"Healing is uncomfortable... You actually have to go through it." - L'Erin Alta
In the context of group learning -
I think "get uncomfortable" or "be a part of brave space" means:
- know that your perspectives are limited by your experience and social conditioning that's aligned with power imbalances
- know that feelings will come up, feelings are okay, and fear or anger have something to offer.
(Is that also true for folks who have been marginalized? or is this re-traumatization?)
- fear and anger may point to shame. Shame is not useful. It is over-identifying someone's comments with your self-worth. But knowing about the shame you hold, and the underlying beliefs that keep you either in shame or ignoring the fact that you have it, will help you do the work of compassion and accountability to move through it.
A PIYO instructor told me recently: "I want you to be comfortably uncomfortable!"
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