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The Black Woman’s Guide to Coping with Stress

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being

Cheryl Giscombe Rhonda V Magee

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New Harbinger Publications
01 June 2024
"Do you feel like you're doing it all for everyone-all the time? Written by a Black woman for Black women, this book offers mindful self-awareness practices to help you prioritize self-care, soothe stress, and create a life of joy, fulfillment, and well-being.

As a Black woman, do you often feel an intense pressure to do it all? To be a kind of ""superwoman"" who never lets others down? Do you feel compelled to hide your own emotions for fear of being vulnerable or appearing weak? If so, you are not alone. Our culture tells us in many ways that Black women must be strong and unwavering for their community, family, friends, and partners. But at what cost? If you're feeling the effects of stress and burnout, this book can help you find balance.

In The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress, Black psychologist and registered nurse Cheryl Woods Giscombe introduces the innovative, research-based superwoman schema (SWS) framework-five core beliefs that drive Black women's stress-and provides self-care practices grounded in mindfulness and self-compassion to help you live a life of joy and greater well-being.

In this empowering guide, you'll identify the core beliefs that may be contributing to your experience of stress-that you must always be strong, hide your emotions, resist vulnerability, succeed even in the face of inadequate resources, and always help others while neglecting self-care. You'll learn how these beliefs can lead to burnout and a feeling of imbalance in your life. And finally, you'll discover how to harness the strengths within these beliefs, so they no longer cause you harm.

There's nothing wrong with being strong-but sometimes it's essential to ""take off your superwoman cape,"" recharge, and prioritize self-care. You are worth it. This book will help you gain the self-awareness you need to stay balanced and live your very best life."

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Imprint:   New Harbinger Publications
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm, 
ISBN:   9781648481147
ISBN 10:   1648481140
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

Rhonda V. Magee is a renowned mindfulness teacher and innovator of mindfulness-based social justice principles, concepts, and practices. She is professor of law at the University of San Francisco.

Reviews for The Black Woman’s Guide to Coping with Stress: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being

"""The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress offers Black women everywhere a chance to heal, transform, and evolve through mindful living and self-reflection. This book is a representation of many of us and offers practical, grounded advice to overcome generational ways of being that have left us sick, depleted, and fatigued. The mindfulness practices shared are a portal for liberation for those of us who have been wearing the 'superwoman' cape for far too long."" --Dora Kamau, BScRPN, headspace mindfulness meditation teacher--Dora Kamau, BScRPN ""Absolutely brilliant and empowering! I literally felt lighter and more joyful after reading this book and putting the strategies immediately into practice. I am excited and truly grateful to have such an important work to share with my clients, and to wholeheartedly recommend to all. The insights bring us into the unique experience of the Black woman in a way that has the power to inform and serve us all."" --Keitra M. Robinson, JD, CPEC, founder of Justinspire Legends International Coaching and Consulting, and author of Life Re-Imagined--Keitra M. Robinson, JD, CPEC ""Cheryl L. Woods Giscomb� is a guru, and this guide is long overdue. She is the pioneer of the Superwoman Schema, and her research is legendary. She is one of the reasons why I chose this as one of my favorite interests. This guide promises to illuminate how to better ourselves and liberate us all from feeling like the world is on our shoulders and is ours to fix."" --C. Nicole Swiner, MD, family doctor, speaker, and author of How to Avoid the Superwoman Complex and The Superwoman Complex--C. Nicole Swiner, MD ""This book is a love letter to Black women who struggle with the need to be strong, stoic, invulnerable, relentlessly resilient, and to put everyone else's needs before their own. In this thoughtful and inspirational guide, Cheryl Giscomb� weaves real-world narratives of stress, strength, and their impact on Black women's health with loving, practical strategies of how Black women can better cope--and live happier and fuller lives."" --Ten� T. Lewis, PhD, FAHA, FABMR, FAPA, professor of epidemiology in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University--Ten� T. Lewis, PhD, FAHA, FABMR, FAPA"


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