Juana

Not sure which of these is yours? You don’t have to pick from the list — describe it to Juana below.

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