Root Therapy

As a child there was nothing Felicia Leatherwood wanted more than long, flowy hair. But Felicia’s short afro grew up and out, not down. Her father who styled Felicia’s hair in her mother’s place, often didn’t know his own strength, and would rip Felicia’s delicate strands as he combed through her hair. At a young age, Felicia internalizes her hair as something to be managed, tamed, instead of a source of pride.

As hair trends come and go, Felicia’s beloved Jherri curl is replaced by every braided style in the book. She even tries her hand at weaves and relaxers. Felicia finds she loves doing hair so much she leaves her high-paying corporate job to enroll in beauty school and lands a hot new job at a salon where celebrities breeze through to freshen up their look. It isn’t long until Felicia is styling her first celebrity client. Felicia’s love of hair takes her around the world, to movie sets and several red carpets.

In Root Therapy, Felicia shares her journey of hair positivity, which opens the door to a beautiful spiritual journey of self-love. As a celebrity stylist and natural hair educator, Felicia has made it her life’s mission to share the message of hair acceptance. Complete with exercises that show you the merits of owning one’s complete self, Felicia encourages you to embrace your natural hair.

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  • Root Therapy by Felicia Leatherwood really hit for me. It’s not just about hair, it’s about everything tied up in it. The way she includes her story as an entrepreneur with her spiritual take on hair being ancestral and personal? It lands. She really has you thinking about where your beliefs about your hair even came from and how much of that you’ve been carrying without realizing it. I also loved how real the book feels. You get stories from celebs and everyday clients and you see how much people go through when it comes to their hair because we know (especially as Black women) it’s never just hair. The journal prompts were so good for actually sitting with your own stuff and she still gives you real, practical tips you can use. And not gonna lie, I kept thinking about how I waited months for my first Felicia Leatherwood brush back in the day. This book gave me that same feeling. Worth the wait, and it delivers.


    — Early Reader

  • An empowering and deeply personal guide that goes beyond hair care to explore identity, confidence, and self-acceptance. Through her own journey, the author reframes natural hair not as something to manage, but as something to embrace and celebrate.

    —Early Reader