Publisher's Synopsis
A first generation Canadian Slovenian girl reminisces on her life between middle-school and adulthood. Mila learns through her own experiences of oppression through her lens and the lenses of friends and family. She develops increased perception, awareness and is forever learning about boundary setting.
Mila encounters bullying in school, nursing college and in both professional and non-professional workplaces. By journaling her findings and collecting stories, she is able to identify her own stereotyping and becomes aware of: cultural oppression, sibling rivalry, discrimination, and disadvantages as a vulnerable child, female, student and health-care provider.
She continues to understand boundaries and struggles to find the best ways to deal with tyrants, while in fight and flight mode of everyday life, attempting to desynchronize the complexity in her relationships.
