The Mirror of Awareness
I signed up for a workplace training called Understanding and Overcoming Unconscious Bias.
At the time, I thought I already knew what I would learn.
I expected conversations about barriers, assumptions, and the ways people can be treated differently without realising it.
What I didn't expect was to spend so much time looking inward.
As the session continued, I found myself thinking about the assumptions I carried too.
The attention I had placed on other people's biases began turning back towards me.
And I realised that awareness also meant being willing to look at myself.
The most powerful part wasn't learning something completely new.
It was recognising how easy it is to stop noticing the things we have become used to.
That awareness stayed with me.
Not as guilt.
Not as blame.
More like a quiet invitation to keep paying attention.
Looking back, that training didn't give me answers.
It gave me questions.
And in many ways, I'm still carrying them.
