Bloom how you must : a Black woman's guide to self-care and generational healing
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers [2025]
Physical Description
296 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"The literary cousin to the popular Red Table Talk podcast-a self-empowering guide which expands on the current literature and places Black women front and center in the larger wellness conversation, giving them a blueprint to holistic wellness not found elsewhere"-- Provided by publisher.
"Self-care isn't a trend among Black women; it has always been a throughline in our heritage. Consider Coretta Scott King, who along with fellow activists Betty Shabazz and Myrlie Evers-Williams, would enjoy "girls' trips" to take a break from the stress of the Civil Rights Movement. Remember their contemporary Rosa Parks attended (and led) yoga classes while on the front lines for Black rights in Detroit...Bloom How You Must explores and expands on this self-care legacy and shows how it can help every Black woman today. Tara Pringle Jefferson excavates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women and transforms her findings into a blueprint women can follow in their daily lives. A blend of guidebook and journal, Bloom How You Must explores several distinct pillars of wellness, featuring: -Research from leading wellness experts -Interviews with women aged 19--99 -Stories of personal experience -Overviews and explanations of each component of self-care -Dedicated pages for readers to reflect on each chapter -Exercises to put wellness into practice -Easy-to-follow explanatory graphics and sidebars. With its diversity of insights, practical skills and multigenerational focus, Bloom How You Must is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don't know where to begin. Bloom How You Must gives them the tools they need to improve their health and their daily lives." --
Contents
- Black wellness matters
- Coming home to our bodies: physical wellness
- Our friends, ourselves: social wellness
- Carving our own lanes: professional wellness
- Fill me up: spiritual wellness
- Settling our nerves: mental and emotional wellness
- Honoring our creativity: creative wellness-- In full bloom.