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Living While Black

The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma

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Living While Black

By: Guilaine Kinouani
Narrated by: Luyanda Lewis-Nyawo
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

If, as perfectly summed up by Toni Morrison, 'the function of racism is distraction', how can we reclaim our focus? How can we, Black people, resist racism without exhausting ourselves?

For the past 15 years, radical psychologist and therapist Guilaine Kinouani has helped hundreds of Black people to protect their mental and physical health from the harm of white supremacy. In this timely book, she brings together powerful case studies, eye-opening research and effective coping techniques from her anti-racist academy and award-nominated blog, Race Reflections, helping listeners to:

  • Set psychological boundaries and process trauma.
  • Protect children from racism.
  • Handle difficult race-based conversations.
  • Understand the complexities of 'Black love'.
  • Find connection, beauty and joy in the world.

Living While Black empowers you to adopt radical self-care tools that improve day-to-day wellness. It teaches you how to thrive not just survive and find hope - or even joy - in the face of racial adversity. It is also an essential anti-racist resource for allies who want to do better.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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A well written and even better read therapeutic and constructive analysis of how racism manifests and impacts those in the BAME umbrella who are marginalised. A must read.

A essential read

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This book will empower you and give you the awareness, some language and some tools to navigate this world as a Black Person.

Must Read)Must Listen

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We experience so many things! Thinking it’s normal and it actually has a profound negative impact on our mental health

Loved it!

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Helpful exercises to help you process. It may help to start with the information at the back. Definitely something j will pick up and work through for a long time

Essential reading for 'living while black'

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Must read! I highly recommend to anyone living while black and the people who care about them. Thank you ever so much Guilaine Kinouani.

A Fantastic book!

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