Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation
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Become the healthiest and happiest version of yourself using wellness tools designed specifically for BIPOC and LGBTQ folks.
The lack of BIPOC and LGBTQ representation in the fields of health and nutrition has led to repeated racist and unscientific biases that negatively impact the very people they purport to help. Many representatives of the increasingly popular body positivity movement actually add to the body image concerns of queer people of color by emphasizing cisgender, heteronormative, and Eurocentric standards of beauty. Few mainstream body positivity resources address the intersectional challenges of anti-Blackness, colorism, homophobia, transphobia, and generational trauma that are at the root of our struggles with wellness and self-care.
In Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation, registered dietitian and nutritionist Dalia Kinsey will help readers to improve their health without restriction, eliminate stress around food and eating, and turn food into a source of pleasure instead of shame. A road map to body acceptance and self-care for queer people of color, Decolonizing Wellness is filled with practical eating practices, journal prompts, affirmations, and mindfulness tools. Ultimately, decolonizing nutrition is essential not only to our personal well-being but to our community’s well-being and to the possibility of greater social transformation.
This is a body positivity and food freedom book for marginalized folks. It’s a guide to throwing out food rules in exchange for internal cues and adopting a self-love-based approach to eating. It’s about learning to trust our bodies and turning mealtime into a time for celebration and healing.
It’s also a love letter to those of us who struggle with our bodies and a gentle plea for us to do the work it takes to accept, trust, and love ourselves.
Publisher : BenBella Books (February 8, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 1637740301
ISBN-13 : 978-1637740309
Item Weight : 5.9 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.44 x 8.25 inches
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Linda Herzer –
Brilliant insights coupled with powerful exercises
As a white, cisgender woman, I had become highly aware of how much negativity I harbor towards my body due to impossible, but deeply internalized cultural standards of beauty. And because such messaging is so pervasive, I had despaired of ever getting out from under the toxicity of these messages. Until I read this book. While the authorâs audience is the queer and/or trans BIPOC community, I found that the numerous exercises Kinsey includes for processing and rising above relentless minority stress are relevant and helpful to me as well. I am grateful for the authorâs brilliant and well-researched insights and for the bookâs non-judgmental and encouraging invitation to greater wellness and personal transformation.
Connie –
A great inclusive guide to eating intuitively!
I loved this book! I loved that it offered action based journaling prompts and guides that were accessible, inclusive, and presented in a way that was not pretentious, too schmaltzy, or hard to understand. This is a great read for folks who are fans of “The Maintenance Phase” podcast and want to dig deeper about the lies the dieting industry has been serving us.After having multiple unsettling (and perhaps unproductive) conversations with friends about weight gained during the pandemic and how we do not feel at home in our bodies, it was refreshing to be reminded that a book like this can exist to help me feel at home in my body again and to approach food in a way that is healthy without going on a metabolic damaging diet. It also helped me understand how my gender identity has failed to serve me in how I view my body.As a white passing cis-woman, I understand and love that this book was not written primarily for me but for folks of all identities (particularly for queer black people and queer people of color). I haven’t read many books written with this kind of inclusivity in mind. It was very helpful in developing my understanding in how to understand and regard bodies in writing and conversation. I’m so used to reading books presented in a heteronormative manner that it boggled my mind that I am 32 years old and this was my first book that showed me these topics addressed inclusively.
Valeria –
A MUST READ especially for queer BIPOC!
Dalia has a way of putting into words what I’ve been feeling for years in the wellness/ diet culture space. If you care about being a trauma informed, intersectional health coach/ practitioner / dietician / fitness instructor/ etc., you needed to read this like, YESTERDAY!Honestly this book has helped me heal so much diet and body trauma that I didn’t even know I had! I HIGHLY recommend it!!
Jamie –
Finally! A wellness journey catering to the BIPOC community
For too long, white supremacy has dominated the wellness industry. Truly, the global minority seems to dominate wellness, period.No longer! I’m so excited for this book, I bought it as a gift, and I will update as soon as I get the full review from my friend.
Kat –
Really interesting!
No rating on this one, I’m not the intended audience and wanted to listen to what kinds of information this book provided to folks in the QTBIPOC community.This had some really interesting journaling prompts to work through, and touched on a lot of topics both that were things you can notice, and others that were a result of living in society with the historical background Black and Indigenous People of Color face, especially in the US. There also was a bit of historical context on white supremacy in this and how it’s rooted its way into everything from the ideal “thin” body type to hair type to treatment on medical health to workplace issues to microaggressions to capitalism.This felt like a good intro or medium dive in, with a good mix of giving some background info and assuming the reader was already familiar with certain topics. It was also nice to the various kinds of affirmations the author included throughout the book, this felt so supportive and caring towards the community it was written towards.There was quite a bit of inclusion of trans and nonbinary folk’s experiences, and essays read that reflected on childhood experiences with their body (I believe this was not the author’s experience and a contributor, but I could be wrong!)Great narration from LaNecia Edmonds too!
Alex Bressler –
Great social justice oriented health book
Dalia Kinsey opens this book by talking about how white, heteronormative, and cisnormative most wellness books are and how the aim of the book was to be there for the people who don’t fit in those narrow crevices. This book absolutely accomplished that. It was full of helpful tips and information showing not just how to be well but why we are unwell and how focusing on our wellness is an act of rebellion.A quote that encapsulates the message and writing style of this book is “Our goal is not immortality through kale smoothies and carrot juice. We are here to live full, joyful, authentic lives. Any practice that we decide to take into our lives needs to be in alignment with that purpose. Instead of living under the delusion that we can achieve immortality through ‘good behavior,’ it is far more empowering to focus on treasuring the lives we have.”The only problems I found were that at times the writing seemed inaccessible, a bit too academic if someone wasn’t familiar with this language. I also found the beginning to be a bit disorganized and repetitive, but it definitely improved in the second half.Overall, this is a great read for people who want a wellness book that is culturally informed and understands how society impacts our health. I’m so excited for any future book Dalia Kinsey might release!
Gabrielle Claiborne –
Finally feeling visible!!!
Finally! A wellness expert who gets meâa transgender woman! In these pages, Kinsey names the pain of navigating daily gaslighting and microaggressions, and offers tried and true ways to overcome the mental and physical health challenges we experience as result of living in a culture that is often unsupportive of our lived experiences. Reading this book made me feel seen, heard, understood and encouraged. Most importantly, it equipped me with tools I can use and practices I can develop to not only survive, but thrive!
Ali –
This book is a great mix of history and education, personal stories, exercises, and journal prompts. It has helped me on my anti racism journey.