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Excited to be with you all tomorrow. Zoom link is the same as last week. It’s at the top of the page under book club. Let me know if you have any issues finding it.

Today we are discussing 3 takeaways from the reading. 1. Healing is not about becoming less strong It is becoming less alone in our strength. 2. Boundaries are not rejection. They are self-respect. We can create boundaries without cutting ourselves off from things and people who have been integral in our lives. 3. Joy is not frivolous. For Black women whose identities were built around survival, joy can become a form of reclamation. It becomes a way for us to take back something that systems, trauma, shame, or survival tried to steal, limit, or make us feel we were undeserving of. Will you make it out today? If so, see you in about 25 minutes.

I like to leave us with questions to consider and journal from our reading. Here are 3 questions to consider and personally reflect on. Next Saturday we are reading Chapters 3, 4 and 5. - When you make a mistake, do you feel guilt about what you did or shame about who you are? - Who in your life has denied or minimized your experience, and how did that shape what you believed you deserved from love? - Have you ever found yourself dismissing another Black woman's pain because it felt too close to your own?

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