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Rashida Saunders is the author of Permission to Break: A Memoir of Strength, Silence, and Softness, founder of Black Ember Press, host of the Compassion Over Silence™ podcast, and a community engagement officer in Portland, Oregon.

Through writing, speaking, and storytelling, she explores leadership, emotional resilience, healing, identity, and the hidden cost of carrying strength alone. Born and raised in Northeast Portland, Rashida draws on her experiences in public service, motherhood, and personal transformation to encourage honest conversations about strength, vulnerability, and what it means to heal beyond survival mode.

Rashida is also the founder of Black Ember Photography and a sought-after speaker whose work focuses on leadership, c
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" Thank you for reading so openly. Your words about loving yourself to safety and not being alone in pain mean more than you know. I’m grateful the vuln ...more "
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
"The Permission to Break is about finding yourself in a storm, and loving yourself to safety. Rashida does a remarkable job sharing a vulnerability very few would ever do- and does it with a nurturing grace. From her childhood, being a cop, romantic r" Read more of this review »
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
" Kevin, thank you for this reflection. The way you articulated strength as courage to feel and rest truly moved me. It means a great deal that the refr ...more "
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
"As a Black man, reading Permission to Break was an experience that resonated far deeper than I anticipated. This book does more than tell a story it speaks to the unspoken weight many of us carry: the expectation to remain strong, silent, and compose" Read more of this review »
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
" Tim, thank you for reading so attentively. Your reflection on grief living inside us and arriving without permission means a lot. I’m grateful the lay ...more "
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
"Rashida's writing about grief resonated deeply with me . . . I especially appreciated capturing how grief doesn't ask permission, that it lives inside you, takes over your body, crashes into your life just when you think it's safely away from you. Th" Read more of this review »
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
" Jayme, I’m grateful you took the time to share this. It means a lot that the healing journey resonated with you. Thank you for reading. "
Permission to Break by Rashida  Saunders
" Pamela, thank you for reading so thoughtfully. Your words about softness mean more than you know. I appreciate you taking the time to reflect on the j ...more "
“This book was born out of exhaustion—not the kind that sleep fixes, but the kind that comes from holding yourself together for too long.”
Rashida Saunders
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“This book was born out of exhaustion—not the kind that sleep fixes, but the kind that comes from holding yourself together for too long.”
― Rashida Saunders

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