Grace in the Weeds

Grace in the Weeds

The Friday Greenhouse

What to Do When You're in the Hurt Locker

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Amanda
May 29, 2026
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In Tuesday’s article, we talked about the “Hurt Locker”—that deep, dark internal cave where the work of social justice becomes so grueling that our peripheral vision disappears and our compassion flips like a circuit breaker.

We identified that burnout isn’t a moral failure; it’s a capacity failure. For my paid subscribers, today’s lab is about building the “Bike Club” infrastructure around your life so you can stay in the dirt for the long haul without becoming immune to the world (or yourself).

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