{"product_id":"bloom-how-you-must-a-black-womans-guide-to-self-care-and-generational-healing-9780063377875","title":"Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman's Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA self-empowering wellness guide that celebrates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don't know where to begin. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-care isn't a trend among Black women; it has always been a throughline in our heritage. Consider Coretta Scott King, who along with fellow activists Betty Shabazz and Myrlie Evers-Williams, would enjoy \"girls' trips\" to take a break from the stress of the Civil Rights Movement. Remember their contemporary Rosa Parks attended (and led) yoga classes while on the front lines for Black rights in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink of the enduring friendship between Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, a sisterhood in which they have leaned on each other for nearly forty years while thriving in the glaring media and entertainment spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicture Toni Morrison's overflowing gardens and lush houseplants she tended while writing classics like \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bluest Eye.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecall Audre Lord's enduring declaration written after her second cancer diagnosis: \"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must \u003c\/em\u003eexplores and expands on this self-care legacy and shows how it can help every Black woman today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Pringle Jefferson excavates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women and transforms her findings into a blueprint women can follow in their daily lives. A blend of guidebook and journal, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e explores several distinct pillars of wellness, featuring: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003eResearch from leading wellness expertsInterviews with women aged 19-99Stories of personal experienceOverviews and explanations of each component of self-careDedicated pages for readers to reflect on each chapterExercises to put wellness into practiceEasy-to-follow explanatory graphics and sidebars\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its diversity of insights, practical skills and multigenerational focus, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don't know where to begin. \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e gives them the tools they need to improve their health and their daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tara Pringle Jefferson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 6.38w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063377875","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44382506516525,"sku":"9780063377875","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_61aaf09e-bda9-472d-b2fb-7353adfc5019.jpg?v=1764605263","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/bloom-how-you-must-a-black-womans-guide-to-self-care-and-generational-healing-9780063377875","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}