9 Books Published by Sounds True on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

A Black woman’s guide to authentic happiness, healing, and radical transformation

“If you asked my grandmother what self-care was,” says Chianti Lomax, “I’m pretty sure her response would be: ’Self-care? That’s for rich white women!’” Our mothers and grandmothers were too busy fighting for the future of their families to often consider their own wellness and happiness—and now, as the inheritors of their mighty labors, we have the opportunity to do more than simply survive. So how do we thrive? How do Black women grow, transform, and make good use of the power they have?

In Evolving While Black, Lomax—renowned life coach and “Chief Happiness Curator”—shares a guide to help Black women achieve authentic happiness and liberation on their own terms. By shifting the culturally constrained language and perspective from which mindfulness and self-care practices are normally presented, she breaks down barriers and invites us to bring the power of these evidence-based teachings into our lives, families, and communities. This joyous book paves the way for personal growth, presenting bite-size actions that lead to healing, confidence, self-efficacy, and, most importantly, true self-love. Lomax offers practices, challenges, and reflections in each chapter, exploring topics such as:

• Self-awareness and self-love—deepening your understanding to find the roots of both your challenges and your gifts
• The impact of ancestors—understanding how your history and your genes shape your life
• The power of mindset—discovering limiting beliefs and shaping new mindsets that lead to flourishing
• Boundaries—rescuing time and peace of mind with healthy boundaries
• Habit change—identifying habits that hold you back and how to make new habits that last
• Intuition—connecting with your inner knowing and setting meaningful life goals
• Life balance—finding your own combination of hustle and flow

With no-bull bravery, honesty, and warmth, Evolving While Black welcomes us into a flourishing space of growth and self-discovery.

A sacred healing journey to awaken the boundless power of your words, thoughts, and voice. Includes guided audio practices.

"The medicine of Grace is sound," says gina Breedlove. "Sound is an immediate point of entry to the mind, body, and spirit, and has been sourced as a healing modality since humans appeared on the earth." With The Vibration of Grace, this extraordinary teacher and healer shares a sweeping, glorious guide to help you invoke the power of sound as a vehicle of love and liberation—for yourself and your loved ones, and in service to our world.

Guided by a sacred presence she has known all her life as Grace, Breedlove has spent decades exploring the many ways sound and vibration can enable us to grow, heal, and connect. Here she shares profound insights, heart-opening stories, and clear instruction for rituals and daily practices, including:

• Identifying your soul tone—how to locate and work with the vibrational presence that is uniquely "you"
• The language of healing—invoking the sacred energy of words to create, bless, and transform
• Soul retrieval—a time-honored ritual to release stored fear and free up your energetic resources
• Grief letting—powerful practices to witness, move through, and transform grief into healing energy, by yourself or in groups
• Ways to overcome the cultural shaming that causes you to repress your voice and self-expression
• Self-care tools, including daily sound rituals and medicine bath practices
• Resources to support your journey—including links to Breedlove’s guided recordings for each ritual

The Vibration of Grace shows us the power of sound has no limit. We can use it to harmonize with the wisdom of our ancestors, communicate with our body and soul, resonate with divine truth that disrupts systems of tyranny, and add our strength to the chorus that sings of a new and better world to come.

"Let the space between us be open and blessed," says gina Breedlove. "May your ancestors and mine guide us through each ritual, to a place of sovereignty and dominion over our lives."

A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more just, ethical world into being.

Saints, spiritual warriors, bodhisattvas, tzaddikim—no matter how they are named in a given tradition, they all share a profound wish to free others from suffering. Saints are not unattainable beings of stained glass or carved stone. "Saints are ordinary and human, doing things any person can learn to do," teaches Lama Rod Owens. "Our era calls for saints who are from this time and place, speak the language of this moment, and integrate both social and spiritual liberation. I believe we all can and must become New Saints."

With The New Saints, Lama Rod shares a guidebook for becoming an effective agent of justice, peace, and change. Combining personal stories, traditional teachings, and instructions for contemplative and somatic practices, he shares inspiring resources for self-exploration and wise action. Each chapter reinforces the truth of our interdependency—allowing us to be of service to the collective well-being, access the unseen realms of divine guidance and strength, and call on the support of the countless beings who share our struggles and hopes.

The status quo of our society is crumbling, and rightly so. But what future will emerge to replace it? "There’s nothing like crisis to wake us up and force us to get serious about change," says Lama Rod. "Ancient, powerful magic is returning. With the end of the lies of the old world comes the awakening of truth." For those who have the willingness to allow our hearts to break, disrupt systems of violence, and let deep, authentic care guide our actions instead of fear and hate, here is a clarion call for becoming a spiritual warrior—a human refreshed, serving a vision of a world shaped by love.

An essential guide to lifelong health and greater well-being from one of today’s highly regarded women’s health experts

“I offer this book as a Black female to be your one-stop reference on your personal quest to achieve total wellness, health, and happiness in every important aspect of your life.”

With the relatability and warmth you want from your doctor, Black Women’s Wellness addresses what most other physician-authored books omit: the unique challenges Black women face, including microaggressions and the less-than-desirable statistics and legacy of health-care outcomes. With comparative data for Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women, this book provides clear, actionable information so women can live vibrant, healthy lives today.

In these pages, you’ll discover head-to-toe information and wisdom on:

• The top five medical issues for Black women: heart disease, diabetes, cancers, HIV, and maternal mortality
• The effects of social stress and microaggressions on Black women’s health
• Gynecological conditions including fibroids, endometriosis, and menopause
• Eye conditions: glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration
• Lung conditions: asthma, sarcoidosis, and lupus
• Musculoskeletal conditions: arthritis, fibromyalgia, and others
• Sickle cell disease and multiple sclerosis
• Alzheimer’s, dementia, and personality disorders
• Sex, STDs, sensuality, and relationships
• Beauty, finances, and successful life management tools
• Self-care, embracing self-worth, and mental well-being
• Health inventory checklists and how to be an empowered patient

As a Black female ob-gyn who has cared for Civil Rights matriarchs, internationally known celebrities, and thousands of others, Dr. Melody T. McCloud urges, “If we improve a Black woman’s health, we can improve that of her family and future generations.”

Black Women’s Wellness is a long-needed book that will educate and motivate you to achieve your healthiest, richest life possible.

“Black Women’s Wellness is a must-have reference for physical, psychological, and sexual wellness with helpful tips for success in life and love. Finally, we have a book that specifically addresses the path towards health and happiness for our beautiful Black women.” —Jeffrey Gardere, PhD, ABPP, “America’s Psychologist,” author, and media consultant to cable and network affiliates

Damien Echols and Lorri Davis share a beginner-friendly treasury of their most valuable practices for weaving magick into your everyday life.

The promise of magick is both simple and extraordinary: it is that magick can support you in any aspect of life, from helping you succeed in everyday tasks to enabling you to achieve your most cherished dreams. What’s more, you don’t even have to believe in magick to make it work. The only thing that’s required is regular practice—and the easiest way to practice is to make magickal rituals part of your daily life.

With Ritual: An Essential Grimoire, magicians Damien Echols and Lorri Davis share a broad selection of their most effective rituals, meditations, and prayers—presented in terms accessible to all. “You won’t find a lot of arcane terminology or lengthy ceremonies here,” says Damien. “What you will find are simple practices to develop your own connection to the energy and intelligence of the universe.” Here you’ll discover:

• Essential breath and concentration techniques for working with subtle energy
• Grounding practices to cleanse your body and environment from stagnant energies or thoughts
• Everyday meditations for improving sleep and dreams, blessing food, inviting abundance, and more
• On-the-spot practices that include invoking protection, relieving pain and anxiety, and seeing goodness in difficult situations
• Methods to amplify and reinforce your ritual work with talismans, celestial forces, and angel magick
• How ritual work can advance your spiritual evolution and openness to divine guidance
• Moving stories from Damien and Lorri about how magick changed their lives—and how it can change yours

Damien and Lorri learned magick to help them get through the most trying times—to help free Damien from his wrongful incarceration, then to help both of them heal from the traumatic aftereffects of his imprisonment. “Many of these rituals are the very same we used to rebuild our lives,” Lorri says. “We share these practices in the hopes that you will use them to survive, thrive, and create the life you desire.”

Why have you been given this singular treasure that is your life-and how will you use it? What is the purpose for the unique blend of gifts, skills, experiences, and perspectives that you alone possess? To support you in answering these questions and living in sync with your inner calling, Michael Bernard Beckwith presents Life Visioning-an essential companion for anyone seeking to accelerate their spiritual evolution.Michael Beckwith created the Life Visioning Process to be a transformational technology for applying deep inquiry and spiritual practice to enable the growth, development, and unfoldment of your soul. With Life Visioning, he details the process in its entirety, with invaluable insights and meditations to help you each step of the way, including: The four stages of consciousness: Victim, Manifester, Channel, and Being-the characteristics of each stage, and how we move through them The dance of co-creation-establishing the balance between effort and surrender Where powerful intentions come from, and why they are much greater than self-serving desires The "dark night of the soul"-a guide for navigating the uncertain transition between stages of consciousness Cultivating intuition as a key to realizing the highest vision for your life Applying the Life Visioning Process in all of your life structures, including relationships, finances, livelihood, and spiritual practice"When your thoughts and actions begin to align with the imperatives of your soul," explains Beckwith, "you enroll the full support of the universe. Unimagined possibilities begin to open up as you synchronize with the divine." With Life Visioning, this dynamic teacher shares an unparalleled method for navigating every stage of your evolutionary journey-and fulfilling your highest calling as only you can.

The expression of gratitude has profound and immediate effects on our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Our lives are transformed simply through the daily practice of taking note of our blessings. On Giving Thanks, bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant gently guides you into a state of remembrance itself through meditation and visualization exercises, awakening you to each of the gifts that surround you but often go unnoticed. Vanzant teaches you how to nourish this innate wisdom of appreciation, and to sow the benefits of this simple yet transformative action.

With more than eight million books in print, Iyanla Vanzant, award-winning author of five New York Times bestsellers, including One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, now presents her first-ever audio meditation series. The Inner Vision Series: Meditations with Iyanla Vanzant consists of four individual guided practice CDs, beginning with Living from Your Center, a tool for finding balance and inner strength.Listeners will join Vanzant to learn:
Love, faith, forgiveness, and surrender?steps to gaining spiritual powerHow to identify your center and access it for strength in any situationIyanla Vanzant’s personal guided meditations for healing, clearing, balancing, and moreAt every given moment, we are each in the process of being and becoming, she teaches. Life is a process of growing, outgrowing, and growing some more. Now with Living from Your Center, for the first time, Iyanla Vanzant’s millions of readers can experience her favorite meditations for spiritual growth in this celebrated author’s own voice.

The most important relationship you will ever have is the relationship you have with yourself, teaches Iyanla Vanzant. It’s the model for every other relationship you enter into. On Giving to Yourself First, the bestselling author of In the Meantime reminds us that in order to genuinely love others, we need to love ourselves more. Through a series of eloquent meditations, she teaches listeners how to cultivate self-acceptance and strengthen self-esteem, to allow them to better assist, support, and serve the people they love.Reviews
"Vanzant delivers sensible advice in a no-nonsense, this-is-good-for-you style."?Library Journal