A review by kj468
Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I enjoyed this book and really valued the perspective of the author and the insight Dalia gave. The reflection on Dalia’s experience of moving through academia as a minority felt familiar and hit on several of my own frustrations (though I am white, so Dalia had additional difficulties that I did not experience first hand but did witness). I think this book is a great introduction to a lot of different topics (eating habits, body positivity, gender, coping with microgressions and the long term trauma they create, and more). 

  • Some of it was more elementary in discussion & were things I already knew about, but other parts added to my understanding or posed new things for me to think about. So a decent mix of familiar and new content for me. 
  • A lot of the journaling prompts were geared towards someone earlier on in their journey than me. They’re good questions for people to think about, just largely were questions I’ve already spent time and energy deconstructing. There were a few that sparked some new thinking though! 
  • As a nonbinary person, not a huge surprise that I particularly liked the section discussion gender and tranness , and their relationship to other constructs or identities. 

The author has a podcast & I plan to check it out!