Happy, Okay?: Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival
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.
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Book details
- Author
- M.J. Fievre
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 239
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Self-Help › Mood Disorders › Depression
Poetry › Subjects & Themes › Death, Grief, Loss
Poetry › Subjects & Themes › Love & Erotica
Mind, Body, Spirit › Inspiration & Personal Growth - Topics
- grief and loss · mental health · healing · inspirational poetry · hope and survival
- ISBN-13
- 9781642501360
About the author
M.J. FIEVRE is an educator and the author of nine books in French as well as Badass Black Girl, Empowered Black Girl and Resilient Black Girl.
Fievre holds a B.S. Ed and began her publishing career as a teenager in Haiti, signing her first contract with Hachette-Deschamps at nineteen for the Young Adult title La Statuette Maléfique. She has spoken as a keynote at Tufts University, Howard University, the University of Miami, and Middlebury College, and has appeared as a panelist at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference.
When she’s not writing, Fievre works with veterans, disenfranchised youth, cancer patients and survivors, victims of domestic and sexual violence, the elderly, and others who use writing as a form of therapy. Her books reflect her commitment to affirming Black identity and building community.
M.J. lives in Winter Garden, Florida, with her husband, artist Thomas Logan.