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You know me and planning stuff 🤞🏿because I don’t like being caught off-guard🤯

For months, we’ve been talking to @arendsenita_author about bringing SKINS – MEN, MONSTERS & THE FIGHT FOR DIGNITY & SELF-LOVE. Well, we resumed @soulweto.booknic with a fantastically curated session on mental health, the day before WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, 10 October.

SKINS – MEN, MONSTERS & THE FIGHT FOR DIGNITY & SELF-LOVE is the iconic journey of Amelia, from the age of two right through to her mature years. Though the story spans over three decades, the narration is made enjoyable by the writing style. Anita breaks down the story into five books, each consisting of over 10 short, sharp and punchy chapters of not more than eight pages.

I am so glad that this title formed part of a collection for this MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. Even after many many women-centric stories written by women, women’s struggles with mental health challenges are still at the back burner. ONLY when we’ve had a a very public breakdown, we seek help; until then, we are told to wear our BIG GIRL PANTIES and FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT because BLACK GIRLS ARE MAGIC.

We all struggle like Amelia did at different points in our journeys. Whether we are recovering from childhood traumas, sludging through corporate South Africa, balancing homes, families while climbing the corporate ladder, to becoming OUR ANCESTORS’ WILDEST DREAMS while nurturing dysfunctional marriages, families and friends and taking up #healthyveganmeals or #fitnessbuddy or #3amSquad, it becomes too heavy a load to carry, and we risk running ourselves empty.

Change is within everyone’s reach, you just have to want it badly enough for yourself. Like Anita says, “As we know better, let’s do better”.

This MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, spoil yourself with a copy of SKINS – MEN, MONSTERS & THE FIGHT FOR DIGNITY & SELF-LOVE. Available directly from the author. Courier service available nationally.

Thank you @booknic for creating a space where readers and authors collide ekasi.

@katbooks4 thank you for the plug 🔌

@tivisa_publicity You make experiences so much more special.

Be. Kind. To. Yourself💚