This week, our feature is a conversation between two of The Winters Group’s instructional designers, Tami Jackson and Scott Ferry. In this chat conversation they discussed their respective experiences with anxiety in the workplace and by whose standards we measure being “okay,” as well as how their respective identities have influenced how they have learned to navigate mental health issues in the workplace.
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This is not about body positivity. This is about body justice. Racism and sizeism are intertwined and enforced to decide who is considered “healthy,” successful, and competent. Who gets to decide whose bodies are more worthy, acceptable than others? Our bodies are inherently worthy. Our bodies deserve to be supported by our care systems, not ostracized, and further harmed. So, what can we do in our sphere of influence to expand our definition of health and bodily worth, undo the harm that our society’s systems have put into place?
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Entering the workforce, I was taught that to survive and succeed I’d need to sacrifice everything about myself, and only then would I master “professionalism.” I was mentored to mask my personhood and humanity into a small, shallow, tight box that was intentionally designed to suffocate me with white norms. If I conquered that tightrope, if I became the most revered and beloved acrobat of white comfort and obedience, then surely I would be rewarded with “success.”
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