REFLECTIONS - What would the past version of you from 10 years ago, say about you now?
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What a difference decade makes. 10 years ago, baby Birungi (29 and 6 months), was preparing to leave a job in which she was bullied because the City of London was built on exploiting labour based on gender and ethnicity.
She would be really proud of me for researching and using variety of wellbeing methodologies and speaking openly about mental health issues for minoritised people. I think baby Birungi would be particularly grateful to be a full time artist, encouraging individuals, students, corporate teams and local boroughs to promote wellbeing.
Over the past decade, I've explored the roots of depression and anxiety with counselling, psychodynamic therapy, psychiatry, CBT and collage art making.
My perspective has revealed to me that through exploring African textiles, paper and natural fibres, I am piecing together my identity and accepting all of me, as the disabled, African, working class woman who has never formally trained in art. I've gone from making friends birthday cards to confidently depicting myself in life size portraiture. Slowing down with hashtag#meditation, nature and learning from so many health practitioners has supercharged my growth and my hashtag#mindset.
What would the version of you 10 years ago think of who you are and what you're doing now? Please leave a comment or drop me a message.