Have you been feeling like you can never get a break? Are your days full of conflict and challenges that you constantly have to fight and overcome? Are you tired of riding the roller-coaster of anger, fear, frustration, and feeling overwhelmed, and wish you could just take a step back from your problems?

Being a Black woman today comes with unique struggles that others don’t even know about. You face the discrimination that both women and people of color encounter. Your needs are often belittled or dismissed. You have to battle against a lot of unhelpful labels and limitations imposed on you by society. And that’s on top of dealing with your other responsibilities as a wife, mother, daughter, professional, neighbor, and citizen. In this heart-to-heart book, written by a Black woman who has been through the stresses of life, you will discover:

• What nobody ever tells you about the true nature of emotions, and how knowing this will make all the difference
• How to use your emotions as tools to help you create a life you love to live
• The astoundingly simple reasons behind why we often feel the way we do
• How your body and brain create your emotions, and how to use this body-brain link to improve your mood for good
• Seven common thought distortions that could be ruining your life, and how to stop them from taking over
• How to figure out what your feelings are telling you, and what to do about it all
• The deeper needs that lie behind most of your emotions and how you can unpack these to deal with them once and for all
• The wisdom of Zen masters and how they use this to never sweat the stuff, both big and small
• How to stay calm, no matter what the situation, and what to do about bad feelings that just won’t quit
• The secret behind releasing big emotional buildups before you explode—and how to channel this energy to move forward in life
• And much more