January 2021

Firstly, I need to apologize for how late this post is posted! I posted my book recommendation for this month the day that this amazing book was released. I posted it on social media, and somehow it slipped me to post it here!

This month's book of the month is “Black Girl in Love (with Herself)” by Trey Anthony. I was honored to interview Trey Anthony for episode 28 of Shifting Perspectives.  Not only is she an amazingly accomplished woman, she allows her authenticity to shine through and to inspire others to do the same.

From Trey Anthony.com 

Set to be released in January 2021 by Hay House Publishing, Trey’s upcoming book, Black Girl In Love (With Herself), is a deeply personal reflection on Trey’s journey and how she 
learned to tweak — ok… damn well nearly reinvent the self-care message to fit a black girl like herself. 

Black Girl In Love (With Herself) will have you laughing and crying! Black girls around the world will be reimaging and reinventing their lives in order to push past these demands and truly come into their own on their own terms. 

By sharing stories from her own life and years of intense therapy (Yes, black women, despite what our mothers tell us, we should go to therapy!), she explains how black mothers and grandmothers unwittingly create an unhealthy dynamic by encouraging their daughters to be “strong” black girls who therefore don’t know how to rest or practice self-love.

Trey shares how she was able to take off her Superwoman cape and let go of the need to please everyone. In turn, she gives black girls around the world a personalized and practical “keeping it real” to-do list to become a black girl in love (with herself).