Being in Your Body

Dear Seekers,

One of Spoke's commitments is to help people work to undo aloneness and to challenge the white dominant cultural narrative of individualism. Spoke was built on the tenets of interdependence, and has expanded because of an allegiance to partnership and collaboration.

Connected relationships make it easier to carry the weight of the world--just like the spokes of a wheel distribute weight evenly to decrease individual pressure and increase the capacity of the whole to carry life's burdens. However, one major misconception about relationships is that they themselves should be easy. Relationships can and should feel like burdens at times. To be in close connection with another, sometimes means to help carry her weight.