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Black Girl Burnout · May 24, 2026

Come Grieve With Me

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Kelley from Black Girl Burnout · Black Girl Burnout

I missed last week. I’m not going to package that into something tidy.

The truth is I’ve been thawing. That’s the only word I have for it. Something in me has been held very still for a long time, waiting to feel safe enough to melt.

Three books cracked it open. Ten days. A lot of ugly crying. And a realization I couldn’t unfeel: I had been producing healing instead of doing it.

I recorded a voice note about all of it. About the books, about what I’ve been carrying since 2020, about what thawing actually looks like in my life right now. It’s about 15 minutes. I hope you listen.

Field Notes from the Thaw: Episode One

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For the next few weeks, posts here will be shorter. More like field notes than essays. I’ll be cross-posting some podcast guest interviews that are too good not to share.

The workshop is still on. May 31st, 7 pm ET.

We’re building a Grief Menu together. Not heavy. Not a sob session. A gentle, honest inventory of how you’re feeling and healing right now. We’ll build our menus together, and I’ll show you mine.

Come grieve with me.

P.S. Paid subscribers: your Q&A is coming. I haven’t forgotten.

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