Miriam is doing a book review of Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen: The emotional lives of Black Women.

Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen Subtitle: The Emotional lives of Black Women, it came in June 2021 and is written by Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler. It is part memoir, part self-help, and part academic nonfiction.

Key Takeaways

• Black women are seen as strong
• Black women suffer from unacknowledged trauma
• Why we need to challenge the tradition of secret-keeping in the black community
• Black women carry so many roles in society that they have to strong
• the consequences for black women not acknowledging their emotions
• What is the path forward, what black women can do

Author:

Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler is a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She has two decades of clinical experience helping people with stress, trauma, mood and anxiety conditions, and interpersonal strain. In her clinical practice, she promotes holistic wellness through mindfulness and compassionate self-care. Inger’s scholarly work focuses on the role that social determinants of health play in mental illness and treatment, particularly in the Black community. She is an advocate for normalizing participation in mental health treatment and assuring that all individuals have access to high-quality, evidence-based mental health care. Inger has written dozens of articles and other publications on trauma and mental health in the Black community and lectures widely on research about barriers to access and engagement in mental health treatment, mindfulness, and strategies to improve mental health treatment participation and outcomes.

Quote:

“If you want to get something done, ask a black woman”

Black people’s pain is always on a spectrum. There is always someone who has it worse off, and for that we should be grateful.”

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women by Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler

Published by Amistad on 29 June 2021

Genres: Christian, Debut, Non-fiction, Self-help, African American, Womanism

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

ABOUT THE HOST

Miriam is a Certified Trauma Informed Coach, an African, a mom of three daughters, a blogger and writer. After graduating from the London School of Economics, she built her international career in the fields of banking and international development, working for organisations such as the World Economic Forum, Lombard Odier Private Bank, JP Morgan, the Mastercard Foundation