Finding Comfort in Truth-Telling and Healing from Hegemony’s Hypocrisy.

The only way forward is together.

Emily O. Weltman
coFLOWco
Published in
4 min readNov 22, 2022

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Photo by Robert Katzki on Unsplash

It’s okay to feel broken. If you didn’t, I’d be worried.

Patriarchy & White Supremacy affect every single living thing on this planet.

The onslaught of violence continues. The Pandemic continues. Somehow a twice-impeached, authoritarian, ex-prez criminal’s campaign continues.

They push us beyond our capacity in every sense. We get derailed every time we find a glimmer of hope. (I sure AF had not planned on writing 17 hours straight this weekend, but the best laid plans. Aka, The Powers That Be Are Asshats (alt-title).

Their torment is ever present–it’s in our faces when we open our eyes, grab our phones, take a “break” or go on a drive; we go to “bed.” It’s not confined to the nightly news. It’s not one community or identity.

It seems endless and insurmountable for a reason; it is everywhere.

The Powers That Be ultimate goal is domination. They spent the last few years heavily promoting guns; then act shocked a gunmen killed more people.

Dominion over the earth comes at a cost, one they have not had to pay, yet. Last year, November 30th, on Giving Tuesday, there was another school shooting…

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Emily O. Weltman
coFLOWco

Emily Weltman, M. Ed., strategy consultant, social entrepreneur + coFLOWco founder is “Leading with Purpose–because the patriarchy isn’t going to fix Itself.”💫