To be blunt: disproportionate Black family dysfunction is directly linked to American chattel slavery, the Founding Fathers, and the barbaric entrepreneurship of a nation...to achieve their strategy , enslavers could not leave Africans with any vestige of the ‘family’ brand...the Black family had to be destroyed and the first order of business was to annihilate the Black family’s designated protector-the Black man...~Tom Burrell

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RELATIONSHIP WRECKS...” The shattering blows on the Negro family have made it fragile, deprived, and often psychopathic.”~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The scorch at the bottom of the melting pot... “Slave masters gave a great deal of attention to the education of the ideal slave...At every point this education was built on the belief in White superiority and Black inferiority. Besides teaching the slave to despise his own history and culture, the master strove to inculcate his own value system into the African’s outlook. The White man’s belief in the African’s inferiority paralleled African self-hate.”~Norman Coombs

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This book examines our subconscious perpetuation of the myth of Black inferiority....this book is not a reprimand, it is a call to action that dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal...

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Self Love As A Practice... “If it was easy there would be no growth of your soul. There would be no great testimony of faith or courage. There would be no great story to pass on to the next generation. Accept your challenges; that’s where the seeds of greatness are; that’s where you will find your legacy and the hidden spiritual power in your soul.”-James Weeks

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Trust the process- Yes is a magical word but one that we are used to saying to other people and shy about using with ourselves... SAY YES to YOU. SAY YES to SELF-LOVE. SAY YES to BEING FREE. SAY YES to THE WHISPERING of YOUR HEART. SAY YES to JOY. SAY YES to YOUR DREAMS. ~Adeline Bird

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Embrace your authentic self... “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”~Alice Walker

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Forgive and let go...” You are absolutely allowed to grieve-write it down, articulate it, explain it to yourself , rage about it and get it out there. Say what you need to say about how awful it was and mourn. But don’t unpack and stay there. If you do, you are sacrificing far too much energy, time and headspace to things you cannot change.”~Adeline Bird.

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Boundaries...”at the root of an inability to set boundaries is fear...”~Adeline Bird

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The Miracle of You...So many people see their differences as hardships and the reason why they are not happy, successful or confident. Our differences are our strengths, or could be if we allowed them to be...

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