Product Description
by Minaa B (Author)
Discover the power of collective healing in this research-based and real-world guide to moving past trauma and adversity--together.
Adversity comes in many forms, and can make us feel alone in our pain, even years after the fact. But as wellness coach and licensed therapist Minaa B. observes, we can't heal in isolation. The best way to move past individual trauma is through connection and community--healing ourselves and one another.In this powerful and practical guide, Minaa shares therapeutic tools, client stories, and actionable insights to help you on your healing journey, along with reflections from her personal experiences. Each chapter focuses on a common emotional struggle--from overcoming dysfunctional family patterns to developing emotional maturity, finding our village, navigating racial trauma, and moving past isolation and despair.
Through her unique mix of deeply honest personal stories, proven practices, and prompts for writing and reflection, Minaa helps readers finally face their struggles, get unstuck, and transform their thinking--to claim agency in their own lives and circumstances, and to use that power to help heal a broken world.
Author Biography
Minaa B. is a licensed social worker, mental health educator, and author of Owning Our Struggles. She also founded a mental health consulting practice where she collaborates with organizations to help them develop psychological safety. Additionally, Minaa runs an advice column called Free Therapy for Cosmopolitan magazine and is also a member of the Mental Health Advisory Committee for Wondermind, a mental fitness company co-founded by Selena Gomez. She is an expert in her field and has been featured in various media outlets, including Red Table Talk, Peace of Mind with Taraji, BBC, Essence, and others. Minaa resides in New York City.
