Juana
Identity & Justice · 83 problems
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Problems (65)
- Is it enough that food is all I kept of my culture?
- My kids don't have the culture I grew up with. Did I fail them?
- They changed the rule and never told me — now what?
- Why am I losing the words that used to be mine?
- Why Do I Keep Signing Things I Never Read?
- Why Do I Let People Say My Name Wrong?
- Why do my own holidays pass with no one to share them?
- Why does everyone see me changing before I do?
- You burn out decoding rules everyone else was handed
- You can't tell if it's bias or just you
- You don't know who you are under everyone's expectations
- You feel erased by a culture that doesn't include you
- You feel guilty for the privileges or advantages you have
- You feel invisible and unseen for who you are
- You feel invisible because of your age
- You feel like a token, valued only for your difference
- You feel like an impostor in spaces not built for you
- You feel like you're too much for people
- You feel powerless against injustice too big to fight
- You feel pressure to be a certain kind of man or woman
- You feel pressure to conform and lose your edges
- You feel torn between two cultures and belong to neither
- You feel unsafe being fully who you are
- You feel unseen in your own family for who you've become
- You feel you don't fully belong anywhere
- You feel you have to choose between your two identities
- You feel you have to hide who you really are
- You feel you must choose between success and staying true to yourself
- You feel you must justify your needs before you're allowed to ask
- You feel you owe your community more than you can give
- You feel you're betraying your roots by succeeding
- You feel your body doesn't belong to you
- You feel your identity is constantly questioned or policed
- You have to be twice as good to be seen as equal
- You have to be twice as good to get half as far
- You silence yourself to keep the peace and resent it
- You struggle to accept a part of yourself you were taught to hate
- You struggle to speak up for yourself even when wronged
- You take on every injustice as your responsibility
- You want to be fully yourself but don't know where to begin
- You want to honor your identity but not be defined solely by it
- You want to raise your kids proud of who they are in a world that isn't
- You want to use your position to open a door
- You're afraid to speak up against injustice you witness
- You're afraid you're becoming someone you won't like
- You're always code-switching and you've lost yourself in it
- You're ashamed of where you come from
- You're constantly underestimated and it wears you down
- You're exhausted by microaggressions and don't know how to respond
- You're exhausted from having to prove you belong every day
- You're the only one like you in the room and it's exhausting
- You're tired of explaining and justifying your existence
- You've assimilated so much you've lost yourself
- You've been discriminated against and don't know what to do with the anger
- You've been made to feel your anger is a threat
- You've been othered your whole life and it's shaped who you are
- You've been stereotyped and reduced to an assumption
- You've been told to just be grateful and stop complaining
- You've been told you're too sensitive about injustice
- You've dimmed your intelligence to be more acceptable
- You've internalized the belief that you're less-than
- You've lost your cultural language or traditions and feel guilty
- You've made yourself small to fit in and you're disappearing
- Your ambition is treated as inappropriate for someone like you
- Your worth depends on others' approval of your identity
Group sessions (18)
For couples, families, teams, and more — worked through together in a shared group account.
- How do I keep my holiday alive when no one around me shares it?Group
- Is it wrong that food is the only tradition we kept?Group
- My children don't have my culture. Can I still pass it on?Group
- The rule changed and no one told me — now what?Group
- We keep signing things none of us read — what do we do?Group
- When a community wants to stand together against injusticeCommunity
- When a couple bridges two cultures or identitiesCouple
- When a family is divided over identity or valuesFamily
- When a family navigates different identities across generationsFamily
- When a group wants to create a space where everyone belongsGroup
- When a group wants to reclaim a shared heritageGroup
- When friends want to talk honestly about identity and differenceFriends
- When parents want to raise children proud of who they areParents
- When the only ones want to support each otherGroup
- When underrepresented colleagues want solidarity at workTeam
- Why Do I Keep Losing Words From My First Language?Group
- Why do I let people mispronounce my name to keep the peace?Group
- Why do others see me changing before I see it myself?Group