Download or read book Breathe a Guided Healing Journal for Black Men written by Brennan Allan Steele and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write your story. Reflect on your identity. Understand your emotions. And breathe, brother. Breathing as a black man, has now, more than ever, officially become an act of resistance. From Michael Brown to George Floyd, it is evident that saying "I can't breathe" is not a cry for help worth listening to; rather, it is the green light for taking one's life. Add to that the continued violence towards black folks in general, and black existence is seen as threatening. In addition to witnessing such racial trauma, black men specifically have often become subject to the racist narratives of society while also lacking in adequate space for healing and personal development. "breathe" serves to provide space for healing and to promote a journey to wholeness for black men. Along this 45-day guided journal journey, black men will reclaim the narrative of their own story, process the impact of their identity on their existence, and more fully understand the range of emotions that they feel. This guided journal is perfect for black men ages 16+ and will guide them through prompts and activities to which black men don't often give thought. Grab a copy for yourself, your bruhs, your family members, and join the movement, brotha. Follow the movement on IG: @breathebrotha.
Download or read book The Mental Health Mixtape for Black Men written by Stress Less Press and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a Black man struggling with anxiety, depression or low mood? Are you ready to do the work? Then the Mental Health Mixtape is for you. Created specifically for Black men, this workbook uses a mix of psychological therapies including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and mindfulness to teach you how to process and express your emotions. Develop coping skills for when you're going through it, and self care tips to keep your mental health on track. With a variety of guided journaling and thought record exercises, you'll learn to identify, tackle, and challenge unhelpful thinking and practice how to affirm yourself using the self help strategies in this book. Goal setting, activity scheduling and behavior activation principles are also used to help you establish good habits and provide ample opportunity to put what you've learned into practice. For those looking for a deeper understanding of themselves, and to get to the heart of their issues, this book's got you covered. The workbook starts with you understanding yourself and getting to know who you are as a person, what drives you, and identifying areas that might be causing you to feel the way you do You'll then go onto developing healthy coping skills and unlearning the unhealthy ones The final part of the workbook will give you practical skills you can implement straight away At the back of the book you'll find resources for Black men that are available across the US, along with several templates so you can continue your mental health journey in the long term Pick up this book for the Brother's in your life that need to do the work!
Download or read book Reach written by Benjamin Todd Jealous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely and important collection of personal essays, black men from all walks of life share their inspiring stories and how each, in his own way, became a source of hope for his community and country.
Download or read book As a Black Man Thinketh written by Reggie Whittaker and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As The Black Man Thinketh will change the way you view yourself as a Black Man, how you interact with the world, and will act as your guide to the new blueprint of self- empowerment, love, and understanding, for the most capable human on earth-- The Black Man. Reggie Whittaker takes an in depth look into the psychological warfare plaguing African American men not only in America, but all around the world. Using real-life experiences and lessons, along with a dash of accountability, Whittaker openly speaks to the Black Man challenging him to take a stance, discover his inner strength, peace, live a life of service, and contribute to the prosperity and reclamation of African American culture.
Download or read book Breath written by James Nestor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR “A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
Download or read book Soul Healing A Guided Journal for Black Women written by Jane Smith and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Black Manifest written by Cinnamon Wright and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Manifest is a daily self-workbook for black men that includes writing prompts, affirmations, and intentions to help improve their overall well being. Writing prompts guides you to write about your thoughts so that you are able to understand them more clearly. Affirmations are expressions that support positive thinking and self empowerment. Intentions are mental agreements that you make with yourself and express through your actions to help you realize your goals. The goal of this self-workbook is to provide tools that assist you throughout your everyday life.
Download or read book Dear Black Men written by Jewel Guy and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Black Men gives Black men the opportunity to reflect and express without interruption or judgment. It is an opportunity for Black men to be heard and understood. It is a journey to create empathy while dispelling the lies, assumptions, and uncommunicated expectations that are often placed on Black men. Dear Black Men is a mirror. A window into our souls. It requires us to ask the hard questions, place ourselves in a Black man's shoes, listen to understand, acknowledge our behavior, atone for our short-sightedness, and begin again with clarity and true understanding. This book is a catalyst for establishing healthy relationships with the men so many of us say we love.
Download or read book The I Am Journal written by Lauren Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The I AM Journal puts the Law of Attraction into action, helping you spiritually manifest your burning desires. With a simple format based on time-tested manifestation techniques, this manifestation journal helps you create your dream life. Everything you need to manifest the life of your dreams is already within you. The I AM Journal can help you unleash this greatness. Think of The I AM Journal as your own personal mindset coach that helps you: Transform your life by changing the way you think, feel and act Invest 15 minutes of your day to make your biggest goal a reality Create your dream life by following a simple daily ritual Are you ready to live a remarkable life?
Download or read book Blackpentecostal Breath written by Ashon T. Crawley and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this profoundly innovative book, Ashon T. Crawley engages a wide range of critical paradigms from black studies, queer theory, and sound studies to theology, continental philosophy, and performance studies to theorize the ways in which alternative or “otherwise” modes of existence can serve as disruptions against the marginalization of and violence against minoritarian lifeworlds and possibilities for flourishing. Examining the whooping, shouting, noise-making, and speaking in tongues of Black Pentecostalism—a multi-racial, multi-class, multi-national Christian sect with one strand of its modern genesis in 1906 Los Angeles—Blackpentecostal Breath reveals how these aesthetic practices allow for the emergence of alternative modes of social organization. As Crawley deftly reveals, these choreographic, sonic, and visual practices and the sensual experiences they create are not only important for imagining what Crawley identifies as “otherwise worlds of possibility,” they also yield a general hermeneutics, a methodology for reading culture in an era when such expressions are increasingly under siege.
Download or read book Manifestation Journal for Black Women written by Limitless Abundance and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you wish there was an easier way to make the Law of Attraction work for you? Manifest love. Manifest money. Manifest your desires and make your dreams come true with our easy-to-use Manifestation Journal. This workbook is packed with lots of different Law of Attraction techniques, exercises and tools to help you manifest the life of your dreams! ♥ This powerful manifestation journal will help you: Be the vibrational match for what you seek to attract, Thinking, feeling and acting as if your desires are already a reality, Taking intentional actions to attract your desires, Getting into alignment with the Universe, Reprogramming your subconscious mind, Uncover what truly motivates and inspires you, Help you to take daily action, Remember what you're grateful for each day, Help you to manifest your dream life. This journal is suitable for beginners and the experienced in this topic. This journal was designed specifically to help you create the life of your dreams. Remember, you can have anything you want in life! You are the author of your story! Get started today and create the life you deserve! ♥
Download or read book Cry Like a Man written by Jason Wilson and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a leader in teaching, training, and transforming boys in Detroit, Jason Wilson shares his own story of discovering what it means to “be a man” in this life-changing memoir. His grandfather’s lynching in the deep South, the murders of his two older brothers, and his verbally harsh and absent father all worked together to form Jason Wilson’s childhood. But it was his decision to acknowledge his emotions and yield to God’s call on his life that made Wilson the man and leader he is today. As the founder of one of the country’s most esteemed youth organizations, Wilson has decades of experience in strengthening the physical, mental, and emotional spirit of boys and men. In Cry Like a Man, Wilson explains the dangers men face in our culture’s definition of “masculinity” and gives readers hope that healing is possible. As Wilson writes, “My passion is to help boys and men find strength to become courageously transparent about their own brokenness as I shed light on the symptoms and causes of childhood trauma and ‘father wounds.’ I long to see men free themselves from emotional incarceration—to see their minds renewed, souls weaned, and relationships restored.”
Download or read book Hello Black Man written by Jamey Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hello Black Man is a guided journal that has been created as a tool to bridge the gap of communication needs. Sometimes writing is more effective and less stressful than talking. This guided journal will help young and old men alike define their character and discover things on which they need to work. Through 52 weeks of open-ended questions and task, they will be able to figure out what has made them the way they are currently. Through discovery of self, I'm hoping to open avenues of change. We have shielded the inner person for far too long. Lets be the change in which we wish to see. Visit HelloBlackMan.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Download or read book Sweet Like Jasmine written by Bonnie Gray and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of God whispering, “What no one wants, I cherish.” The daughter of a mail-order bride and a busboy from San Francisco’s Chinatown, Bonnie Gray grew up never truly feeling beautiful or beloved. As an adult, she built her life to look pleasant and ordinary, with a wonderful husband, two amazing boys, and a thriving career. But despite these blessings, she still felt the tugging emptiness of a missing piece. At 39, a long-forgotten birth certificate in an old file cabinet sparked a curiosity Bonnie couldn’t ignore. Determined to uncover her family’s secrets and understand the home she was born into, Bonnie embarked on a quest that would leave her forever changed. Returning to the culture, places, and stories that shaped her, her search led her to soul-shaking discoveries about her identity, human kindness and what it truly means to belong. The profoundly moving journey of learning to embrace our true worth, Sweet Like Jasmine celebrates how God uses our unique and broken stories to create a beautiful mosaic of His love, one life at a time.
Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Download or read book Research Anthology on Racial Equity Identity and Privilege written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 1407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Past injustice against racial groups rings out throughout history and negatively affects today’s society. Not only do people hold onto negative perceptions, but government processes and laws have remnants of these past ideas that impact people today. To enact change and promote justice, it is essential to recognize the generational trauma experienced by these groups. The Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege analyzes the impact that past racial inequality has on society today. This book discusses the barriers that were created throughout history and the ways to overcome them and heal as a community. Covering topics such as critical race theory, transformative change, and intergenerational trauma, this three-volume comprehensive major reference work is a dynamic resource for sociologists, community leaders, government officials, policymakers, education administration, preservice teachers, students and professors of higher education, justice advocates, researchers, and academicians.
Download or read book Living While Black written by Guilaine Kinouani and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guardian “Best Book of 2021” Selection A powerful look at the impacts of anti-Black racism and a practical guide for overcoming racial trauma through radical self-care as a form of resistance Over the past 15 years, radical psychologist Guilaine Kinouani has focused her research, writing, and workshops on how racism affects both physical and mental health. Living While Black gives voice to the diverse, global experiences of Black people, using personal stories, powerful case studies, and eye-opening research to offer expert guidance on how to set boundaries and process micro-aggressions; protect children from racism; handle difficult race-based conversations; navigate the complexities of Black love; and identify and celebrate the wins. Based on her findings, Kinouani has devised tried-and-tested strategies to help protect Black people from the harmful effects of verbal, physical, and structural racism. She empowers Black readers to adopt self-care mechanisms to improve their day-to-day wellness to help them thrive, not just survive, and to find hope and beauty—or even joy—in the face of racial adversity. She also provides a vital resource for allies seeking to better understand the impacts of racism and how they can help. With the rise of far-right ideologies and the increase of racist hate crimes, Living While Black is both timely and instrumental in moving conversations from defining racism for non-Black majorities to focusing on healing and nurturing the mental health of those facing prejudice, discrimination, and the lasting effects of the violence of white supremacy.
