This is so fantastic, Jes! I hadn’t heard it put this way before, that masking is less pretending to be something and more pretending to not be something. That really clicks it all in.

I also love that you don’t encourage people to just unmask all at once. Learning to respect where my body and mind have protected me in my life has been something I’ve worked on for the past few years. Becoming aware and intentionally masking is so key.