ESSENCE The Black Woman's Guide to Healthy Living
Title | ESSENCE The Black Woman's Guide to Healthy Living PDF eBook |
Author | Robin D. Stone |
Publisher | Essence |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2009-01-13 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
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From the African-American community's trusted authority, Essence Guide to Healthy Living, is an interactive manual designed to help black women care for their bodies, minds and spirits. Covering both major health issues such as diabetes and heart disease and tackling everyday concerns from weight loss to balancing work and life, this handy guide has a reader-friendly tone, actionable service and chapters packed with checklists, inspiring real-life examples, space for journal entries and worksheets for readers to execute their own personal wellness plans. Developed with expert advice from leading physicians, nutritionists, fitness instructors, psychologists, spiritual gurus and other healthcare experts, ESSENCE GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING is designed to help black women lead healthier and better lives.
Health First!
Title | Health First! PDF eBook |
Author | Eleanor Hinton Hoytt |
Publisher | Hay House, Inc |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1401936962 |
The story of Black women in America is one of triumph and grace, even with odds stacked high against them. Health First! The Black Woman’s Wellness Guide provides you with a comprehensive guide to your #1 resource: yourself. Today, as Black women face an unprecedented health crisis, denial and self-neglect are no longer viable options. This groundbreaking volume is rooted in the pioneering work of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the nation’s only nonprofit organization devoted to advancing the health and wellness of Black women and girls. It offers a core health philosophy—too long denied Black women—based on putting your health first. Health First! explores Black women’s most critical health challenges, connecting the dots through honest discussions with experts and the uncensored stories of real women—from adolescence through elderhood. The focus is on prevention and awareness, across generations and circumstances—from candid conversations about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS to frank explorations of Black women’s Top 10 Health Risks, including cancer, obesity, and violence. No matter what your age or health status, this unprecedented health reference will become a trusted ally as you seek accessible and relevant information to help you navigate your most pressing health needs. In an age of uncertainty, it’s time to take control and truly discover the vitality, power, and joy that can be yours when you learn how to put your health first.
The Black Woman's Guide to Healthy Living
Title | The Black Woman's Guide to Healthy Living PDF eBook |
Author | Robin D. Stone |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | African American women |
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An interactive resource for African-American women offers a guide to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being that covers both major health issues and everyday concerns and includes step-by-step exercise plans, recommendations on nutritional supplements, and weekly menus.
Body & Soul
Title | Body & Soul PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Villarosa |
Publisher | Harper Perennial |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
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Written by black women for black women and sponsored by the National Black Women's Health Project, here is an honest, straight-from-the-heart guide reminiscent of Our Bodies, Ourselves that addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual health issues and concerns of black women today. Linda Villarosa is a senior editor at Essence magazine. 175 photos and illustrations.
Blessed Health
Title | Blessed Health PDF eBook |
Author | Melody Theresa McCloud |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2003-02-04 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0743410424 |
Addressing the particular medical needs and questions of African-American women, this volume provides comprehensive information on reproductive health and reveals the natural link between physical well-being and spirituality.
Black Women's Mental Health
Title | Black Women's Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Y. Evans |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2017-06-01 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1438465815 |
Creates a new framework for approaching Black womens wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy. This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black womens struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and public policy, the book develops a new framework for approaching Black womens wellness in order to provide tangible solutions. The collection reflects feminist praxis and defines womanist peace in terms that reject both superwoman stereotypes and victim caricatures. Also included for health professionals are concrete recommendations for understanding and treating Black women. this book speaks not only to Black women but also educates a broader audience of policymakers and therapists about the complex and multilayered realities that we must navigate and the protests we must mount on our journey to find inner peace and optimal health. from the Foreword by Linda Goler Blount
Having What Matters
Title | Having What Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Monique Greenwood |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2002-12-17 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 0060507888 |
Now is the time to take your joy off layaway! In this practical and informative guide, Monique Greenwood offers easy-to-follow, down-to-earth advice and anecdotes for creating the life you really want. From financial freedom to finding or enjoying a healthy relationship, Greenwood covers all the bases. She charts her own incredible journey from anonymity to the top of the Essence masthead, from an unfit size-eighteen body to a shapely size twelve, from a cramped rental apartment to a mansion of her own, from countless bad relationships to a sweet union. Her bootstrapping strategies work! Having What Matters offers: Inspiration for defining success on your own terms Methods for identifying the illusions that hold you back Steps for putting yourself at the top of your-to-do list Guidance on how to say no to what drains you and yes to what drives you Techniques for accumulating and sustaining wealth Tips for finding or appreciating your sexy soul mate ... and more