Download or read book I Own My Magic Self Talk for Black Women written by Gennifer Michelle Goodloe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice self-love, embrace mindfulness, and build a positive daily ritual with inspiring prompts, meditations, and reflections just for black women. You're aware of the way you talk to others, but how do you talk to yourself? Is your self-talk in need of a kindness boost? Improve your self-esteem and love the woman that you are with these powerful affirmations. A celebration of Black female identity, this book contains a huge dose of confidence in a small, convenient package. Inside you’ll find: Quotes to empower you and fuel you for success Reflective prompts that challenge you to live as your most authentic self Inspiring words of wisdom on today’s Black female experience These words and practices of self-care will encourage you to honor your true power, live life to the fullest, and show strength in everything you do.

Download or read book The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health written by Rheeda Walker and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis—and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can’t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today’s world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. This breakthrough book will help you: Recognize mental and emotional health problems Understand the myriad ways in which these problems impact overall health and quality of life and relationships Develop psychological tools to neutralize ongoing stressors and live more fully Navigate a mental health care system that is unequal It’s past time to take Black mental health seriously. Whether you suffer yourself, have a loved one who needs help, or are a mental health professional working with the Black community, this book is an essential and much-needed resource.

Download or read book Black Magic written by Yvonne P. Chireau and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-11-20 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure—the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements—from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both scholars and the general public, Yvonne P. Chireau describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking, in a beautifully written, richly detailed history that presents the voices and experiences of African Americans and shows how magic has informed their culture. Focusing on the relationship between Conjure and Christianity, Chireau shows how these seemingly contradictory traditions have worked together in a complex and complementary fashion to provide spiritual empowerment for African Americans, both slave and free, living in white America. As she explores the role of Conjure for African Americans and looks at the transformations of Conjure over time, Chireau also rewrites the dichotomy between magic and religion. With its groundbreaking analysis of an often misunderstood tradition, this book adds an important perspective to our understanding of the myriad dimensions of human spirituality.

Download or read book Magical written by Chelsi Clark and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young girls today have a lot of challenges to face. On their journey to self-discovery, they have to deal with pressures from many different sources. They often struggle to define the core values they need to stand firm against the pressures they encounter. Magical: A Guided Journal for the #MagicalBlackGirl, was specifically written and designed for young Black girls in the formative years of life. It teaches five core principles: self-love, strength and resilience, friendship, healthy boundaries, and self-expression. Dr. Chelsi Clark enlightens teenage girls, teaching them how to unlock their inner magic and how to properly navigate their ever-changing world. She arms them with inspirational quotes from influential black women, meaningful weekly exercises, and trusted psychotherapeutic techniques to enable them to harness all of their potentials.This yearlong journal can be magical-one of the celebrations and psychologically healthy approaches to life. "This book is more than just a 'journal'. It is a healer." - Dr. R. Y. Langham, Family PsychologistLearn more and get connected at www.themagicalblackgirl.com, the mental advocacy and networking website for Black girls.

Download or read book Black Magic written by Chad Sanders and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “daring, urgent, and transformative” (Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead) exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest, provocative, and moving interviews with Black leaders, scientists, artists, activists, and champions. “I remember the day I realized I couldn’t play a white guy as well as a white guy. It felt like a death sentence for my career.” When Chad Sanders landed his first job in lily-white Silicon Valley, he quickly concluded that to be successful at work meant playing a certain social game. Each meeting was drenched in white slang and the privileged talk of international travel or folk concerts in San Francisco, which led Chad to believe he needed to emulate whiteness to be successful. So Chad changed. He changed his wardrobe, his behavior, his speech—everything that connected him with his Black identity. And while he finally felt included, he felt awful. So he decided to give up the charade. He reverted to the methods he learned at the dinner table, or at the Black Baptist church where he’d been raised, or at the concrete basketball courts, barbershops, and summertime cookouts. And it paid off. Chad began to land more exciting projects. He earned the respect of his colleagues. Accounting for this turnaround, Chad believes, was something he calls Black Magic, namely resilience, creativity, and confidence forged in his experience navigating America as a Black man. Black Magic has emboldened his every step since, leading him to wonder: Was he alone in this discovery? Were there others who felt the same? In “pulverizing, educational, and inspirational” (Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (And Other Things)) essays, Chad dives into his formative experiences to see if they might offer the possibility of discovering or honing this skill. He tests his theory by interviewing Black leaders across industries to get their take on Black Magic. The result is a revelatory and essential book. Black Magic explores Black experiences in predominantly white environments and demonstrates the risks of self-betrayal and the value of being yourself.

Download or read book Hello Handsome Adult Coloring Book written by Book Girl Magic and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hello Handsome is a MUST have adult coloring book! This artistic coloring book is packed with fun images that celebrate the likeness of Black Men to color and enjoy. Hello Handsome is Great for a long trip, a quiet day at home, or a wine night with the girls! Perfect as a gift or for yourself! Size: 8x10in

Download or read book Princess Mirren s Magical Therapy written by Kendal Smith and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Princess Mirren, a radiant little girl with Cerebral Palsy, finds herself on an enchanting adventure. Guided by magic and wonder, she discovers a special walker, unlocking a world of possibilities. With each step, the horizons expand, leading her to realms she’d only ever dreamed of. Join Mirren as she proves that with determination and a sprinkle of magic, every place can become reachable.

Download or read book Social Workers Rock written by Black Queens Nyc and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Black Girl Magic graphic notebook features a gorgeous African American queen artworkThere is ample room inside for writing notes and ideas. It can be used as school notebook, journal or composition book. Perfect for school or work. Makes a great gift for any Teacher, Student and Melanin Queens of all Ages! This paperback notebook is 7.5" x 9.25" and has 200 pages (100 sheets) that are wide ruled.

Download or read book I Own My Magic Self Talk for Black Women written by Gennifer Michelle Goodloe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice self-love, embrace mindfulness, and build a positive daily ritual with inspiring prompts, meditations, and reflections just for black women. You're aware of the way you talk to others, but how do you talk to yourself? Is your self-talk in need of a kindness boost? Improve your self-esteem and love the woman that you are with these powerful affirmations. A celebration of Black female identity, this book contains a huge dose of confidence in a small, convenient package. Inside you’ll find: Quotes to empower you and fuel you for success Reflective prompts that challenge you to live as your most authentic self Inspiring words of wisdom on today’s Black female experience These words and practices of self-care will encourage you to honor your true power, live life to the fullest, and show strength in everything you do.

Download or read book Magic Hour written by Kristin Hannah and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home. In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past. Having retreated to her western Washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist Dr. Julia Cates is determined to free the extraordinary little girl she calls Alice from a prison of unimaginable fear and isolation. To reach her, Julia must discover the truth about Alice’s past—although doing so requires help from Julia’s estranged sister, a local police officer. The shocking facts of Alice’s life test the limits of Julia’s faith and strength, even as she struggles to make a home for Alice—and for herself. “One of [Kristin Hannah’s] most compelling and riveting novels.”—Booklist

Download or read book Difference written by Bernardine Bishop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-08 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Difference is a complex and often disturbing issue. The purpose of this book is to encourage a culture of open enquiry into an emotionally charged subject which, the editors argue, has been largely avoided by the profession. Theoretically psychoanalysis is all about recognition and appreciation of difference, yet the psychoanalytic profession itself does not have a good reputation in this area. This is a courageous collection of papers. All contributors have been prepared to go into print about situations in which difference is a significant element in their work and one around which they have felt uneasy and uncertain as they have found themselves in uncharted territory. Through painstaking analysis of their experience and that of their patients and clients, each contributor provides the reader with some useful insights and guidelines for future reference as well as some clear and stimulating illustrations of effective thinking in strange and disturbing situations. What makes this thinking effective is the demonstrated ability of all contributors to preserve their analytic functioning whatever the circumstances.

Download or read book Latino Families in Therapy written by Celia Jaes Falicov and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed work--now in an extensively revised second edition--provides an up-to-date conceptual framework and hands-on strategies for culturally competent clinical practice with Latino families and individuals. Practitioners and students gain an understanding of the family dynamics, migration experiences, ecological stressors, and cultural resources that are frequently shared by Latino families, as well as variations among them. Through many in-depth case illustrations, the author shows how to apply a multicultural and social justice lens to assessment and intervention, while drawing on each client's strengths. Creative ideas are presented for addressing frequently encountered clinical issues and challenges at all stages of the family life cycle. New to This Edition *Delineates the author's multidimensional, ecosystemic, and comparative approach (MECA) in greater detail; presents MECAmaps, MECAgenograms, and other innovative clinical tools. *Incorporates the latest research and over a decade of social and demographic changes. *Chapter on working with geographically separated families, including innovative uses of technology. *Chapters on health disparities and on adolescents. *Expanded discussions of second-generation risks and strengths and of same-sex marriage, intermarriage, divorce, and stepparenting.

Download or read book A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis written by Anthony P. Morrison and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading clinicians and researchers in the field of cognitive therapy for psychosis illustrate their individual approaches to the understanding of the difficulties faced by people with psychosis.

Download or read book Magical Negro written by Morgan Parker and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the breakout author of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé comes a profound and deceptively funny exploration of Black American womanhood. "Morgan Parker's latest collection is a riveting testimony to everyday blackness . . . It is wry and atmospheric, an epic work of aural pleasures and personifications that demands to be read—both as an account of a private life and as searing political protest." —TIME Magazine A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at Vogue, O: the Oprah Magazine, NYLON, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, and more. Magical Negro is an archive of black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral grief, and an inventory of figureheads, idioms, and customs. These American poems are both elegy and jive, joke and declaration, songs of congregation and self-conception. They connect themes of loneliness, displacement, grief, ancestral trauma, and objectification, while exploring and troubling tropes and stereotypes of Black Americans. Focused primarily on depictions of black womanhood alongside personal narratives, the collection tackles interior and exterior politics—of both the body and society, of both the individual and the collective experience. In Magical Negro, Parker creates a space of witness, of airing grievances, of pointing out patterns. In these poems are living documents, pleas, latent traumas, inside jokes, and unspoken anxieties situated as firmly in the past as in the present—timeless black melancholies and triumphs.

Download or read book Black Therapist Magic written by April Oswald and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This funny physiotherapy black pride history notebook and journal reads "black therapist magic". This stylish Journal is measuring 6x9 inches. It has lined Paper and 120 pages where you can write your thoughts on. The paperback cover is soft with a matte finish. It is great for using it as a notebook, journal, composition book, school / college book, exercise book, diary or scribble pad. You can carry it in your bag to make notes and to-do lists or shopping lists or whatever you like. Specifications: Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches Layout: Lined Soft paperback cover Matte finish 120 pages (60 sheets)

Download or read book Magic Rhetoric and Literacy written by William A. Covino and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-07-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a selective, introductory reading of key texts in the history of magic from antiquity forward, in order to construct a suggestive conceptual framework for disrupting our conventional notions about rhetoric and literacy. Offering an overarching, pointed synthesis of the interpenetration of magic, rhetoric, and literacy, William A. Covino draws from theorists ranging from Plato and Cornelius Agrippa to Paulo Freire and Mary Daly, and analyzes the different magics that operate in Renaissance occult philosophy and Romantic literature, as well as in popular indicators of mass literacy such as “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and The National Enquirer. Magic, Rhetoric, and Literacy distinguishes two kinds of magic-rhetoric that continue to affect our psychological and cultural life today. Generative magic-rhetoric creates novel possibilities for action, within a broad sympathetic universe of signs and symbols. Arresting magic-rhetoric attempts to induce automatistic behavior, by inculcating rules and maxims that function like magic ritual formulas: JUST SAY NO. In this connection, the literate individual is one who can interrogate arresting language, and generate “counter-spells.”

Download or read book The Magic Loom written by Heather McClelland and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Magic Loom' the author, Heather McClelland, invites adults who survived trauma in their childhood to become more aware of their sensations. She helps them interweave the narratives and wisdom of both body and mind as they safely explore and make meaning of the past and put it behind them. This is a text for therapists primarily, teaching with metaphor and case-study. Therapists will discover why and how weaving the body and mind together in interpersonal narrative style conversations meets the needs that contemporary scientific research is uncovering. It is the author's hope that survivors themselves may find they can identify with the stories of trauma recovery as they unfold and engage with the Magic Loom's conversational style and translation of the languages of therapy and of science. Neuroscientists inform us that unresolved aspects of early trauma become hidden within a person's somatic memory (van der Kolk, 2006). Memories are not cognitively or narratively retrievable because at the time of the original trauma, the hormonal impacts on the traumatised child's brain prevented vital neural signals from reaching the brain's higher, sense-making parts (Perry, 1997; van der Kolk, 2006). The trauma is remembered, not by her rational mind but by her body. Raising a person's awareness of her body means that key threads can be woven together with the full range of narrative therapy approaches that enable her to explore what her mind presents. The body-focused narrative therapist is learning to listen to an added voice and a different suite of narratives. She is helping to make explicit and visible to the survivor what has long remained implicit and hidden. It's as if the person's body gives her back her voice and her mind. Body-focused narrative therapy owes its transformative power to the synthesis of a range of somatic and narrative approaches.