Parisa Fitz-Henley Instagram – Grateful. Grateful. Grateful. I hope so many more people will get to experience work like this — not just with @themonafoundation but in all contexts. Making space for the qualities and capacities that our world has (mistakenly) considered less-than allows for so much that hasn’t been seen or known yet to come to the fore. I’m trying to remember this in all that I do. I’m working on not to apologizing if I feel emotions welling up, not saying I’m “getting emotional” as if tears are weird and exotic and we are not constantly feeling emotions. I’m working on pausing to breathe and/or say a little prayer before speaking or creating. I’m working on letting the ancestors in. For way too long we’ve valued the head over the heart and the material over the spiritual — or we’ve pitted them against each other. Incorporating them all is going to help us advance exponentially in all we are trying to do. I’m just so grateful to work with an organization that values and encourages this. Please do share examples here if you’ve been incorporating more of yourself into what you’re up to. I’d love to see what you’re discovering. 🙏🖤 Video description: Me to camera. I have brown skin and dark brown hair and eyes. I’m wearing a black sleeveless top.