Episode #189: Guilt!
Welcome back! Grace and Alvina talk about different reasons they feel guilty in their work!
Girl Scout Cookies!
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Grace and Alvina break down all their feelings of guilt when it comes to different work scenarios. Alvina mentions this Well + Good article that includes 4 questions to ask yourself when feeling guilty about something at work:
Is the guilt real or perceived?
Are you doing “nothing?” or are you doing exactly what you need to do?
If not now, when?
What would you say to your BFF?
Alvina and Grace share stories about things they feel guilty about and why. Grace mentions this NPR article about why you feel guilty when you’re NOT working.
Fortune Cookie Segment:
The book friends wanted to do something in honor of Black History Month and each share two favorite children’s books that spotlight Black History.
Grace’s recommendations: Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
Grace’s 2nd recommendation: The Parker Inheritance by Variant Johnson.
Alvina’s recommendation: Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Alvina’s 2nd recommendation: Sit-in How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea David Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.
Gratefuls:
Grace is grateful for her older sister. Her older sister lives in Saratoga Springs and she’s helping Hazel sell her Girl Scout Cookies. Grateful for my older sister!
Alvina is grateful for Stephen as he has been into intermittent fasting and eating healthier. I am eating healthier too because of this change.
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