Are you stuck being a "Raggedy Brené?"
What's a Raggedy Brene? It's profile I coined after a week of discovery calls with several White women who wanted to be coached on their Oppressive Muscle Memory (OMM). I asked them all the same final question I ask others at the end of the inquiry call, "Who do you want to be on the other side of this journey?"
Every answer--every single one--sounded like the same chain of buzzwords ripped directly from Brown's Ted Talk!
"Do all White women just wanna be Brene Brown?!"
I asked this to my team as a joke, but I think it has some merit. I don't think all White women want to be her, but I think they want to reach this Brene-like state of being that seems to come so easily to her.
But what if I told you that it didn't come easy? What if I told you that Brene Brown, just like any other White woman out there trying their best to live an anti-oppressive life, is taking this shit one day at a time, too?
What you see and love about her is the sum of a lot of work to move from "Raggedy Brene" to "Today Brene." Your "Today Brene" is near, but you're still a bit raggedy, friend. Don't believe me? Let me hold up a mirror for you:
- ✗You find yourself using buzzwords like “courageous vulnerability,” “joyful empathy,” and “conscious interrogation.”
- ✗You are a voracious reader, making sure to stay up on the latest anti-oppressive education, but you are having trouble implementing everything that you’ve learned into your daily life.
- ✗You are the go-to social justice expert for your family and friends but you secretly know that you’re missing some key pieces of information.
- ✗Your activism is well documented, but only extends as far as your current knowledge cap and you’re terrified of being asked to publicly extend yourself further.
Your “showing up for the work” is often burdened with pre-scripted answers and a case of imposter syndrome that you just can’t shake.
The reason why is simple:
You’ve collected anti-oppressive habits like Infinity Stones over the years, but you don’t have a fully actualized anti-oppressive identity.
The book clubs, t-shirts, and rallies don’t make you an anti-oppressive leader.
Of course, these things are a great start, but they don’t create a lasting change. Only building an Anti-Oppressive Identity™ will take you from a person who engages in to one who embodies lasting change.
Introducing the...
Build An Anti-Oppressive Identity™ Program
Are you ready to:
- ✓Unlearn oppressive ways of thinking, practices, and systems by first identifying your own gaps, internal biases, and self-sabotaging practices.
- ✓Take the anti-oppressive concepts that you’ve read about and create personalized habits and systems in your leadership practice.
- ✓Feel confident in your anti-oppressive stance whenever White Supremacy occurs in life and in the workplace.
- ✓Uplevel your Anti-Oppressive Identity™ by learning how to use your advantages in life to help those who are the most disadvantaged.
- ✓Invest in a strategy that puts more room between you and your Oppressive Muscle Memory™ and less between you and your Anti-Oppressive Identity™?
What People Have Said
“Are you used to spaces that prioritize white comfort? This isn’t it. If you are a white person who wants to be and do better to dismantle white supremacy and anti-Blackness in your life and in the places you facilitate, listen to Wanda and do what she says.”
L.B. Klein
“She practices what she preaches and her heart for service is evident in her ever-growing list of accolades. We are all better as a result of her work.”
Dr. J. Taylor
In the Build An Anti-Oppressive Identity™ program, you will receive the following:
- +6-months of weekly private coaching calls with Wanda where you will develop your personalized learning plan of unlearning your current oppressive identity.
- +Guided resources such as curated reading lists accompanied by reading guides, worksheets, and syllabi that will help you implement what you’re reading into your daily practice.
- +6-month access to the Practice Liberation Academy for ongoing support so you can take the work further in your leadership, life, and relationships.
- +A personal VIP Weekend with Wanda and access to our community of coaches and other folks on the journey who are reducing their oppressive muscle memory and developing an Anti-Oppressive Identity™.
And, of course, a few surprises and bonuses along the way!
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