Black Women Increasingly Suffer From Stress, Depression and Anxiety

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STRESS, DEPRESSION & ANXIETY: AN ESCALATING EPIDEMIC FOR PROFESSIONAL BLACK WOMAN

Nationwide --  Half of black American women report that they experience severe stress, while only a quarter of Caucasian women in the US report extreme stress. Research indicates that black women are also more likely to experience major depression and anxiety disorders, and Black women's symptoms are more severe than those of their white counterparts.

In addition, African American woman are disproportionately affected by stress-related diseases like hypertension, obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. Dr. Akhu, an expert in stress management, shows women of color how to stop running on empty so they can think, feel, and live better, with increased joy and decreased stress.

"The first step toward alleviating the heavy weight carried by the 'strong black woman', as well as addressing the resulting mental and physical damage, is the practice of self-care," explains Dr. Akhu, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and founder of the Redefining the Strong Black Woman movement.

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Dr. Akhu says that black woman can reduce their stress levels and increase joy by incorporating the following three tools into their hectic lives:

* Focusing on gratitude

* Learning to meditate

* Engaging in daily self-care

Dr. Akhu's new book, Cultivating Inner Peace: A Sustainable System for Professional Black Women, documents her simple to follow, time tested, powerful system. Cultivating Inner Peace makes it easy to draw in the positive, clear out the negative, and use even small windows of time to foster mindfulness, clarity, and joy in our daily lives, which will lead to better relationships with ourselves and others.

Cultivating Inner Peace is:

* A practical system: it provides maximum insight in minimum time from brief, specially formatted chapters that make it easy for busy people to consume in just a few minutes at a time.

* Spiritually based and supported by science: powerful spiritual wisdom that is validated by psychological research.

* Easy to relate to: Dr. Akhu includes examples from her personal experience as well as stories from people she has helped to illustrate real-world applications of the program.


Dr. Akhu is an author, speaker, and former president of the NY Association of Black Psychologists who regularly teaches NYPD Hostage Negotiators about mental health and mental illness. She is a master workshop facilitator, offering topics such as: Redefining What it Means to be a "Strong Black Woman," Working on Empty: The Antidote for Secondhand Stress, and Rewiring the Brain to Combat Stressful Involuntary Bias. Dr. Akhu is also a wife and mother of two girls.

Learn more at http://www.drakhu.com

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