This Needs To Be Said

Mrs. TNTBS Hosts This Needs To Be Read with one of the authors, Valerie Brown about their new book - HEALING OUR WAY HOME - join 3 Black female authors in an intimate discussion of their path to self-care. They live life using the teachings from the late Zen Master who Martin Luther King, Jr. called: “an Apostle of peace and nonviolence” when nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. His name is: Zen Master Thich Nhat Han (pronounced: Tik Not Han).   These authors offer up real talk on living joyfully - with reflective self-care practices including meditation practices, culinary recipes, and music playlists. It’s a book that speaks to anyone and everyone.   In 9 accessible bite-sized chapters, authors VALERIE BROWN, MARISELA GOMEZ, MD, AND KAIRA JEWEL LINGO combine insightful, roundtable-style conversations based on the beliefs of Zen Master Thich Nhat Han and what’s called Plum Village Buddhism. This is a school of Buddhism named after the Plum Village Monastery in France and the first monastic practice cent