Racial Macroaggressions, Racial Battle Fatigue, and Racism-Related Stress in Counselling

In this course, Dr. Desa Daniel (Assistant Professor, University of Colorado), Dr. Asia Lyons (Founder, consultant for Lyons Educational consulting, L.L.C.), and Diandra Walker (M.S.; DEI coordinator) distinguish between race-based stress and racial battle fatigue, describing six types of the former. Detailing the responses to race-based stress on physiological, emotional, and psychological levels, the presenters emphasise that burnout from this source is inevitable if serious self-care is undertaken. They outline numerous ways of combating racial battle fatigue, ending with a meditative practice that can be implemented anywhere in about two minutes.