A SOCIAL WORKER’S SOAPBOX

“The Soapbox” was created after my outlook on the social work profession several years of professional social work experience. Working hard to My experiences left me feeling burned out and doubtful that I would be able to truly make the world a better place. It enraged me to feel so helpless in my desires to help others.

It enraged me to be helpless in helping people. Simply unable to accept the lack of power I felt I had to truly impact the lives of the clients I aimed to help, I

Like the enlightenment of a yogi who lives their life in the present moment, a social worker's educational background and professional experiences offer a clear perspective on today's mental health problems and social injustice. Rather than providing insight to the inner dialogue between your thoughts, a social worker can provide awareness of societal gaps that prevent humankind from truly excelling as a species.  True social change requires realizing who we are beyond form. Social workers are the only professionals that sit in that suffering with marginalized populations while possessing the knowledge of how society is shaped and how it's shape impacts the people within it. Profound realizations can happen when it becomes the world you live in for 40+ hours each week.

Having it within your job description to help individuals overcome brutal, unfair barriers to a quality of life became a source of energy for me. It enraged me to be helpless in helping people. I simply could not lean into the discomfort of it,