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Navigating Life as a Brown Girl: A therapist’s guide for South Asian women
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Expected 10 Mar 26A must-have, compassionate guide for tackling life's challenges as a Brown Girl.
Fahima Ali, a Brown girl raised in the UK, works as a therapist in the South Asian community. Also known as 'The Brown Therapist', she draws on her own lived experience to give a voice, validation and practical support to the often-overlooked struggles women face in the Brown community.
As a society, we often fail to acknowledge or understand that people from different cultural backgrounds experience different lived-in circumstances. Our upbringing shapes and impacts our mental health in distinctive ways. Fahima is on a mission to raise awareness of this touchy subject and amplify the experiences which are usually left unheard and unchanged.
Chapters cover everything from family dynamics, conflicted feelings of identity and friendship to marriage, the stigma of divorce, mental health, generational trauma, and more. Each chapter is split into two parts as Fahima first outlines the 'traditional' narrative within the South Asian community, and then begins to help us unpack it with the use of reflective questions, journal prompts, case studies and practical exercises.
Fahima Ali, a Brown girl raised in the UK, works as a therapist in the South Asian community. Also known as 'The Brown Therapist', she draws on her own lived experience to give a voice, validation and practical support to the often-overlooked struggles women face in the Brown community.
As a society, we often fail to acknowledge or understand that people from different cultural backgrounds experience different lived-in circumstances. Our upbringing shapes and impacts our mental health in distinctive ways. Fahima is on a mission to raise awareness of this touchy subject and amplify the experiences which are usually left unheard and unchanged.
Chapters cover everything from family dynamics, conflicted feelings of identity and friendship to marriage, the stigma of divorce, mental health, generational trauma, and more. Each chapter is split into two parts as Fahima first outlines the 'traditional' narrative within the South Asian community, and then begins to help us unpack it with the use of reflective questions, journal prompts, case studies and practical exercises.
224 pages, Paperback
Expected publication March 10, 2026
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December 30, 2025
I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I found the book to be a really helpful and practical read full of tips and tools,
Although I’m very familiar with many therapeutic interventions and tools, I felt the way this was written and framed, particularly helpful (I’m a mixed race Brown girl). It was useful though how examples and different scenarios we’ll likely face in our lives were provided and how we can approach them with these prompts and tips (or hacks) for a better outcome and it made me reflect a lot.
I also felt that I’d possibly benefit more from a physical copy when it’s released, as reading the Kindle version meant I couldn’t highlight pages and make notes to refer back to.
Thanks again to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced copy.
I found the book to be a really helpful and practical read full of tips and tools,
Although I’m very familiar with many therapeutic interventions and tools, I felt the way this was written and framed, particularly helpful (I’m a mixed race Brown girl). It was useful though how examples and different scenarios we’ll likely face in our lives were provided and how we can approach them with these prompts and tips (or hacks) for a better outcome and it made me reflect a lot.
I also felt that I’d possibly benefit more from a physical copy when it’s released, as reading the Kindle version meant I couldn’t highlight pages and make notes to refer back to.
Thanks again to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced copy.
January 28, 2026
So powerful, inspiring and informative!
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