{"product_id":"bloom-how-you-must-a-black-womans-guide-to-selfcare-and-generational-healing-isbn-9780063377875","title":"Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA self-empowering wellness guide that celebrates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don’t know where to begin. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink of the enduring friendship between Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, a sisterhood in which they have leaned on each other for nearly forty years while thriving in the glaring media and entertainment spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicture Toni Morrison’s overflowing gardens and lush houseplants she tended while writing classics like \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bluest Eye.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecall Audre Lord’s enduring declaration written after her second cancer diagnosis: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must \u003c\/em\u003eexplores and expands on this self-care legacy and shows how it can help every Black woman today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara 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, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e explores several distinct pillars of wellness, featuring:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearch from leading wellness experts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews with women aged 19–99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories of personal experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverviews and explanations of each component of self-care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDedicated pages for readers to reflect on each chapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExercises to put wellness into practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEasy-to-follow explanatory graphics and sidebars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its diversity of insights,practical skills and multigenerational focus, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don’t know where to begin. \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e gives them the tools they need to improve their health and their daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must \u003c\/em\u003ereminds us that self-care is an integral part of Black women's legacy. It is ours, it always has been, and we must reclaim it. Through this book, Tara Pringle Jefferson walks you through her self-care legacy journey and practices, while helping you to begin and embrace yours. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOludara Adeeyo, bestselling author of Self-Care for Black Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must \u003c\/em\u003eis one of the most refreshing and affirming books I've come across in a long time. Thanks to Tara Pringle Jefferson for this necessary and useful guide.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCamille Dungy, author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is equal parts balm and blueprint, reminding us that rest is not a reward and healing is our birthright. With care, clarity, and deep reverence for our lineage, Tara invites us to examine the stories we've inherited and imagine new ones rooted in joy, ease, and radical self-love. I saw myself on every page—and I know I'm not alone. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eL'Oreal Thompson Payton, author of Stop Waiting for Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBloom is a beautiful invitation for Black women to pause, notice how the \u003cem\u003edoing\u003c\/em\u003e is showing up in their bodies, and allow themselves the space to rest and just be. Bloom is a call to action for Black women to slow down – because our lives depend on it. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Author of Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: Emotional Lives of Black Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWow! Warm, witty, wise, and inspirational, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e draws on deep truths and provides a pathway to healing and wellness for Black women. A much-needed resource! - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKumea Shorter-Gooden, Ph.D., Co-author, Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverflowing with compassion and wisdom, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is purpose-built to help readers take care of themselves in ways that echo forward and backward through generations. Whether you're trying to heal generational trauma, construct a safe space for self-care, or leave your daughters with a clean slate, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect intergenerational tool to get you there \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenrya Rankin, author, How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must \u003c\/em\u003eoffers readers a look into the rich history of self-care in the lives of Black women. 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