101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves

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Summary: An impressively practical self-help guide
Review: 101 Ways Black Women Can Learn To Love Themselves by Jamie Walker is an impressively practical self-help guide written especially to aid black women to get in touch with their spiritual side, experience a zest for life, and achieve a personal liberation. Walker articulately and persuasively takes the position that true healing does not come overnight, but rather it gradually evolves over time, once we learn not to look outward for validation and approval, and only when we embrace the love of God. 101 Ways Black Women Can Learn To Love Themselves is definitely recommended as being an unusually powerful, emotionally charged, and uplifting personal improvement and self-help guide.

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Summary: The Power of Love
Review: As black women, we all carry varied roles. From the loving mother to successful businesswomen, we reach out, making a difference in the lives of our friends, colleagues, and loved ones. Sometimes in the midst of our roles, we have a tendency to forget about the key person that truly matters most-ourselves. Before we can truly love others, we must first embrace and cherish ourselves. Jamie Walker encourages this through her book 101 WAYS BLACK WOMEN CAN LEARN TO LOVE THEMSELVES.

Sharing from her own personal experiences, Walker encourages us to engage in activities that will cultivate and nurture our heart, mind, body, and spirit. Whether it is journaling, exploring new hobbies, or visualizing our goals and achievements, Walker issues the challenge to look deep within and not be afraid to embrace the complete package. Black women of all ages will be both strengthened and encouraged as they embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing.

As a black woman on her own personal journey, I found this book to be powerful, very emotional, and moving to read. I felt that the author at times was speaking directly to me, providing the encouragement and strength that I need as I move forward into new horizons. Jamie Walker offers a book that with an open heart, many can and will find healing. As a young black woman, I am thankful that Ms. Walker heeded the call and wrote a book that all black women, regardless of age should read.

Reviewed by Kanika A. Wade
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

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Summary: Absolutely the Best
Review: I just got a copy of this book, and for one, you just cannot read it in just one sitting.Unless you want to, and once you get this book, you don't want to give it up. You want to read and re-read,underline, go back and think. Ms Walker's book is very long overdue, and such a great guide. It doesn't deal with just regular issues like going back to school and loving yourself. It also deals with Childhood Sexual Abuse(which she sadly experieced),Celibacy, dealing with your sexuality,loving your hair,domestic violence, and so much more. Please invest in a copy of Jamie's book. You won't be sorry that you did.

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Summary: Fantastic and Timely Book!!
Review: Jamie is insightful and wise way beyond her years!! A page turner would not describe the inability to put this book down!!!! There is wit and humor in every single passage! No Black Woman's bookshelf should be without this manaual of self worth and respect! Jamie Walker should have been born fifty years ago to impart the deep wisdom given to her. There likely would be less "submissive little wounded healers" in the world! Due to every season being appropriate however, this is the season for this book. The wounded healer or superwoman complex has been long the model of the Black woman. This book debunks the negative images that Black women are given by telling us that we should beleive in ourselves when others do not! Jamie pulls away layers of deception perpetuated by Black women themselves and others, as a child pulls away a scab from a festered wound. Interestingly, Jamie applies a balm to the wound so that it will heal and not reinfect. So significant is the portion of the title that states: A Gift for Women of All Ages. Though apparently geared toward Black women, it is useful for any woman who will open her mind to learning about herself and growing. Take heed Black women! Charity begins at home, and this homegirl from Oaktown (Oakland,California) has rendered us a powerful resource to learn once and for all what it means to love ourselves and to put that love into practice. Knowledge without the wisdom to execute that knowledge, means absolutely nothing! Cheers and many Kudos to the Creator for Jamie Walker!!! She is a gift!!! Thank you Jamie Walker for allowing the spirit to work through you!

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic and Timely Book!!
Review: Jamie is insightful and wise way beyond her years!! A page turner would not describe the inability to put this book down!!!! There is wit and humor in every single passage! No Black Woman's bookshelf should be without this manaual of self worth and respect! Jamie Walker should have been born fifty years ago to impart the deep wisdom given to her. There likely would be less "submissive little wounded healers" in the world! Due to every season being appropriate however, this is the season for this book. The wounded healer or superwoman complex has been long the model of the Black woman. This book debunks the negative images that Black women are given by telling us that we should beleive in ourselves when others do not! Jamie pulls away layers of deception perpetuated by Black women themselves and others, as a child pulls away a scab from a festered wound. Interestingly, Jamie applies a balm to the wound so that it will heal and not reinfect. So significant is the portion of the title that states: A Gift for Women of All Ages. Though apparently geared toward Black women, it is useful for any woman who will open her mind to learning about herself and growing. Take heed Black women! Charity begins at home, and this homegirl from Oaktown (Oakland,California) has rendered us a powerful resource to learn once and for all what it means to love ourselves and to put that love into practice. Knowledge without the wisdom to execute that knowledge, means absolutely nothing! Cheers and many Kudos to the Creator for Jamie Walker!!! She is a gift!!! Thank you Jamie Walker for allowing the spirit to work through you!