You were never meant to carry it all. Here’s how to find hope in a heavy world….
There’s no denying that the world feels heavy right now.
With every scroll, click, and headline, it’s easy to believe that hopelessness is the only reasonable response. If you are a woman–especially a woman of color–this heaviness can feel even more intense. Our rights, our voices, our safety, our dreams… all seem to be under constant attack. And while awareness matters, what matters more is that you don’t drown in it.
Let me say this clearly: you were never meant to carry it all.
Yes, be informed. Yes, use your voice. But don’t confuse staying aware with sacrificing your mental health to the 24/7 news cycle. The world needs you whole. Not broken. Not burnt out. Whole.
We live in a time where chaos is loud and the truth is often buried beneath fear and noise. But your peace? Your hope? Your joy? That is revolutionary. That is where your power lives. They cannot break you.
Reclaiming your attention is reclaiming your power. This is a mindset skill you can and should work on. It is worth the investment and the time. In some ways the world wants you to lose hope because then you are easier to control. It is harder to fight back when you are hopeless. It is harder to stand up for your boundaries when you are hopeless. The world wants your distracted and hopeless attention. It craves it. It feeds on it. But your attention is sacred. Where your focus goes, your energy flows. Gently, intentionally redirect your focus just a little each day, to something no one can take from you: your inner power.
Hope is not naivety. It’s a strategy.
Beauty is not frivolous. It’s fuel.
Community is not extra. It’s everything.
You create beauty by being you. We don’t have to change the world overnight. You change the world every time you choose joy when it is so easy to be bitter. Take a deep breath. Hold it. Unclench you jaw and your hands. Point your head to the sky. Exhale and affirm these words: I choose joy… I choose me… today I am taking care of me, my heart, my spirit, and my mind.
That is resistance. That is courage.
There is beauty in the way you support your sisters. In how you mother your children. In how you mentor someone else. There is beauty in how you show up as a kind soul in a cruel world. That quiet beauty is not only how we keep going, it’s also how we heal.
You are not alone. There are so many people just like you. There are millions of us. We may be tired, but we are far from defeated. We may be anxious, but we are still speaking up. We are here. And when we work together to create spaces of rest, creativity, and compassion we become unstoppable.
Find your people. Build that table. Cry together. Laugh louder. Dream bigger.
Here are some things you can do today:
- Limit your news intake. Find one trusted news source and check in for an update one time a day.
- Start your morning with you. Before your phone, before the world, just sit, breathe and listen to your own spirit.
- Do one small beautiful thing. Write. Paint. Plant. Dance. Anything that reminds you you are alive and you are powerful.
- Reach out. Text a friend who makes you feel good. Join a community. Start a book club. We were never meant to be here alone.
You were born with power. That power never left you. It is still here. That is how you hold on to hope.
The world may be loud and uncertain, but you don’t have to be.
You can be still.
You can be soft.
You can be strong.
You can be hope.
And in doing so, you become exactly what this world needs: a woman rooted in her power, refusing to let the chaos steal her light.
*If you are looking for more ideas on how you can reclaim your peace, power and hope please see more here.