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• Above the Noise

  My Story of Chasing Calm

  DeRozan, DeMar, 1989-

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  Six-time NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan shares vulnerably about his depression, speaking out and breaking the stigma of mental illness in this memoir.

• All I Need to Be

  Ricketts, Rachel, 1984-

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  This lyrical mindfulness guide, filled with an inspiring and positive self-esteem message, helps young ones, especially Black and Brown children, feel big feelings and celebrate their whole being. Illustrated by Tiffany Rose. Juvenile picture book.

• All the Blues in the Sky

  Watson, Renée,

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  To cope with the loss of her best friend, Sage joins a counseling group and learns that not all losses are the same, and that healing is not predictable.

• Black Girl Unlimited

  the Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

  Brown, Echo,

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  A young girl travelling between two worlds, realizes that there is pain flowing through everyone and that a veil of depression threatens to undo everything she’s worked for.

• Black People Breathe

  a Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing

  Clarke, Zee,

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  Clarke draws on her professional expertise and her lived experience to share effective tools and exercises to help with healing from racial trauma.

• The Black Woman's Guide to Coping With Stress

  Mindfulness & Self-compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy & Well-being

  Giscombé, Cheryl L. Woods,

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  Giscombé introduces the research-based superwoman schema (SWS) framework--five core beliefs that drive Black women's stress--and provides self-care practices to help readers find balance and live a life of joy.

• Instafamous

  Kendrick, Erika J.,

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  Lyric experiences challenges with her BFFs in this light-hearted story about the importance of mental health. Juvenile fiction.

• It's Always Been Ours

  Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies

  Wilson, Jessica,

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  By centering the bodies of Black women in her cultural discussions of body image, food, health, and wellness, Wilson argues that we can reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies.

• Let It Go

  Free Yourself From Old Beliefs and Find a New Path to Joy

  Knight, Chelene, 1981-

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  The Founder of Breathing Space Creative Literary Studio shares candidly about her personal journey in this essential guide on how to create space and carve out your own unique path to joy.

• Not About a Boy

  Hollis, Myah,

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  Mel, desperate to put a grief-stricken past behind her, discovers that she has a long-lost sister, and starts to question everything she thought she knew about herself.

• Self-care for Black Men

  100 Ways to Heal and Liberate

  Caraballo, Jor-El,

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  A guide focused on essential self-care strategies for Black men, which addresses the most common issues they face, including, prejudice in the workplace and working through intergenerational trauma.

• Weirdo

  Weaver, Tony, Jr,

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  Tony struggles with the hurt of not being accepted at school and being bullied by classmates. After a traumatic event, he embarks on a journey of self-love that will require him to become the hero of his own story. Illustrated by Jacinta Wibowo and…Read moreRead more of this annotation