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The Weight of Seeing: Carrying the Burden of Systemic Poverty | Small Acts, Big Change
In this deeply reflective episode of Small Acts, Big Change, host Annalise Estrada explores the emotional toll of witnessing systemic poverty and offers a compassionate guide to navigating compassion fatigue. This conversation is essential for activists, donors, social workers, and anyone who feels overwhelmed by the scale of global suffering but wants to contribute meaningfully without burning out. We begin by validating the specific exhaustion that comes from 'witnessing'—the quiet ache of seeing injustice while feeling legally or socially powerless to intervene immediately. This episode is…
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