Bloom How You Must

<p><strong>The literary cousin to the popular <em>Red Table Talk</em> podcast—a self-empowering guide which expands on the current literature and places Black women front and center in the larger wellness conversation, giving them a blueprint to holistic wellness not found elsewhere.</strong></p> <p>Self-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.</p><p>Think 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.</p><p>Picture Toni Morrison’s overflowing gardens and lush houseplants she tended while writing classics like <em>Beloved</em> and <em>The Bluest Eye.</em></p><p>Recall 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.”</p><p><em>Bloom How You Must </em>explores and expands on this self-care legacy and shows how it can help every Black woman today.</p><p>Tara 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, <em>Bloom How You Must</em> explores distinct pillar of wellness, featurin</p><ul><li>Research from leading wellness experts</li><li>Interviews with women aged 19–99</li><li>Stories of personal experience</li><li>Overviews and explanations of each component of self-care</li><li>Dedicated pages for readers to reflect on each chapter</li><li>Exercises to put wellness into practice</li><li>Easy-to-follow explanatory graphics and sidebars</li></ul><p>With its diversity of insights,practical skills and multigenerational focus, <em>Bloom How You Must</em> is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don’t know where to begin. <em>Bloom How You Must</em> gives them the tools they need to improve their health and their daily lives.</p><br/>