Periagoge
Scenario

When Taoist softness conflicts with surviving systemic oppression

I love the idea of being like water but I'm a Black woman in corporate America and sometimes I need to be like steel or I get walked all over.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Wisdom must honor both the ideal of yielding strength and the reality that some contexts require protective hardness.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Daoism and Taoism?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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