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Being in Your Body (Guided Journal): A Journal for Self-Love and Body Positivity

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Being in Your Body (Guided Journal) by Fariha Róisín is an illustrated journal designed to nurture self-love and body positivity. Through empowering writing exercises, it challenges entrenched beauty norms and helps readers cultivate compassion towards their physical selves. The journal addresses harmful concepts like "compare and despair" and debunks the myth linking thinness with happiness. Featuring quotes from diverse body-positive advocates and vibrant illustrations, it guides readers in redefining beauty on their own terms.
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Format: Diary or journal
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This journal is ideal for readers seeking to enhance their self-esteem and embrace body positivity, especially those interested in wellness, mental health, and social justice themes around body image.

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An illustrated journal filled with empowering writing practices for approaching your body with compassion.

What would life be like without the negativity surrounding our bodies? Body shame, reinforced by socially entrenched beauty norms and intensified by social media, is incredibly difficult to shake. In Being in Your Body, author Fariha Róisín prompts you to explore a new language for thinking about your physical self. Addressing concepts like "compare and despair" and the false connection between thinness and happiness, this journal walks you through the process of cultivating confidence in yourself, while advocating for a broader definition of beauty for all.

It features sumptuous illustrations throughout and quotes contributed by a diverse array of body-positive advocates, writers, and influencers, including Amanda de Cadnet, Alok Vaid Menon, Safia Elhillo, Vivek Shraya, and Jenna Wortham.

Special Features

  • Paperback with textured cover stock, flaps, and a lay-flat binding
  • Two ribbon markers
  • Full-colour design with illustrations throughout
  • Inspiring passages, quotes, and journaling prompts for exploring new ways of thinking about your body

Check out Fariha Róisín's book of poetry, How to Cure a Ghost.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419738289

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Diary or journal

Date Published: 24 September 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams Noterie

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Monica Ramos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 149.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Fariha Róisín is an Australian Canadian writer based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, the Guardian, Vice, Fusion, the Village Voice, Teen Vogue, BuzzFeed, Medium, and others. In 2012, she began cohosting the podcast Two Brown Girls, which highlighted black and brown voices in film and TV, emphasizing the importance of representation. She resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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