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14 - Black Women’s Inner Healing and Resources for Thriving

from Part IV - Helping Black Women Recover and Thrive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2023

Donna Baptiste  and
Adia Gooden
By
Fangzhou Yu-Lewis
Donna Baptiste
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
Adia Gooden
Affiliation:
Unconditionally Worthy, Co.
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Summary

As discussed throughout the book, Black women experience racial trauma and discrimination and may internalize these messages and become highly self-critical. These experiences can lead to feelings of low self-worth, anxiety, and depression. In this chapter, we share the strategies of self-compassion, self-forgiveness, and self-love and acceptance to support Black women in emotional healing. We also discuss the use of the arts and religion and spirituality as resources for Black women’s healing and thriving.

Keywords

healingthrivingself-compassionself-forgivenessself-acceptanceself-lovereligionspiritualityartcreativity
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Promoting Black Women's Mental Health
What Practitioners Should Know and Do
 , pp. 336 - 356
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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