We Need More than Self-care; We Need Healing, Too

Richael Faithful, The Root (May 25, 2017)

This deep and incisive article by a folk healer discusses the need for black communities to focus on healing, rather than self-care, as way of restoring (rather than maintaining) their well-being, after having experienced generations of trauma. The intentional healing requires a process of consciously adopting practices, naming harms to uncover harmful coping mechanisms, working on creating supportive interpersonal relationships, and focusing on public spaces have to be changed to foster healing.