Insight Timer App: Social media sites have been an IV drip of black trauma for a month, and a lot of people turn to social media as a way to relax, important to have alternative places to go for that relaxation if a key site has been compromised in that regard. It’s also free.
The Stress Management workbook: Dealing with a pandemic as well as the biggest civil rights movement in history is stressful. This (black written) stress management book can help equip you with tools and techniques to manage that stress, while you support black businesses!
Soothe your nerves: Similar to above, but more grounded in personal stories and case studies, and relevant specifically for black women, who are dealing with an experience of this distinct from my own.
My Grandmother’s hands: racialized trauma and the Pathway to mending our hearts and bodies: We hold the stress of these events, and the countless before them, in our bodies. We need to be as invested in healing our wounds as we are in opposing the dynamics, people and structures that create them. Please read this!
