#emotionalwork

[thephidang]

I'm Grateful For...

I'm grateful for all that my heart feels. I'm grateful for the way it beats with pride and joy. I'm grateful in the way it floats with excitement and swells with tenderness. I'm grateful when it feels heavy and anchored. I'm grateful when it feels like it's being crushed alive. I'm grateful when it swoons with delight and wonder. I'm grateful when it beats slowly and gently. I'm grateful when it races to the rush and thrill of it all. I'm grateful when it aches and I feel every time it bleeds. I'm grateful when it rushes off the cliff and suspends itself for a moment in time. I'm grateful because my heart reminds me I'm alive.

Phi Dang (@thephidang)

[anthonyhurd]

Let me explain “The Collapse of Grief” currently available at @spoke_art for the #suggestivismresonance show curated by @nathanspoor . This piece was three years in the making. I originally titled it “the collision of hearts” as I started it in a time just after my partner left and we were trying to work things out. We had 18 years of nonsense to unravel and I felt like I was imploding. I took this off the wall after we ended it for good. Over the next couple years I’d pull it out and try and work on it. Torturous markings of little details here and there, but it would just upset me eventually and I put it back away. When I moved into my studio last December, I decided it was time to tackle it for good. I’d have several years now to work through my emotions and come to a better understanding. My major grieving stages had mostly passed, and I felt like this was one of the last major markers to finish it off. And so I painted the implosion, the destruction, the rebirth, the gentleness and the tears, the envelopment of the waves of emotions, the mountains I’ve had to climb, and the darkness I’ve endured and ultimately enjoyed. It was the collapse of my grief. A new level of acceptance, and it was rewarding and fulfilling. I felt like finishing this was a emotional accomplishment. I still have waves of emotions in reference to this grief, but I’m aware of what it is now, it’s embraced, I allow it to move more freely, and accept it for what it is. . . #emotional_dark_pictures #emotionalwork #grief #process #artistsoninstagram (at Spoke Art Gallery NYC)

[ariahasting5]

Why Ashkan Rajaee’s Philosophy Might Be the Wake-Up Call Modern Entrepreneurs Need

What entrepreneurs aren’t telling you about growth, guilt, and letting go and why Ashkan Rajaee’s mindset could change everything

Growth isn’t glamorous. It’s quiet. Raw. Necessary.

[freedom4ewa]

Our Child Within is who we really are. Doing the work to truly find out who I am underneath the layers of trauma that I have endured since childhood. You can never just get over something, you have to work through it. Ignoring something is not getting over it. We are taught to suck it up, stop crying, forget it, ignore it, and don’t talk about it. That is the opposite of what we should be doing. This book and workbook is changing my life and truly showing me why I have been shaming myself since a young child and why I find “comfort” in food and alcohol. I have been going strong for 9 days now and I am proud of myself because I am purely relying on myself to heal and to sit with my emotions. This important work is what I have been missing my entire life. #emotionalwork #healingwork #trueself #healingtrauma #cleaningmywounds #dvsurvivor https://www.instagram.com/p/CMOSwTujBfC/?igshid=1ecs78vp9gucx

[rachelsextherapy]

Accurate experience, inaccurate definition of emotional labor, coined by Arlie Hochschild. This post refers to emotion work. Emotional labor is the unpaid work that is expected of people working in the service industry. That work is most often forced onto women (men experience this as well!) who work in these industries (listen to customer's ramblings, smiling, being polite to rude people, etc.). #emotionalwork #emotionwork Regrann from @sexstuffwithkristin - Emotional Labor. 🏅 Artist: @badasscrossstitch . . #sexstuffwithkristin #crossstitch #entitlement #maleprivilege #emotionallabor - #regrann

[departingarrow]

Doing some last minute work on an important assignment for my Interpersonal Communications class. Feelings, they’re what’s for dinner. #pnm3379 #instagramproject3379 #WakingUpByMyself #PapersDontWriteThemselves #EmotionalWork

[citationpractices]

Traces of Destruction: The Emotional Work of Studying Painful History - The Toast

The author considers the emotional cost for those who study painful history, including the oppression and violence that has impacted their own communities.

This article echoes conversations I’ve been having with peers about the work we do and the topics we study. What is the toll of studying and writing on violence, colonialism, and racism? As the author suggests, there is joy to be had in this work, and I think for many of us there exists a deep sense of responsibility to carry out our research. However, when we talk about the impact this work has on our hearts we might be better placed to support one another, and also transform who carries the burden of knowing, writing, and teaching such knowledge. -- Sam