Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace

From the powerhouse author of  The Memo, the essential self-help book for women of color to heal--and thrive--in the workplace

In workplaces nationwide, women of color need frank talk and honest advice on how to deal with microaggressions, heal from racialized trauma, and find relief from invisible workplace burdens. Filled with Minda Harts's signature wit and warmth, Right Within offers strategies for women of color to speak up during racialized moments with managers and clients, work through past triggers they may not even know still cause pain, and reframe past career disappointments as opportunities to grow into a new path. Through action points, exercises, and clear-eyed coaching, Harts encourages women to summon hidden reserves of strength and courage. She includes advice from therapists and faith leaders of color on a full range of ways to heal. Right Within will help women of color strengthen their resolve across corporate America, ensuring that we can all, finally, rise together. 

ISBN-13: 9781541619647

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Basic Books

Publication Date: 10-18-2022

Pages: 288

Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

Minda Harts is the CEO of The Memo LLC, a career development platform for women of color, a Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, and the author of The Memo. She has been featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe and Fast Company, and speaks at Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Levi's, and Google. In 2020 she was named a LinkedIn Top Voice, and in 2018, she was named one of 25 Emerging Innovators by American Express. She hosts the podcast Secure the Seat, and lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix

Preface 1

Chapter 1 I Can't Give Up Now 9

Chapter 2 Addressing the Pain 29

Chapter 3 Healing for My Soul 55

Chapter 4 Trying to Be Right Within 85

Chapter 5 How Will I Know 111

Chapter 6 Maintenance 155

Chapter 7 Healing While in Hell 187

Chapter 8 You Are Not Alone 215

Chapter 9 Take Care 239

Acknowledgments 259

Appendix: To Leaders and Managers 261

Index 269

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