{"product_id":"breaking-up-with-the-patriarchy-paperback-22","title":"Breaking Up with the Patriarchy - Paperback","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\u003eSusan L. Herrmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura B. Fox\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFour Arrows\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherapist Susan L. Herrmann draws on thirty years of clinical practice to guide readers through a personal and cultural reckoning with patriarchal conditioning. Grounded in the work of Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa), who contributes the foreword, the book introduces readers to the Kinship Worldview, the relational framework that sustained human communities for most of our existence, and offers it as a practical path toward healing the isolation, anxiety, and disconnection that define modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an academic critique. Herrmann writes conversationally, weaving client stories, personal narrative, and embodied practices into each chapter. Readers learn to identify internalized patriarchal patterns, reclaim somatic and intuitive ways of knowing, build authentic community, and practice what Herrmann calls Radical Surrender: acting from integrity without attachment to outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book sits naturally at the intersection of several strong sections: psychology\/self-help, spirituality, Indigenous wisdom, women's studies, and social justice. It appeals to readers of Resmaa Menakem's \u003cem\u003eMy Grandmother's Hands\u003c\/em\u003e, Robin Wall Kimmerer's \u003cem\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e, and Four Arrows' \u003cem\u003eRestoring the Kinship Worldview\u003c\/em\u003e (co-authored with Darcia Narvaez, who endorses this book).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion facilitator guide is available for book clubs and group study programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndorsed by Darcia Narvaez (Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Notre Dame), David Blake Willis (Professor of Anthropology and Education, Fielding Graduate University), and practicing clinicians in somatic psychotherapy, trauma, and decolonizing practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47509618688249,"sku":"9781965101162","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TFrBkt1p109781965101162_1b512535-2f13-4409-8e43-7d5af7cd8f01.webp?v=1773377880","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/breaking-up-with-the-patriarchy-paperback-22","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}