Unshackled - Healing affirmations for hair that was never allowed to be free

From the lecture: The Shackles of Hair Loss.

For generations, we were told our hair was bad, unmanageable, unprofessional, a distraction. We heard it at home, at school and at work, until many of us began saying it to ourselves. Unshackled is a 30-day journey to unlearn those words.

The deck follows four weeks. In The Lies We Were Told, each card names a lie about our hair and where it came from. The Lies We Lived looks at how those lies moved into our habits, our scalps and our homes. Unshackling the Lies is the week of letting go. Embracing My God-Given Beauty celebrates the heritage, versatility and power of the hair that grows from your head.

Every card has an affirmation on the front. Turn it over and you’ll find the history behind the lie, a lived experience or a care practice, and a question to reflect on. Say the affirmation aloud three times, write it down, then answer the question. One card a day.

Unshackled is a digital deck that opens in your browser, on your phone or computer. Flip the cards, draw a card at random, or pick up where you left off. Add it to your home screen and it’s there every morning.

What you get: 30 affirmation cards in four weekly themes, with sourced history and a reflection question on every card. You’ll receive your access link by email after purchase. This is a digital product; nothing is shipped.

About the author
Mireille Liong is a photographer, author and founder of kroeshaar.com, the first natural hair website in the Netherlands and Suriname, launched in 2002. She has written three books on natural hair. Unshackled grew out of her lecture The Shackles of Hair Loss and her exhibition BAD Hair Uprooted, which trace how hair discrimination took root and how we heal from it.