Sis, Take Off the Cape: Why Superwoman Needs a Nap

 

Let's be real for a moment: most of you are tired. Not just physically drained, but soul-level, "I can't even people right now" tired. And if no one has told you lately, you don't have to do it all. In fact, you were never meant to. That cape you've been wearing? It's overdue for retirement.

Deloria Nelson-Streete—aka Coach Dee—knows this truth intimately. In her powerful, heart-forward journal Rest, Resilience and Resistance: A Journal that Invites You to Take Off Your Cape and Save Yourself, she declares rest as a form of resistance. The author uses soulful storytelling, reflection prompts, and bold truths to remind Black women, especially, that we don't need to hustle for worthiness. We need rest.

Reclaim Your Power… by Laying It Down

Rest, Resilience and Resistance isn't your average self-care pep talk. This is a revolution wrapped in self-love. Coach Dee redefines REST as reclaiming energy, self-confidence, and time. She writes with the warmth of your favorite auntie and the clarity of a woman who's lived through burnout and dared to choose differently. 

Gone are the days of confusing exhaustion with achievement. Through months of themed guidance—from "Renewing the Vision" to "Releasing the Weight"—Coach Dee helps you identify the five kinds of tired that often plague women who give and give until there's nothing left:

Emotional exhaustion (the heart-weary kind)

Physical fatigue (when even rest won't touch it)

Mental burnout (hello, brain fog)

Social fatigue (when "peopling" is too much)

Soul exhaustion (the deepest disconnect)

Once you have identified your tiredness, the book invites you to rebuild your life around your joy, your needs, and your truth.

Real Talk, Real Rest

In the journal, each chapter is built around a month of the year, containing weekly reflections that feel like journaling with your wiser, unfiltered inner voice. Questions like "What does success look like for me this year?" or "How can I rest without guilt?" aren't just surface-level—they are transformational.

Deloria shares her own story of leaving the corporate grind, reclaiming her peace, and showing up fully for herself as a wife, mother, grandmother, business owner, and, yes, Chief Rest Officer. Her transparency is refreshing. She doesn't position herself as the hero of your journey; she reminds you that you are.

Because Rest Is Resistance

In a world that praises hustle and productivity, choosing to rest is a radical act. For women, especially Black women, who have been expected to carry generations of burdens, this journal says: "Sis, enough." Enough of shrinking. Enough of overgiving. Enough of denying your own humanity to meet someone else's expectations.

Your rest matters. Your healing matters. Your joy matters.

The Bottom Line: You Don't Have to Earn Rest

You already deserve it.

So go ahead, Sis. Take off the cape. Put down the to-do list. Pour a cup of tea. Cry if you need to. Laugh out loud. Say "no" without explanation. Say "yes" to yourself. And when you're ready, let Rest, Resilience and Resistance walk beside you on this beautiful journey of remembering who you are.

Because Superwoman needs a nap—and when she wakes up? She'll be unstoppable.

Want to gift yourself or a friend this sacred space for rest and renewal?

Grab your copy today.