Because true freedom isn’t fireworks and flag-waving; it’s honoring our bodies, our boundaries, and our brave refusals.
July has arrived, and with it, a divine invitation.
To unhook from the myth that urgency is holiness.
To step back without apology.
To let stillness do the speaking.
Because rest is not retreat.
Reset is not failure.
And resistance is not reaction; it’s intention.
For those of us committed to liberation (not just as a theory, but as a lived rhythm), this month is a sacred sabbatical. Whether you’re officially off or finding moments between the margins, Rest. Reset. Resist. is the call.
Why This Month Is Different
July is my annual “sacred pause.” Instead of feeding the content machine, I’m letting the archive breathe while I do the same. Monday/Wednesday/Friday pieces will be carefully-chosen re-posts of work that first radicalized this community. Saturday Liberation Lessons will be centered around Rest, Resetting, and Resistance.
I’m not disappearing; I’m demonstrating the practice.
Liberation Needs a New Pace
Oppression thrives on exhaustion.
It depends on us being too tired to think, too rushed to feel, too overwhelmed to opt out.
But when we reclaim our tempo, we reclaim our power.
When we slow down, we see clearly.
When we say “not now,” we open space for “what’s next.”
What You Missed Live
Theme announced: Rest · Reset · Resist — a month-long experiment in revolutionary pacing.
Schedule shift: July posts = curated re-shares so the community can integrate instead of ingest more.
Personal update: I’m traveling with my kids, honoring grief, and refusing grind culture in real time.
Three talking points: Rest is resistance, Reset is clarity, Resistance is reclamation.
Invitation: Use July to revisit the 100-Days archive, support other creators, and practice embodied boundaries.
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LIBERATE Framework™ – Rest. Reset. Resist. Edition
We have entered a sacred slowdown.
July is not a retreat from liberation work, it is a return to rhythm. In a culture that confuses urgency with importance, productivity with worth, and over-functioning with impact, choosing to pause is revolutionary.
We’re not opting out. We’re opting in, to rest that restores clarity, to resets that realign our purpose, and to resistance that doesn’t require burnout to feel real.
Let’s walk through the LIBERATE Framework, adapted to help you slow down, get honest, and reclaim your pace and power.
This sacred pause isn’t a break from the work, it is the work.
Each part of the LIBERATE Framework™ is a step in learning to honor your body, reset your pace, and resist the machinery of burnout culture.
Let’s reclaim July as a practice of resistance in slow motion.
L – Learn
"Rest reveals what capitalism tried to make you forget."
Learn the origins of your relationship with rest, productivity, and pace. What stories did you inherit about worth and work?
Prompt: What was your family’s relationship to “doing nothing”?
Explore: Who benefits from your exhaustion, and who suffers?
