Table of Contents
Foreword
Linda Goler Blount, President of Black Women’s Health Imperative
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Learning to BREATHE: Toward a Balanced Model of Black Women’s Wellness
Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, and Nsenga K. Burton
Part I: Balancing Vulnerability
Sisters on Sisters: Inner Peace from the Black Woman Mental Health Professional Perspective
Kanika Bell
When the Bough Breaks: The StrongBlackWoman and the Embodiment of Stress
Chanequa Walker-Barnes
Representations of Black Women’s Mental Illness in HTGAWM and Being Mary Jane
Nsenga K. Burton
Selfies, Subtweets, & Suicide: Social Media as Mediator and Agitator of Mental Health for Black Women
Joy Harden Bradford
Part II: Balancing Strength
From Worthless to Wellness: Self-Worth, Power, and Creative Survival in Memoirs of Sexual Assault
Stephanie Y. Evans
The Travel Diaries: Excursions for Balance, Reflection, Healing, and Empowerment
Kami J. Anderson
My Body Is a Vehicle: Narratives of Black Women Holistic Leaders on Spiritual Development, Mental Healing, and Body Nurturing
Rachel Panton
Black Women’s Sexuality and Relationships: Embracing Self-Love through BREATHE-ing
Qiana M. Cutts
African American Mothers’ Parenting in the Midst of Violence and Fear: Finding Meaning and Transcendence
Ruby Mendenhall, Loren Henderson, and Barbara M. Scott
Part III: Strategies for Balance
Black Feminist Therapy as a Wellness Tool
Lani V. Jones and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Looking Through the Window: Black Women’s Perspectives on Mental Health and Self-Care
Maudry-Beverley Lashley, Vanessa Marshall, and TyWanda McLaurin-Jones
Don’t Go Back to Sleep: Increasing Well-Being through Contemplative Practice
Veta Goler
Love Lessons: Black Women Teaching Black Girls to Love
Alero Afejuku, Sheila Flemming-Hunter, and Ayo Gathing
Transformative Mental Health for African American Women: Health Policy Considerations
Daniel E. Dawes and Keisha Braithwaite Holden
Afterword
Diane R. Brown and Verna M. Keith
Contributors
Index
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