Surviving, Healing, and Evolving: Essays of Love, Compassion, Healing and Affirmation for Black People

A powerful and eclectic collection of essays, this book is about Black women and healing. It covers the harm sustained as a result of various forms of physical and psychological trauma, as well as the multiplicity of ways survivors then go on to commit acts of self-sabotage, which is often undergirded by a perfectionism that develops to compensate for the manner in which they feel damaged. This book is also about issues that many Black women have to navigate, including unhealthy relationships with food, colorism, community violence, and the manner in which this society devalues women, and especially Black women. Also, this collection is a must for parents of young people who have been harmed.