acknowledgments
a huge thanks to all those who made this book possible. To Kimberly Witherspoon, Jessica Mileo, and everyone else at InkWell Management who believed in me, to Leah Trouwborst and the team at Simon & Schuster who supported my vision from the beginning, and to all the friends and family who let me run ideas by them and read early excerpts of the book, especially my sweet husband, Michael, who edited the self-published edition of How to Keep House While Drowning in his spare time while being a new attorney; Rachel Moulton, who gave freely of her time and expertise as an author when I knew nothing about the industry; my mother-in-law, Debbie Phipps, for connecting us; and my own mom, for being one of the first people to tell me that I really had something worth pursuing when I first began my platform.
There is a special debt of gratitude owed to Imani Barbarin, for reading the manuscript with an eye for inclusivity that my privileges tend to blind me to; Dr. Raquel Martin, for her contributions to my understanding of Afro-textured-hair care; and Robin Roscigno, for her feedback on how best to create a book that neurodivergent communities could read easily. Their contributions and feedback on how, make this book inclusive beyond just my own communities and privileges.
I would like to acknowledge Dr. Brené Brown and Dr. Kristin Neff as profound influences on my work, as their research on shame and self-compassion, respectively, has been foundational for me. I would also like to acknowledge Caroline Dooner, whose book The F*ck It Diet introduced me to the Intuitive Eating principles of food and body neutrality, a concept that springboarded me into questioning what other aspects of my life were neither good nor bad, and Lesley Cook, PsyD, who has contributed so much to my understanding of
executive functioning and how best to help those who struggle with it.
Acknowledgment and thanks are also owed to every black woman involved in the natural hair movement, which brought curly hair care to my attention and introduced me to how helpful silk bonnets and pillowcases are for protecting my hair.
Lastly, thank you to my therapist mentor who taught me everything I know and to Chico and Heidi, who will now forever argue which of them I am referring to here.
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