• Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

  • The Emotional Lives of Black Women
  • By: Inger Burnett-Zeigler
  • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
  • Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (105 ratings)

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

By: Inger Burnett-Zeigler
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
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Black women are beautiful, intelligent, and capable - but mostly they embrace strong. Esteemed clinical psychologist Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler praises the strength of women while exploring how trauma and adversity have led to deep emotional pain and shaped how they walk through the world.

Black women’s strength is intimately tied to their unacknowledged suffering. An estimated eight in 10 have endured some form of trauma - sexual abuse, domestic abuse, poverty, childhood abandonment, victim/witness to violence, and regular confrontation with racism and sexism. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen shows that trauma often impacts mental and physical well-being. It can contribute to stress, anxiety, PTSD, and depression. Unaddressed it can lead to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, overeating, alcohol and drug abuse, and other chronic health issues.

Dr. Burnett-Zeigler explains that the strong Black woman image does not take into account the urgency of Black women’s needs, which must be identified in order to lead abundant lives. It interferes with her relationships and ability to function day to day. Through mindfulness and compassionate self-care, the psychologist offers methods for establishing authentic strength from the inside out.

This informative guide to healing is life-changing, showing Black women how to prioritize the self and find everyday joys in self-worth, as well as discover the fullness and beauty within both her strength and vulnerability.

©2021 Inger Burnett-Zeigler (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

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This book FED me today, in my mind and spirit! 🙏🏾💙 I Highly recommend it!

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Amazing!!!

I felt like I was seen and my life was being narrated to me. Very informative and thorough

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Great Read

I enjoyed this book. it has great information and strategies to learn how to cope with stress and anxiety (which so many of us have). I would definitely recommend this book. I wish it was read by the author!!!

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I really really enjoyed listening to this book.

I can’t wait to listen to or read this book again. It is and will be therapy for me. It provided more than I hoped it would. Excellent content and the reader is awesome!

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Amazing!

I love this book. Very insightful. So much so I have bought copies for my friends and family.

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I’ve never felt so seen as a black woman

I have tried to get every black woman in my life to listen to this book! I have never felt so seen, I have never felt more understood in my life than I have since I came across this book. While there were parts that didn’t apply to me thank GOD lbvs, the parts that did was so eye opening and ground breaking. I am going to school to be a mental health counselor and this book helped me understand so many things! 10/10 please don’t hesitate

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hits that nail on the head

I'm going through alot right now and reading this help give me some perspective.it helps you (at least me) understand your self and recognize what you been through and that you matter. it's not a cure all but it definitely helps you.

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Every Black Woman Should Read!!!

This book told my story ! I was in tears both happy and sad! Must READ

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Relatable and Triggering (in a good way)

This book is amazing. I am buying the book and going to listen to it again. I cried, I shook my head with agreement, I felt every work.

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Good listen

A lot of tools she speaks of I’ve learned from my time in therapy and gave me some new ones to use. Highlighted very well what Black women live through

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