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Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival (For Fans of Her by Pierre Alex Jeanty or Sylvester Mcnutt)
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Product Description Poetry to Confront Depression, Anxiety, Grief, and Loss Are the usual anxiety books helping you find a path to healing? No? Try this collection of poetry specially crafted for those dealing with mental health and the people closest to them. Poetry meets mental health. Paloma is faking it. On the outside, she’s A-Okay. She’s electrified at work, there is a cadence in her step as she walks her dog, she posts memes on Facebook, and she keeps up with most relationships. Looks can be deceiving, however. Inside, Paloma is just going through the motions, and she feels like things are spiraling out of control. But when things are at their darkest, dawn arrives with clarity and focus, and with it, healing. Paloma learns to value small glimmering moments of joy rather than searching for constant happiness, thus building hope for her future. A manifesto for life. An electric roadmap to healing and a manifesto for wholeness, Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival, is written in a contemporary style reminiscent of Rupi Kaur and Pierre Alex Jeanty. But this poetry book is not simply a narrative spun in verse. It is an invitation to readers to shake off the stigma and silence of mental health and find strength in the only voice that matters: your own. Whether exploring self-care, social anxiety, or anxiety in relationship, in this inspiring and heartwarming book, you will: Understand how to make happiness a decision, even when you don’t feel it in your bones Find out how to exercise patience and self-acceptance Attract hope and purpose back into your life If you enjoy poem books or books like Her, Black Girl Magic, Pillow Thoughts, Milk and Honey, or The Sun and Her Flowers, then you will love Happy, Okay? by M.J. Fievre. Review “Happy, Okay? is a beautifully written meditation filled with poignant and lyrical revelations on the joys, pains, and complications of life and the daily struggle to survive, create, and love.” ―Edwidge Danticat, internationally acclaimed Haitian-American novelist and short story writer “M.J. Fievre’s Happy, Okay? offers us a hybrid reading experience. In this poem-play, or play-poem ‘a shadow/woman, a charcoal sketch’ journeys through the labyrinth of Big Pharma, a difficult love affair, and self-reflection to reach moments of the divine. Though hopeful, Happy, Okay? is not a happily-ever-after tale, but a realistic look at mental illness, the patriarchy, race, and gender. M.J. Fievre beautifully conjures a complex inner life under Miami's glaring sun.” ―Denise Duhamel, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, and guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2013 “In Paloma, M.J. Fievre has created a woman struggling for self-discovery. This is not easy when Paloma knows all too well that at the borders of existence dwell darkness, depression, and dead-eyed grief. A place where love can be both oasis and razor; where affection can become a ghostly and fleeting affliction not easily healed by words or human touch. Paloma travels these borderlands―far beyond grim silences and all-consuming shadows; far beyond medications like Zoloft, Prozac & Luvox that have comprised the lexicon of her human imbalance to ultimately reach the true north of human love. Love of self, and love of others. Ultimately, it is through Paloma’s journey that we can all learn to heal―if we remember to breathe, practice gratitude, and self-care. And above all else, keep the faith.” ―Rich Ferguson, L.A. poet/novelist/spoken-word performer “Think of this beautiful book as a toolkit of verse shedding light on what it's like, what it's really like, to suffer from, or love someone suffering from, anxiety and mental illness. A musical weapon of a fable for girls of all colors, that they may manage a confusing world and save themselves with self-love.” ―Anjanette Delgado, author of The Clairvoyant of Calle Ocho “Clinical depression is a cold hand squeezing your heart. Anxiety feels like a close ca
