Lildonia Lawrence

Back Yourself

A Wellbeing Guide to Healing from Racial Trauma

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Back Yourself blends elements of the social, emotional, mental, physical and spiritual aspects of life, for a well-rounded and holistic approach to BIPOC wellbeing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Trigger Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9781837960897
• ISBN-10: 1837960895
• Artikelnr.: 71266875

Autorenporträt

Lildonia Lawrence is an award-winning community leader and has been a wellbeing coach and mental health practitioner for more than 13 years. Alongside her mental health qualifications in stress coaching, time-limited counselling, clinical supervision and more, she is a fully qualified and practising yoga and fitness instructor, which enables her to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of both physical and mental health. Lildonia is also the co-host of a podcast called Intersections, which explores themes disability, race, culture, queerness, faith and more.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
* Who is this book for?
* How this book will help you
* How to use this book
Chapter 1: Managing microaggressions
* The impact of microaggressions
* Advocating for yourself
* Developing systems to self-soothe
* Take care takeaways
This chapter covers the ways that microaggressions can occur in everyday
life and the impact that they can have on mental health and wellbeing. It
starts with the author’s own experiences of being on the receiving end of
microaggressions, the personal impact they’ve had on her, and her
experience of working with clients who have experienced microaggressions.
The chapter goes on to give tips on how the reader can advocate for
themselves and stand in their power in the face of microaggressions. This
includes guidance on how to keep psychologically and physically safe, such
as how to develop a self-care plan. The chapter ends with actionable ways
to self-soothe, both as a form of self-care and after-care in the face of
microaggressions.
Chapter 2: Overcoming othering
* What does it mean to be the other?
* Ways to embrace your uniqueness.
* Advice and tools for defeating othering.
* Take care takeaways
This chapter covers the unique experience of being othered as a BIPOC
person and how it can impact one’s sense of self. The author discusses her
own experiences of being othered as a Black mixed-heritage woman,
particularly during her early education in the Netherlands and within
previous intercultural relationships. She also shares case studies of
individuals who have felt othered in education and work due to their race,
ethnicity, culture or religion. The chapter then moves on to exercises
designed to support the reader to embrace their uniqueness and think about
ways in which their differences are their superpowers (e.g., workshopping
the gifts that your heritage has given you). The chapter ends with advice
and tools for taking up space when feeling othered and advice on building
interpersonal connection in a range of environments (e.g., building
connection in majority-white spaces).
Chapter 3: Combatting cultural conflict
* The impact of a split identity
* Strategies to reframe familial disconnect.
* The positive power of cultural diversity
* Take care takeaways
This chapter covers the impact that growing up in majority-white Western
spaces can have on a person of colour’s identity. The author talks about
her experience of growing up as a third-culture, dual-citizenship,
mixed-heritage person and some of the identity struggles that came with it.
The chapter explores family conflict and some of the challenges that come
with a cross-cultural identity, such as differences in educational and
career expectations between parents and children. Within the chapter
,exercises and tools are provided to help reframe difference, and improve
cross-cultural familial communication with parents and extended family
members. This includes exercises for the readers to explore personal values
and tips for positive communication with parents and extended family
members. It also explores some of the many positives of growing up across
cultures, and give the reader with advice to help them celebrate elements
of their culture that inspire pride and joy.
Chapter 4: Coping with colourism
* The history of colourism
* How to love the skin you’re in
* Resources to move past colourism
* Take care takeaways
This chapter explores the author’s experience of colourism and how it
impacted her during her life, particularly during her teenage years growing
up in the ‘90s and ‘00s. It gives a brief overview of colourism from both a
historical and modern-day perspective, including interrelated topics such
as anti-Blackness, texturism and light-skinned privilege. The chapter
includes mind-body tools, such as affirmations, journalling, and
self-touch, to help the reader embrace and love their skin/skin tone. The
chapter guides the reader to build up a bank of people from a variety of
communities that they can look up to, to encourage positive representation.
The chapter ends with ways in which we can work to overcome colourism in
our everyday lives, e.g., at work and with younger generations.
Chapter 5: Transforming Transgenerational Trauma
* Indicators of transgenerational trauma
* Modalities for healing and growth
* Taming the stress response
* Ways to work with intergenerational healing
* Take care takeaways
This chapter overviews the author’s experience of transgenerational trauma
via the transatlantic slave trade, the genocide and displacement of
indigenous Americans, and the reconciliation with having European and
colonial ancestry. The chapter defines secondary trauma and
transgenerational trauma, and shows the impact that both can have on
psychological, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing. It also covers
intergenerational trauma and the impact that parents’ and grandparents’
experiences can have on us in the present day. The chapter covers a wide
range of healing modalities (such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction,
support groups and body-based therapies), which can support trauma
recovery, along with tools for managing one’s stress response in the
moment. It concludes with a guide on how to tune it to intergenerational
wisdom as part of the healing journey.
Afterword
Final thoughts
Acknowledgements
Resources
Glossary
References