The Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing
Navigating Family, Identity + Healing
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"What aaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeeee you?!"
If you just had that familiar sinking feeling, this book is for you. Do you point out how alienating and othering that question is? Stand your ground and explain that you don't have to justify your existence with a pie chart and a family tree? Or keep the peace, bite your tongue and smile politely at yet another person treating you like a science project?
While each mixed person's experience is different, there are common threads from living in a monoracial world that weave their way into your life. This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life, handle common challenges, and resist othering and erasure.
Informed by experience and expertise from both sides of the therapist's couch, the Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing shows you how to handle microaggressions, confront systemic issues, and control your own story.
If you just had that familiar sinking feeling, this book is for you. Do you point out how alienating and othering that question is? Stand your ground and explain that you don't have to justify your existence with a pie chart and a family tree? Or keep the peace, bite your tongue and smile politely at yet another person treating you like a science project?
While each mixed person's experience is different, there are common threads from living in a monoracial world that weave their way into your life. This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life, handle common challenges, and resist othering and erasure.
Informed by experience and expertise from both sides of the therapist's couch, the Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing shows you how to handle microaggressions, confront systemic issues, and control your own story.
- Published: Feb 19 2026
- Pages: 224
- ISBN: 9781805013655
Press Reviews
Marcia Bonato Warren MA MA LPC, author of Movement and Identity: Multiculturalism, Somatic Awareness, and Embodied Code-Switching®
Namalee Bolle successfully brings her readers into an impressive gathering of voices that give depth and breadth to the mixed and multiracial experience. This book invites us all to bring a deeper understanding to our own identities, and the ways we find belonging and meaning in the world.
Toulip Wonder, artist + PHD researcher
I didn't realise how much I needed this until now. I only wish I had grown up with a book like this. This is a truly invaluable and deeply affirming resource. After a lifetime of struggling to articulate what Bolle puts into words so clearly, I can say with absolute certainty that 'The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing' is a resounding success. It is not only an invaluable source of timely information, but also a deeply needed healing resource for our mixed and diasporic communities, and for anyone navigating the complex and layered experience of being multiracial.
David Akinsanya, Broadcaster + NHS wellbeing trainer
Brillant and so relevant! Reading this book struck so many chords with me - as an older mixed man co-parenting a 9 year old with a white woman. It made me appreciate that when parents from different races come together, they rarely give much thought to the [multiracial] wellbeing of the children they will produce.
Nabil Ayers, author of My Life in the Sunshine
Bolle examines the complexities of mixed-race identity and confronts them with thoughtful, tangible solutions. The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing is a relatable and fascinating read for anyone who's ever fielded the question, "What are you?" And essential for anyone who's asked it.