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100 1 _aRicketts, Rachel,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDo better :
_bspiritual activism for fighting and healing from white supremacy /
_cRachel Ricketts.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bSimon & Schuster UK Ltd.,
_c2021.
300 _a384 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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338 _avolume
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366 _b20210204
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520 8 _aThought leader, racial justice educator, and sought-after spiritual activist Rachel Ricketts offers mindful and practical steps for all humans to dismantle white supremacy on a personal and collective level.
_b'But to white readers in particular, I say: Pull up a chair, grab a pen, lay down your defenses, and listen very respectfully to Rachel Ricketts. She has offered up an exceedingly valuable resource to a tired, troubled (and all too often delusional) world. This is a book we all need.'Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love '[Rachel's]heartfelt and engaging book is a both a call to action anda toolkit for anybody who wants to play their part in eradicating white supremacy - a mission she reminds us is not about getting it all `right' but doing better every day.'Ruby Warrington, author, ofSober CuriousThought leader, racial justice educator, and sought-after spiritual activist Rachel Ricketts offers mindful and practical steps for all humans to dismantle white supremacy on a personal and collective level.Heart-centered and spirit-based practices are the missing but vital piece to achieving racial justice.Do Betteris a revolutionary offering that addresses anti-racism from a comprehensive, intersectional, and spiritually-aligned perspective. This actionable guidebook illustrates how to engage in the heart-centered and mindfulness-based practices that racial justice educator and healer Rachel Ricketts has developed to fight white supremacy from the inside out, in our personal lives and communities alike. It is a loving and assertive call to do the deep - and often uncomfortable - inner work that precipitates much-needed external and global change.Radical racial justice includes daily, intentionaland informed action. It demands addressing the emotional violence we have perpetuated on ourselves and others (most notably toward Black women and femmes), both as individuals and as a society.Do Betterprovides the missing pieces to manifest practicable, sustainable solutions such as identifying where we most get stuck, mitigating the harm we inflict on othersand mending our hearts from our most painful race and gender-based experiences, plus much more.This inspirational and eye-opening handbook is filled with carefully curated soulcare activities for getting into our bodies and better withstanding the grief, rageand conflicting emotions that naturally arise when we fight against injustice. Culturally informed, secular spiritual exercises, such as guided meditations, transformative breathworkand journaling prompt unpack our privilege, and take up the ongoing fight against oppression, while transforming our own lives along the way.
650 0 _aRace awareness
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aRacism
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aMindfulness (Psychology)
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