Spirituality & Self Help
- An African-American Guide To Ethical Non-Monogamy The How, Why and With Whom To Explore Your Expanding Love Styles
An African-American Guide To Ethical Non-Monogamy The How, Why and With Whom To Explore Your Expanding Love Styles
by Taylor K. Sparks
Sold outAn African-American Guide To Ethical Non-Monogamy is a how to guide of the various love styles under the ethical non-monogamy umbrella. As an African-American raised in the United States, our outlook and thought processes regarding sex and relationships have been firmly established by society and religion. Sexual stereotypes have been forced upon us, acquiesced by us and passed along from generation to generation via epigenetics and accepted without question.
An African-American Guide To Ethical Non-Monogamy will fill in the gaps of your open mind by answering the many questions on the diverse ways to love and be loved. Discover the differences and benefits of: Open, Swinging, Polygyny, Polyandry, Polyamory and resolve which love style(s) is best for you. We will demonstrate ways to communicate authentically, set boundaries and learn to become responsible for your own emotions. Let us begin.
Amongst many things, Taylor (aka Mariposa) Sparks is a passionate erotic educator and sex goddess, certified in both holistic aromatherapy and human behavior. With over twenty years of experience in the natural skin care/cosmetics industry, Ms. Sparks launched OrganicLoven.com, one of the largest BIPOC owned online intimacy shops.
- Radical Self-Care for Helpers, Healers, and Changemakers
Radical Self-Care for Helpers, Healers, and Changemakers
Nicole Steward
$26.99Solutions for tackling the deeply-rooted causes of burnout.
Radical Self-Care for Helpers, Healers, and Changemakers addresses the constant exposure to heartbreak and injustice that can take a toll on the mental and physical health of those in the helping professions. After more than twenty years as a social worker, author Nicole Steward shares her own challenges with burnout and offers practical solutions to tackle the deeply-rooted causes of overwhelm that helpers face, which include compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and moral injury. Steward’s solutions go beyond mere stress-reduction techniques; rather, she offers a framework for engaging in radical self-care.
Here readers will discover a way of being that prioritizes helpers and healers, so they can better serve others without sacrificing their own health and wellness. This book offers foundational strategies that challenge the current systems that contribute to the high rates of burnout and turnover in the human and social service professions. By taking radical care of themselves, helpers can take a more effective and resilient approach to their work, ultimately leading to liberation for both themselves and those they serve.
- Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Malcolm Gladwell
from $21.99Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.
Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously. - Rest Is Sacred: Reclaiming Our Brilliance through the Practice of Stillness
Rest Is Sacred: Reclaiming Our Brilliance through the Practice of Stillness
by Octavia F. Raheem
$18.95Concise, potent, poetic messages of inspiration, direction, and encouragement for you to embrace rest and reflection as a deep spiritual practice.
In this compelling follow-up to her popular book, Pause, Rest, Be, Octavia F. Raheem offers succinct, gem-like teachings that invite us to find ways to embrace rest in our daily lives. Raheem posits that the most sustainable future is a well-rested one, and that rest isn’t a luxury—it is a necessary spiritual practice available to us all.
Raheem uses personal reflection, and creative, evocative “sutras” (or, just as aptly, aphorisms, threads, psalms, or proverbs) and inquiry to guide us toward a more well-rested present and future. The forty sutras fall into three categories:
* Rest as a place of refuge from the storms of life
* Rest as a place to remember who you are
* Rest as a place of revelationRest Is Sacred invites the reader to reflect on our relationship to the grind culture and begin to see rest as a contemplative practice and way of life.
- The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
Baba Ifa Karade
Sold outAn introduction to the spiritual source of the beliefs and practices that have so profoundly shaped African American religious traditions.
Most of the Africans who were enslaved and brought to the Americas were from the Yoruba nation of West Africa, an ancient and vast civilization. In the diaspora caused by the slave trade, the guiding concepts of the Yoruba spiritual tradition took root in Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States.
In this accessible introduction, Baba Ifa Karade provides an overview of the Yoruba tradition and its influence in the West. He describes the sixteen Orisha, or spirit gods, and shows us how to work with divination, use the energy centers of the body to internalize the teachings of Yoruba, and create a sacred place of worship. The book also includes prayers, dances, songs, offerings, and sacrifices to honor the Orisha.
- Black Men and Depression: Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends
Black Men and Depression: Saving our Lives, Healing our Families and Friends
by John Head
$15.00“A call to action shedding light on the issue of depression in black men and the barriers that prevent too many from seeking and receiving care.”—Rosalynn Carter, former U.S. First Lady, and chairperson, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
In mainstream society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men are suffering in silence or getting treatment only in extreme circumstances—in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, and prisons. The neglect of emotional disorders among men in the black community is nothing less than racial suicide.
In this groundbreaking book, veteran journalist and award-winning author John Head argues that the problem can be traced back to the time of slavery, when it was believed that blacks were unable to feel inner pain because they had no psyche. This myth has damaged generations of African American men and their families, creating a society that blames black men for being violent and aggressive without considering that depression might be a root cause.
Black Men and Depression challenges the African American community and the psychiatric community to end the suffering of black men, and address what can be done by loved ones to help those who need it most. - Peace Is a Practice: An Invitation to Breathe Deep and Find a New Rhythm for Life
Peace Is a Practice: An Invitation to Breathe Deep and Find a New Rhythm for Life
by Morgan Harper Nichols
$25.99*ships in 7-10 days*
inhale and exhale they take.
When you breathe in all the grace available to you and release everything that is outside of your control, you'll discover peace that surpasses your circumstances. All it takes is practice.
If you feel overwhelmed with anxiety about the future, you're far from alone. For many of us, when we're not worrying about what is to come, we find ourselves wrestling with things from the past. Where does that leave us today?
Morgan Harper Nichols has learned the answer to this question. She has examined stories from her own life and the lives of people around the world and noticed a common thread: we all long for peace. We're all seeking light and life. But these things don't happen passively. Peace Is a Practice invites you to become a peacemaker in your own life, starting right where you are, and in some of the most unexpected places. As these words and images inspire you to take daily steps toward peace, you'll uncover the key to:
- Embracing the beauty of the present
- Letting go of regret of the past and fear of the future
- Developing a path toward meaning and authenticity
- Approaching life's challenges with faith and a calm confidence
- Feeling peace even in the midst of uncertainty or difficult times
In every moment, there is something as deep and boundless as a winding river waiting to be found--a true peace that flows, beckoning you to rest . . . and be still.
- We the Urban 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: Affirmations for the Soul
We the Urban 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: Affirmations for the Soul
$17.99For gentle reminders on self-love, inner growth, and seeing yourself with kindness, this empowering calendar offers daily encouragement and comfort.
Each colorful page of the We the Urban 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar: Affirmations for the Soul showcases a quote emphasizing empathetic self-acceptance from Willie Greene, creator of the beloved We the Urban community on Instagram.
Features include:
* No single-use plastic
* Page size 4.606" x 4.606"
* Box size 5.118" x 1.339"
* Recyclable chipboard easel backer for desk or tabletop display
* Printed on FSC® certified paper with soy-based ink
* Full-color tear-off pages
* Back of pages are blank for notes or shopping lists
* Day/Date reference on each page
* Combined weekend pages
* Official major world holidays and observances
* Inspiring quotes on self-love from Willie Greene, author of Not Sure Who Needs to Hear This, But . . . - How to Fight (Mindfulness Essentials)
How to Fight (Mindfulness Essentials)
Thich Nhat Hanh
$9.95Turn disagreements and conflicts into opportunities for growth, compassion, and reconciliation.
The sixth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.
Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity, compassion, and humor to the ways we act out in anger, frustration, despair, and delusion. In brief meditations accompanied by whimsical sumi-ink drawings, Thich Nhat Hanh instructs us exactly how to transform our craving and confusion. If we learn to take good care of our suffering, we can help others do the same, and reach reconciliation between family members, coworkers, and even nations.
How to Fight is pocket-sized with two-color original artwork by California artist Jason DeAntonis.
- Sovereign Love: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Reclaiming the Masculine and Feminine Within
Sovereign Love: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Reclaiming the Masculine and Feminine Within
by Dené Logan
$19.99From couples therapist Dené Logan comes a new perspective on understanding our inner masculine and feminine energetics as the key to experiencing fulfillment in our partnerships.
Does something feel off about your intimate relationships? If you haven’t been able to pin down exactly what, you aren’t alone. While attempting to connect the dots of her own experience to the patterns she observes within the relationships of her clients, couples therapist Dené Logan came to a vital understanding in the search for relational fulfilment: the answer often lies in the inherent interplay of the masculine and feminine energy that everyone possesses.
Both masculine and feminine polarities are present in every person and relationship. When we’re out of touch with the energetics within ourselves and those around us, it can create an internal struggle and sense of disharmony in our partnerships. “Understanding these dynamics is the key to ending the unspoken war of the sexes that plays out far too often in our relationships,” Logan says. Thankfully, we have the power to work with these polarities, first within ourselves, and then within our relationships.
In Sovereign Love, Logan helps us understand how to integrate masculine and feminine energetics so we can move away from the codependent, transactional views of what relationships “should” be, toward an interdependent, mutually balanced state where both partners are present, self-aware, and strong in Self. Here you’ll discover:
• What energetics you’ve been operating from and why
• The polarities that are being created in your partnerships
• How to take personal responsibility for shifting your own energy to a more integrated placeLogan shares revelations and techniques to support you in experiencing the wholehearted, satiating kind of love that is rooted in self-awareness and interdependence. “By unpacking the historical, cultural, and highly individual reasons why we love the way we do,” she explains, “we can understand our motivations and consciously choose to love in a way that serves our growth, our values, and our personal sovereignty.”
- The Drama Free Workbook: Practical Exercises for Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
The Drama Free Workbook: Practical Exercises for Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
by Nedra Glover Tawwab
$20.00From the New York Times bestselling author of Drama Free and Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a hands-on resource for understanding and working through dysfunctional family dynamics—and recognizing when to walk away Family can be a source of connection, and a source of conflict. In this exercise-filled workbook, licensed therapist and bestselling relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab offers powerful insights along with thought-provoking questions to help you unpack what’s really going on—and express your needs and expectations going forward. Whether you are coping with a long-term pattern of emotional neglect, addiction, or abuse, or trying to understand a new conflict that’s come up with a parent, sibling, or in-law, you will find empowering information and tools to help you manage these complex relationships in a way that offers psychological safety and honors the person you truly are.
- Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial Goals
Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial Goals
by Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche
$22.99*Ships in 7-10 business days*
The ultimate hands-on workbook for anyone looking to get their finances in order—from budgeting to investing and everything in between—by Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche, the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit Get Good with Money
We all want to live within our means, save for retirement, invest a little, and yet still have some left over each month for fun. But as most people know, real life can get in the way of even our best intentions! To help us set realistic goals and keep us on track to meeting them, New York Times bestselling financial educator Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche has an invaluable 10-step action plan: Made Whole. With her signature down-to-earth style, she offers worksheets, checklists, and action items for ten important building blocks—from the ins and outs of budgeting, investing, credit rating, and estate planning, to getting insurance and getting the flow of our money automated. A hardworking tool for getting our financial ducks in a row, it also includes:- Clear explanations of intimidating financial terminology
- Simple instruction on calculating our present situation and future needs
- Invaluable worksheets for keeping track of the numbers
- Handy hacks for increasing your credit score, making savings "hard to access," and finding support to stay on track to your goals
A masterclass in taking charge of your money, Made Whole has what every reader needs to achieve financial savvy, stability, and security. - Caribbean Herbalism: Traditional Wisdom and Modern Herbal Healing
Caribbean Herbalism: Traditional Wisdom and Modern Herbal Healing
Aleya Fraser
$17.95From the forest to the pharmacy, the bush to the medicine bottle, explore how plants and traditional practices from the Caribbean have traveled around the world to help heal people of all cultures.
For millennia, people have utilized plants as foods, medicines, hallucinogens, clothing, shelter, perfumes, dyes, and even poisons. In the Caribbean, medicinal and practical use of plants began with its first inhabitants, the Amerindians. New plants and knowledge were introduced through both triangular trade with Asia, Africa, and Europe and the enslavement of Africans and Indians from Southeast Asia, culminating in the modern-day system of Caribbean herbalism.
Caribbean Herbalism tells the rich and complex stories of Caribbean people and the plants that have sustained them. Inside you’ll find:
* A practical guide to a meaningful selection of herbs and their traditional uses
* Botanical field notes and drawings that tell the stories of the Indigenous, African, East Indian, and European plants that inhabit the region
* Culturally important traditions, remedies, and recipes
* Interviews with Caribbean people
* And so much moreThis book offers practical tools you need to build a relationship with plants and make common Caribbean herbal remedies like bush teas, bush baths, herbal wines, infused alcohols and oils, and more!
- Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big
Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big
Will Packer
Sold outThe billion-dollar Hollywood producer provides a master mentorship by sharing secrets to success honed from working with the biggest stars in the world. As Kevin Hart says of working with Will Packer: “I became a student and learned from the way he was moving. The man helped me grow and gave me the knowledge.”
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to make a major move, Who Better Than You? is a wildly entertaining roadmap to being successful in an unpredictable world, featuring behind-the-scenes Hollywood lessons, empowering guidance, and indispensable encouragement.
From Stomp the Yard to Ride Along to Girls Trip and many more, Will Packer’s films have collectively grossed more than $1 billion at the box office, with ten opening at number one! To outsiders, the unabashed confidence that has driven him since his college days—when he was trying to sell a micro-budget indie film—may look like arrogance. To Packer, that’s just what it took to make it on his own terms.
With Who Better Than You?, Packer has created the success toolkit he wished he’d had back then, filled with illuminating and laugh-out-loud stories as well as practical advice, such as:
1. Be arrogant! The highest-achieving people have “healthy arrogance”: Superior confidence not only in themselves and their abilities but also in their predestined success. You too can unlock this level of confidence.
2. Convince people your goals are essential and vital. It is crucial to assure others that your success benefits both you and them.
3. It’s the work you put in when nobody’s watching that makes everyone pay attention later. No single person on the planet is more deserving of achieving their wildest dreams than you. But it will never happen until you act accordingly in every aspect of your life.
It’s time for you to start producing your own blockbuster life—by first believing there is no one more worthy of it than you.
- How to Find True Love: Unlock Your Romantic Flow and Create Lasting Relationships
How to Find True Love: Unlock Your Romantic Flow and Create Lasting Relationships
Francesca Hogi
$30.00From award-winning dating coach and matchmaker Francesca Hogi, How to Find True Love is an intelligent, practical guide for anyone searching for love, holding on to the hope that true love exists, and ready to empower themselves to find it.
We all know dating sucks. It hasn't gotten any easier since it was invented, in fact, it can be argued that the advent of online dating, apps like Tinder and Hinge, and now AI has made it nearly impossible to find love even thought we're more connected than ever. And yet, as challenging as it is to meet someone, we're all still desirous of love, because we're humans, and we're facing a loneliness epidemic and many report feelings of touch-deprivation from experiencing little to no physical contact, which it turns out can negatively affect your mental health.
With How to Find True Love, matchmaker and dating expert Francesca Hogi provides a better, more realistic plan for actually finding real love--and no, not the kind we see in rom coms and animated movies. Hogi seeks to bring purpose to modern dating and optimism to the hearts of cynical daters everywhere. With her advice, exhausted romantics will find comfort in releasing the impossible ideal of one perfect person being their “one true love,” and instead understand that true love is first and foremost a type of relationship, not an individual person, and that true love is really an inside job. Co-creating a true love relationship with another is a choice, and it’s available to everyone who wants healthy love. To do this, readers will work on improving their:
* Mindset: empowering readers to expand how they think of love
* Heartset: energizing the reader's feelings about love particularly by leaning into self-love
* Skillset: equipping the reader with the skills necessary to navigate modern dating
* Soulset: helping readers embody the energy of loveAs Hogi says, you don't need to be an expert to see that the dating pool has pee in it. Modern dating is broken. How to Find True Love is a necessary fix, because it's time for a true love revolution.
- No One Is Self-Made: A Motivational Self-Help Guide with a Community-Oriented Approach, Perfect for Winter 2025, Rewrite the Rules of Business with Collective Support
No One Is Self-Made: A Motivational Self-Help Guide with a Community-Oriented Approach, Perfect for Winter 2025, Rewrite the Rules of Business with Collective Support
Lakeysha Hallmon
$29.99This book isn’t just for one kind of entrepreneur—it’s for every kind. Whether you're thriving with purpose or struggling to grow your business and battle self-doubt, No One is Self-Made offers solutions and encouragement you need to push forward with the right community. From the visionary behind the groundbreaking Village Market, a direct pipeline connecting Black businesses to engaged consumers, this inspirational guide dares to dismantle the myth of individualism and reveals how collective support can shatter systemic barriers to success. It’s a bold roadmap for entrepreneurs and leaders determined to rewrite the rules of business.
Support is a verb.
Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon keeps this mantra pinned to her wall as a reminder of the undeniable impact of community. When she was pursuing her entrepreneurial dreams, she quickly saw the racial disparities and systemic issues affecting Black small businesses. She began meeting many brilliant entrepreneurs and small business owners, recognizing their potential to soar if backed by invested supporters.
In response, Dr. Hallmon founded the Village Market and challenged people to put the “Support is a Verb” mantra to action by rallying around businesses within their own communities. As a result, The Village Market funneled millions of dollars into local businesses, attacking the wealth gap and spiriting economic prosperity. This replicable model has inspired others nationwide to adopt a similar approach and economic strategy. She found that her beliefs were true: that by rooting our lives, businesses, and work in community–we find resources to create and support economic mobility from within.
No One Is Self-Made is an inspirational narrative weaving together themes of community, purposeful businesses, and collective economics. This book debunks the myth of being self-made and empowers readers to abandon the notion and lean into community on their pathway to success. Entrepreneurs at any stage of growth will appreciate Dr. Hallmon’s story—with all the ups and downs of founding the Village Market—and the road-tested advice she dispenses for those trying to find success in business, career, and life. She explains economic and social factors, missteps that can derail goals, and the tools necessary to create their own thriving village. Along the way, it becomes clear why working within a collective is a more effective path to success than going it alone.
- Do It Anyway: Don't Give Up Before It Gets Good
Do It Anyway: Don't Give Up Before It Gets Good
by Tasha Cobbs Leonard
from $18.00In this inspiring guide to the power of faithful resilience, Tasha Cobbs Leonard—Grammy Award winner and Billboard’s Gospel Artist of the Decade—shares the secret that helps her persevere: When saying yes to God doesn’t make sense, do it anyway.
“Prepare to be invigorated to claim every promise, realize every dream, cast aside every excuse, and embrace every God-given desire within your heart.”—Travis and Jackie Greene, pastors of Forward City Church
Pastor, entrepreneur, and gospel music icon Tasha Cobbs Leonard tells of journeying through moments of unforeseen challenges while holding to an unshakable God and discovering that our greatest breakthroughs come when we make the courageous choice to show up and do hard things anyway.
Tasha tells remarkable stories of experiencing this firsthand when she committed to dreams even when they seemed unrealistic, pursued adoption though it looked impossible, navigated the dynamics of a blended family despite challenges, and watched God move in each step of endurance through infertility and depression.
With true testimony and conviction, Tasha inspires you toward a bolder way of life with the promise that it will always be worth it on the other side. Along the way, she equips you with practical tools to help you
• Dream big with God again
• Focus on God’s direction over the loudness of the world
• Never forget God’s faithfulness, especially in the midst of your hopelessness
• Don’t let fear of failure force you to quit on your miracle too soon
• Believe firmly that no mess and no amount of pain is beyond God’s redemptionWhether you’re feeling stuck, stressed, or simply weary—there’s a more a hopeful way to live, a bolder way to believe.
To follow God when the way seems impossible, persevere in faith even when the odds are stacked—this is what it means to “do it anyway.”
- The Healing Power of African-American Spirituality: A Celebration of Ancestor Worship, Herbs and Hoodoo, Ritual and Conjure
The Healing Power of African-American Spirituality: A Celebration of Ancestor Worship, Herbs and Hoodoo, Ritual and Conjure
Stephanie Rose Bird
$19.95The essential resource and guide to African American spirituality and traditions.
This is a fabulous resource for anyone who wants to understand African American spirituality, shamanism, and indigenous spiritual practices and beliefs. It is designed to be informative while providing hands-on recipes, rituals, projects, and resources to help you become an active participant in its wonderfully soulful traditions.
Inside you will find:
1. A celebration of healing, magic, and the divination traditions of ancient African earth-based spirituality
2. An explanation of how these practices have evolved in contemporary African American culture
3. A potpourri of recipes, rituals, and resources that you can use to heal your lifeAmong the topics covered:
* African spiritual practices of Santeria, Obeah, Lucumi, Orisa, and Quimbois
* Hoodoo—and how to use it to improve your health
* Ancient healing rituals and magical recipes of Daliluw
* Talking drums, spiritual dancing, clapping, tapping, singing, and changing
* Power objects, tricks and mojo bags, and herbal remediesPreviously published as The Big Book of Soul.
- IRL Author Talk: Mo'Lasses with Viktor Givens - March 6 @ 6 PM CST
IRL Author Talk: Mo'Lasses with Viktor Givens - March 6 @ 6 PM CST
$0.00Celebrate Viktor Given's book, Mo'Lasses: Ancestral (Re)Memories, Myth 'nd Lore!
EVENT DEETS
When: Wednesday, March 6 @ 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kindred Stories' Reading Garden
How: RSVP to let us know that you will be present
ABOUT THE BOOK
There is magic, reverence and mystery in the spaces, objects and writings of Viktor le. Givens a multi-modal performance artist, whose practice centers around the gathering and arrangement of ancestral objects to re-contextualize the seemingly mundane into the spectacularly sacred. Part ritual ‘nd part prose performance score this book is written to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to (re)reading, (re)sounding, (re)imagining ‘nd (re)staging memories ‘nd pathologies of his Afro-southern-ancestors… The work takes us on a lucid journey of self discovery and cultural reawakening after a young man inherits a mysterious box of objects following the passing of his grandfather in East Texas. Through recipes, flash fictions, images and poetry the audience is invited to reinterpret the sweet complexities of Blackness, the memories, the objects and rituals discovered on his journey.
- We Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection
We Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection
by Michelle Cassandra Johnson
$19.95*ships in 7-10 business days*A hopeful, wise, and practical guide to help us move into spaces of individual and collective healing, community, and relationship building—with practices to shed our isolation, connect, and thrive.
In times of isolation, heartbreak, and brokenness, reaching out to each other, being in conversation, finding ways to connect with compassion and openness can help us heal, and thrive. This powerful, positive guide coaxes us to go beyond our individual and collective grief, and courageously re-enter and reclaim our sense of community—which then further strengthens our spiritual practice.
Through spiritual teachings drawn from the Bhagavad Gita, mindfulness practices, rituals, resources, and journaling prompts in each chapter, Michelle Cassandra Johnson shows us how we can heal and facilitate healing; reclaim what it means to hold space and build community; find joy; connect to and summon support from our ancestors; connect with nature to strengthen and restore ourselves; and love, alchemize, dream, and conjure in community.
Examples of practices include journaling on what community means to you; meditation with a ritual object; progressive muscle relaxation; Yoga Nidra; and many more—all adapted for use alone or in a group. Includes simple, evocative line drawings by Vashon Island, WA-artist, Ivan Moy. - Rising Above: Teen Devotional for Girls: Prayers and Activities to Help Manage Anxiety
Rising Above: Teen Devotional for Girls: Prayers and Activities to Help Manage Anxiety
by Khia Glover, LCSW
$13.99*Ships in 7-10 business days*
Devotions, Scripture verses, and God’s truths to help teen girls rise above their anxiety, worries, and fears
The teen years can be complicated, and managing anxiety on top of everything can make everyday life more challenging. This candid and conversational devotional helps teen girls find inner strength, grace, and resilience through God. Christian therapist Khia Glover discusses and interprets Scripture to address everyday teen concerns while offering faith-based tools and techniques that help teens process emotions, build trust, and achieve their goals.
Rising Above features:
• 52 weekly devotions and prayers that reflect on teen concerns and provide comfort and inspiration during difficult moments.
• Scripture verses full of God’s truth that teach teens to lean on him and focus on his love and light.
• Weekly anxiety relief activities to help teens navigate everyday challenges and take charge with confidence and determination.
• Faith-based licensed therapist who passionately advocates for teens to express themselves as God intended—their best authentic selves. - You Owe You : Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas, PhD
You Owe You : Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why by Eric Thomas, PhD
$27.00You owe it to yourself to recognize your gifts, your power, and your place in the world, no matter your story or your struggle, and Eric Thomas—celebrated motivational guru, educator, and problem-solver to many of the top athletes and business leaders—has the blueprint to get you there.
If you feel like success is for others, that only certain people get to have their dreams fulfilled, Eric Thomas’s You Owe You is your wake-up call. His urgent message to stop waiting for inspiration to strike and take control of your life is one he wishes someone had given him when he was a teenager—lost, homeless, failing in school, and dealing with the challenges of being a young Black man in America.
Once he was able to break free from thinking of himself as a victim and truly understand his strengths, he switched the script. And now, with this book, Thomas reveals how you, too, can rewrite your life's script. With support, he recognized that his unique gift is being able to capture the attention of all kinds of people in all kinds of settings—boardrooms, locker rooms, churches, classrooms, even the streets—thanks to his wealth of experiences and command of language. Today, Thomas considers himself blessed to speak to an audience that is as large as it is diverse, from the rich and famous to kids struggling in school to young men in prison hoping for a new start.
Thomas’s secrets of success have already helped hundreds of thousands on their journey, but this is his first guide to show you how to start today, right now. These critical first steps include deeply understanding yourself and the world around you, finding your why, accepting that you may have to give up something good for something great, and constantly stretching toward your potential. No matter where you are on your journey toward greatness, you owe it to yourself to become fully, authentically you. And Eric Thomas’s You Owe You can help get you there. - Women in Yoruba Religions
Women in Yoruba Religions
by Oyèrónké Oládém
$22.00*Ships in 7-10 Business Days*
Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people
Women in Yoruba Religions examines the profound influence of Yoruba culture in Yoruba religion, Christianity, Islam, and Afro-Diasporic religions such as Santeria and Candomblé, placing gender relations in historical and social contexts. While the coming of Christianity and Islam to Yorubaland has posed significant challenges to Yoruba gender relations by propagating patriarchal gender roles, the resources within Yoruba culture have enabled women to contest the full acceptance of those new norms.
Oyeronke Olademo asserts that Yoruba women attain and wield agency in family and society through their economic and religious roles, and Yoruba operate within a system of gender balance, so that neither of the sexes can be subsumed in the other. Olademo utilizes historical and phenomenological methods, incorporating impressive data from interviews and participant-observation, showing how religion is at the core of Yoruba lived experiences and is intricately bound up in all sectors of daily life in Yorubaland and abroad in the diaspora. - Teaching with Equity: Strategies and Resources for Building a Culturally Responsive and Race-Conscious Classroom by Aja Hannah
Teaching with Equity: Strategies and Resources for Building a Culturally Responsive and Race-Conscious Classroom by Aja Hannah
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Learn how to incorporate equitable teaching practices in your everyday classroom with this helpful guide designed to help your young students thrive.
Bringing racial equity into the classroom doesn’t have to be an intimidating task. Teaching with Equity will help you take the first step in making your classroom a fun, safe, and fulfilling environment for all students.
First, start off by establishing a baseline: Where is racial equity lacking in your classroom and where are there opportunities for change? Then learn about the common stereotypes that students of color often face before finally diving into resources like interactive worksheets, surveys, grading rubrics, lesson plans, and more designed to help teachers:- Talk about race effectively with your young students
- Include diverse people and cultures in assignments and homework
- Provide learning resources and material that feature people of color
- Build racial comfort in your classroom
- And more!
- The Self-Healing Mind: An Essential Five-Step Practice for Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and Revitalizing Your Life by Gregory Scott Brown, M.D.
The Self-Healing Mind: An Essential Five-Step Practice for Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and Revitalizing Your Life by Gregory Scott Brown, M.D.
$27.99A leading psychiatrist offers an empowering new perspective on psychological wellness, providing accessible and evidence-based lifestyle interventions that can help you improve your mental health and revitalize your life.
Mental health is the driving force behind every decision we make—how we live, work, and love. Too many of us suffer from depression and anxiety, impeding our choices and quality of life, and the numbers are growing across the globe despite the proliferation of prescription drugs. But there is another, proven, way to achieve mental wellness beyond antidepressants and talk therapy. Practicing psychiatrist Gregory Scott Brown believes that mental health begins with actionable self-care. Approached the right way, self-care is a powerful medicine that can help you improve and sustain your mental health.
The Self-Healing Mind is a holistic approach to emotional and psychological healing that focuses on how evidence-based self-care strategies can be used to improve mental health. Dr. Brown challenges the current state of mental health care and the messaging around it, showing us how to move past outdated notions of “broken” brains and chemical imbalances. While he agrees that drugs and therapy in some cases are important for healing, his personal and professional experience has taught him that lifestyle interventions are also key to sustainable mental wellness.
Dr. Brown’s clinical philosophy supports an integrative approach that utilizes a combination of conventional treatments (medication and psychotherapy) with what he calls the Five Pillars of Self-Care: breathing mindfully, sleep, spirituality, nutrition, and movement. These purposeful lifestyle practices, backed by science and proven in his clinical practice, can be adopted by everyone. Dr. Brown’s advice and insight puts the power of healing back in your control.
Dr. Brown is a wellness leader whose goal it is to change forever how we think about mental illness and mental health, and to take a full-person approach to our overall well-being. Timely and much needed, The Self-Healing Mind is a fresh perspective that educates and empowers patients to find the mental health care they need.
- We Should All Be Feminists: A Guided Journal
We Should All Be Feminists: A Guided Journal
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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From the best-selling author and global feminist icon—an illustrated, guided journal containing her most powerful and inspiring quotes, as well as an introductory essay written exclusively for this publication, to help readers discover their own feminist journeys.
Her award-winning novels, including Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah; her stirring calls to arms We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele; her collaboration with Beyoncé; sharing the stage with Michelle Obama—each of these accomplishments has contributed to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s becoming one of the most iconic feminist figures of our time.
Now, in this beautiful journal, her most inspirational words encourage you to find your own voice, to define what feminism means to you, and to tell your own story. Featuring a series of writing prompts, quotes, and important events in the history of feminism, We Should All Be Feminists: A Guided Journal promises to give readers the tools to understand feminism, as well as to empower them to become better, more confident writers and communicators. - Get The F*ck Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t that’s Holding You Back
Get The F*ck Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t that’s Holding You Back
by MJ Harris
Sold outAmazon Editors Pick for Best Biographies & Memoirs
It ain’t easy getting your shit together, but this book is the solution. And Tabitha Brown says, “you can trust him.”
If any of this sounds like you, it’s best you start reading this book now!- You seek more fulfilling relationships and dating experiences
- You’re ready to shake off shame about past mistakes and step into your power
- You want to say “see ya” to the toxic people and emotional gut-punchers
- Your “people pleaser” days are over and it’s time to learn how to effectively say no
MJ knows you need help—whether financial, spiritual, or in a relationship—but because you never learned how to properly handle the hurt and anger you’ve experienced in the past, it has become the emotional trash in the way of being your best self. Don’t nobody want that!
Whether it’s fixing your family issues, relationships, situationships, money, or frenemies, MJ offers sage advice about how to stop blocking yourself from bigger and better.
This isn’t your gentle guide on breathing or journaling. MJ serves up no holds barred principles on how to navigate your emotions that will help you disrupt cycles of trauma, create boundaries, and transform into a goddess of emotional wholeness. Get the F*ck Out Your Own Way will help you learn how make better decisions that will set you on the right path for a happier emotional life once and for all. - F the Fairy Tale: Rewrite the Dating Myths and Live Your Own Love Story
F the Fairy Tale: Rewrite the Dating Myths and Live Your Own Love Story
by Damona Hoffman
Sold outFrom a popular dating coach and podcast host, a guide to dismantling the myths that get in the way of finding love
Does dating feel like you’re chasing a “happily ever after” that always seems out of reach? You’re not alone: many modern daters are stuck following old rules, hung up on ideas like instant chemistry and “the One.” In F the Fairy Tale, love expert Damona Hoffman helps readers break free of those dating myths—and write their own love stories. Drawing on nearly twenty years of experience as a dating coach, Hoffman reveals the four pillars of strong relationships: goals, values, communication, and trust. And she doesn’t just tell readers what to do or not to do—she explains why, exploring the psychological and societal factors behind our behavior to help us break free of old habits for good. F the Fairy Tale gives you the tools to create the happy ending to your love story that’s just right for you.
- body rites: a holistic healing and embodiment workbook for Black survivors of sexual trauma
body rites: a holistic healing and embodiment workbook for Black survivors of sexual trauma
by shena j young & Aishah Shahidah Simmons
$24.99A written companion and workbook for readers seeking to reclaim their bodies as home in healing from sexual trauma.
Body rites as a holistic healing journey, anchored in the practice of decolonizing healing and reclaiming body sovereignty, reaches back into indigenous roots and land-based healing. It centers remembering as a means of survival.
This workbook is the first of its kind: a resource of rituals divided into four healing journeys for Black women, femmes, and nonbinary survivors of sexual assault. The experiential workbook moves beyond prescriptive self-help models by providing a gentle guide and liaison to explore the impact of sexual trauma on the mind, body, heart, and spirit. It is an invitation to heal holistically, drawing upon psychophysiology, lived body wisdom, trauma-informed embodiment practices, kinship and ancestral connections, and African spiritual practices. Most urgently, this book is a series of intimate conversations with your “self”; and remembrance that healing lives at the core of your intuition.
- Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances
Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances
Paco de Leon
$17.00An illustrated, practical guide to navigating your financial life, no matter your financial situation
"a potent mix of deeply practical and wonderfully empathetic" —Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial
"one of the most approachable financial books I've ever read." —Refinery 29
We are all weird about money. Whether you have a lot or a little, your feelings and beliefs about money have been shaped by a combination of silence (or even shame) around talking about money, personal experiences, family and societal expectations, and a whole big complex system rigged against many of us from the start. Begin with that baseline premise and it’s no surprise so many of us find it so difficult to save enough money (but way too easy to get trapped in ballooning credit card debt), emotionally draining to deal with student loans, and nearly impossible to understand the esoteric world of investing.
Unlike most personal finance books that focus on skills and behaviors, FINANCE FOR THE PEOPLE asks you to examine your beliefs and experiences around money—blending extremely practical exercises with mindfulness, and including more than 50 illustrations and diagrams to make the concepts accessible (and even fun). With deep insider expertise from years spent in many different corners of the financial industry, Paco de Leon is a friendly, approachable, and wise guide who invites readers to change their relationship with money. With her holistic approach you’ll learn how to:
• root out your unconscious beliefs about money
• untangle the mental and emotional burden of student loans to pay them off
• use a gratitude practice to help you think differently about spending
• break out of the debt cycle and begin building wealth
This book is for anyone who feels unseen, ignored, or bored to death by the way personal finances are approached and taught, and is ready to go on a journey of self-discovery and step into their financial power. - Breaking Generational Silence: A Guide to Disrupt Unhealthy Family Patterns and Heal Inherited Trauma
Breaking Generational Silence: A Guide to Disrupt Unhealthy Family Patterns and Heal Inherited Trauma
Nicole Russell-Wharton
$20.99From regarded mental health expert Nicole Russell-Wharton, a guide to disrupt family patterns and heal from inherited trauma so you can break the cycle of silence for generations to come
What if one conversation was able to redirect a person’s life and create a ripple effect of healing that spans generations? It took a near-death experience for mental health expert Nicole Russell-Wharton to realize that after 35 years, she didn't know the body she was living in. After being diagnosed with a rare life-altering genetic condition that others in her family had, Nicole couldn't understand how everyone remained silent. “I’ve suffered through many things in silence over the years,” says Russell-Wharton. “It wasn’t until I started collecting data on generational issues like poverty and trauma that I had this awakening: our healing challenges are rooted in our families’ silence and psychological pathology.”
It's the silence that's harming us.
“Generational silence” is a term applied to families who have experienced suppressed thoughts or repressed emotions for at least two generations. In this book, Nicole speaks from personal experience about how slavery left an intergenerational impact on her family’s emotional and physical health, and it invites readers to explore the legacy of their own family history. This book will help you explore:
• The cycle and impact of issues like substance abuse, religion, racism, education inequality, and parenting
• Research, practical tools, and exercises to begin to explore your family history and open up conversations
• The root of silence in your own life, so you can break the cycle for generations to comeBreaking Generational Silence will help you begin to break the cycle of silence, find the courage to face your family challenges, and become your own best advocate.
- Mamá Didn't Raise a Pendeja: Anti-Affirmations Inspired by Tough-Love Abuelas
Mamá Didn't Raise a Pendeja: Anti-Affirmations Inspired by Tough-Love Abuelas
by Carolina Acosta
$14.95Affectionate yet blunt, this self-help send-up curates the witty tough love of generations of Latina ancestors
Tired of the same old sugarcoated self-help advice? Mamá Didn’t Raise a Pendeja serves up a bracing dose of truth straight from the mouths of Latin elders. With its wit, edge, and no-nonsense advice on everything from dating to careers, this compilation offers a tool kit of motivational mantras to tackle modern struggles—with plenty of humor and comedic smacks of perspective along the way.
Inspired by their own no-nonsense abuelitas, first-generation Latinas Carolina Acosta and Aralis Mejia share the tough love and bold wisdom passed down from generations of resilient women. Free of the saccharine platitudes common in modern affirmation books, this book bottles the loving reality checks only family can give. Quotes like “If you expect life to be easy, it’s gonna be longer than you want it to be” cut straight to the heart with perspective and humor.
Part self-help send-up, part loving lecture, Mamá Didn’t Raise a Pendeja is the little book of blessings and burns you'll want in your back pocket. It’s a practical reminder that even as we hustle ahead, some of the best life lessons come from looking back.
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