TBP Resources for Practice

Solitude practices look differently for everyone. They may take the shape of eating your favorite meal, cuddling under your weighted blanket and watching your favorite show, or cleansing your space to feel at peace. If you’re looking for more resources in practice of your solitude, check out some of the ones below.

1. Nothing like a Good Book and a Smile - Reading has the ability to expand our minds, transport us to different realms, and allow us to harness both the determination and the softness we’ve been looking for in our lives. Check out some books that we’ve enjoyed here:

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Audre Lorde All About Love bell hooks

The Womanist Idea

Layli Maparyan

Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society

Breeze Harper

The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought

Layli Phillips

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa

Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994

Deborah Gray White

Salt

Nayyirah Waheed

Sacred

Pampering Principles: An African-American Woman’s Guide to Self-care and Inner Renewal.

Debrena Jackson

Gandy

Literally anything by Toni Morrison! Some of our favorites are Sula and Song of Solomon.

Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit Queen Afua