The Emotional Tax of Equity Work — and How to Protect Your Spirit

DEI work is sacred, but it can also be heavy on the heart.

We carry other people’s traumas, confusion, resistance, and fears — often without acknowledgment.

The emotional tax is real.

To protect yourself:

  • Use boundaries as a form of self-respect
  • Document what you experience
  • Remember: you educate, but you don’t absorb
  • Take rest as seriously as work

You can advocate without losing yourself.

Self-preservation is not selfish — it is strategy.





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