{"product_id":"liberated-mind-a-guide-to-black-clarity-hardcover","title":"Liberated Mind: A Guide to Black Clarity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy D. Goler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNa'im Akbar\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWE HAVE BEEN SHAPED TO STAY SMALL.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIT IS TIME TO OUTGROW THE CONTAINER.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about how social systems shape Black consciousness and how individuals and communities can reclaim agency within those systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from sociology, Black psychology, and lived experience building educational and civic institutions, Dr. Timothy D. Goler introduces a framework for understanding how Black minds are shaped by environment, policy, education, and history and how that shaping can be intentionally reconstructed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, Black people have been taught to cope, adapt, survive. We learned to shrink in rooms that weren't built for us. To silence ourselves before speaking. To call exhaustion \"strength\" and suppression \"discipline.\" We mistake the weight we carry for who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what if that weight was never ours to begin with?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the \u003cstrong\u003eBonsai Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e - Dr. Goler's framework for understanding how Black minds have been intentionally pruned, wired, and contained through centuries of systemic pressure. Like bonsai trees, we're genetically no different than full-sized trees. It's not our DNA. It's the discipline of distortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book doesn't stop at diagnosis. Through the five pillars of \u003cstrong\u003eReconstructed Self Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e, Dr. Goler offers a roadmap from survival to strategy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e→ UNLEARNING limiting beliefs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e→ RECLAIMING mental authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e→ ALIGNING identity with authentic values\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e→ ESTABLISHING discipline and boundaries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e→ ACTIVATING your reconstructed self in daily life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on sociology, Black psychology, ancestral wisdom, and decades of community engagement, \u003cem\u003eLiberated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is for those who've done therapy but felt something was missing. For activists seeking frameworks that connect personal healing to collective liberation. For anyone ready to stop performing normalcy and start living with clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis isn't self-help. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is self-direction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53274369556787,"sku":"9798988188490","price":39.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KQ7m8uR1lN9798988188490.webp?v=1776896166","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/liberated-mind-a-guide-to-black-clarity-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}