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Black Girls Breathing: Heal from Trauma, Combat Chronic Stress, and Find Your Freedom

Book by Jasmine Marie · 10 quotes · Black Women, Healing, Trauma

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“Your are more than how others experienced you. You are even more than the limitations you may have placed on yourself.”

Self Love Self Improvement Self Worth Self Discovery

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“Children crave order, affection, and affirmation.”

Children Order Childhood Affection Parenthood Affirmation

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“Allowing your body to be present and take up space—rather than always existing in fight-or-flight mode—is true freedom. We deserve to harness and cultivate this freedom for ourselves and in community while we await the opportunity to be fully free in the world.”

Community Freedom Self Expression

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“Our society doesn't actually benefit from our healing, from a Black woman recognizing her innate worth and living from that truth.”

Truth Healing Self Worth Worth Black Women Self Advocacy

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“It's one thing to understand what you need and mentally process the trauma you've endured. It's another thing to embody it.”

Healing Mental Health Trauma Black Women

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“An important part of the unlearning phase is to affirm your own truths. Seek deeper understanding and solace for your own healing by creating emotional distance from your parents' response, acknowledging your different perspectives, and offering them forgiveness and understanding that they truly may have done the best they could with the tools they had.”

Healing Trauma Unlearning Black Children

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“Healing isn't a linear path, so focus on progress over perfection.”

Healing Progress Perfection

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“Many Black women experienced harsh childhoods in which we did not receive a lot of affection or feel seen or welcome to fully express our emotions, thoughts, and opinions.”

Childhood Expression Trauma Parenthood Black Women

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“Your ability to manifest dreams that our ancestors sacrificed for by making it to another day is one thing, but building up the strength to protect that dream once you've accomplished it is another.”

Dreams Sacrifice Manifestation Manifest Black Women Ancestors

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“Our dreams exist outside of our comfort zone and the way we're used to doing things.”

Dreams Comfort Zone

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