This section includes a selection of some of the resources that have helped me during my own healing journey.

BOOKS

RESOURCES

VIDEOS

You will find books I’ve read, workshop facilitators and healers, whose events I have attended, and videos of health practitioners and healing music to support moments of calm.

Books

Here you will find a selection of books I’ve read that helped me process the harms of racism and understand what is required to heal.

  • I found this book tremendously helpful. I have bookmarked various pages as they stood out as particularly useful. The author has powerfully provided many tools, including a self-care plan to help the reader on their journey of healing.

  • Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy and Civic Courage.
    Paulo Freire

    Essential reading, especially for teachers and parents, in exploring the power of learning anddevelopment of autonomy.

  • Pedagogy of the Oppressed
    Paulo Freire

    Eye opening, thought provoking and educational in the context of oppressor and oppressed!

  • The Souls of Black Folk
    W.E.B Du Bois

    Why this isn’t on the reading list at school is beyond me! But, having read several books on the topic, I completely understand the thinking behind it. This book enlightened, empowered and simultaneously enraged me!

  • Brit (ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
    Afua Hirsch

    I read this book many years ago and would encourage everyone to read it, if they haven’t already. It was the first book I read that included the experience of mixed heritage people.

  • Black Skin, White Masks
    Frantz Fanon

    Still reading and absorbing the contents of this vital book!

  • I’m Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace
    Elizabeth Leiba

    I came across this brilliant book during a time when I was navigating the workplace! It both infuriated me and comforted me at the same time as it helped me realise I wasn’t alone or going mad!

  • The Science of Racism: Everything you need to know but probably don’t – yet
    Professor Keon West

    I was, thankfully, invited to a book reading and signing, where I had the opportunity to listen to the author describe, with humility and humour, his thinking, the depths of his research and what he discovered along the way.

  • Blacked Out Through Whitewash
    Suzar

    The missing history text book that ought to be in all schools!

  • Some incidents and irregularities, I already knew…but there is a great deal in this book that truly opened my eyes…and occasionally made me chuckle!

  • The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Rashid Khalidi

    This book breaks down the history of colonialism and genocide of the Palestinian people.

These videos, from various practitioners, provide a calm oasis of tranquillity and relaxation

Videos

Here is a small selection of videos I listen to. Some help me start my day with intention and gratitude, others help with self regulation and physical health.