a relationship steady. You push through exhaustion because stopping feels more disruptive than continuing. Over time, the nervous system learns this pattern. https://elejrnl.com/?p=4286454

What we see and don't see meeting another culture: Edward T. Hall’s Cultural Iceberg Model