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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly

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Speaker 1: conversation about mental health, personal development, and all the small

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Speaker 1: decisions we can make to become the best possible versions

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Speaker 1: of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr joy hard and Bradford,

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Speaker 1: a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or

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Speaker 1: to find a therapist in your area, visit our website

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Speaker 1: at Therapy for Black Girls dot com. While I hope

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Speaker 1: you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it

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Speaker 1: is not meant to be a substitute for relationship with

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Speaker 1: a licensed mental health professional. Hey, y'all, thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for joining me for session one nine of the Therapy

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Speaker 1: for Black Girls Podcast. On the Therapy for Black Girls

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Speaker 1: social media channels, we ask lots of questions to help

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Speaker 1: you to pause and take a second to reflect, and

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Speaker 1: many members of the community love engaging and journaling about

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Speaker 1: some of the questions we share, so I thought it

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Speaker 1: might be cool to bring some of that same energy

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Speaker 1: here to the podcast, and specifically, I wanted to pull

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Speaker 1: some questions to get you to think more about you.

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Speaker 1: Who you are, what makes you tick, how you show

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Speaker 1: up in the world, all of that good stuff. But

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Speaker 1: first I want to share a quick word from our

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Speaker 1: dot com slash tv G. So I have ten questions

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Speaker 1: for you today to help you do a little reflecting

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Speaker 1: on yourself. Y'all know I love a good journal exercise,

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Speaker 1: So if you want to grab your journal and write

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Speaker 1: down your answers, great, But I also created a free

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Speaker 1: download for y'all this time, since so many of you

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Speaker 1: asked for it. After the twenty questions for I definitely

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Speaker 1: learned my lesson, So if you want to grab a

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Speaker 1: copy of the questions, you can download them at the

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Speaker 1: link in the show notes. Question number one, how would

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Speaker 1: you describe your relationship with parents, siblings, and other family members?

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Speaker 1: Number two? When you feel like you've been wronged in

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Speaker 1: some way? How do you respond? Number three? Is it

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Speaker 1: difficult for you to ask for what you want and need? Why?

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Speaker 1: Or why not? Number four? When is your negative self

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Speaker 1: talk most active? And when it is active, what does

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Speaker 1: it say? Do you believe it? Number five? How would

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Speaker 1: you describe your role in most of your relationships? Is

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Speaker 1: it a role that you're interested in continuing? What do

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Speaker 1: you think would happen if you switch things up a bit?

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Speaker 1: Number six? What would your best friends say if someone

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Speaker 1: asked them to describe you? Number seven? What kinds of

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Speaker 1: things worry you? How do you typically respond when you're worried?

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Speaker 1: Number eight? What are you most proud of about yourself?

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Speaker 1: Number nine? What relationship has been most impactful in your life?

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Speaker 1: How so does this person know of their impact? And

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Speaker 1: question number ten in what areas of your life do

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Speaker 1: you find it most difficult to be compassionate towards yourself?

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Speaker 1: So there you have it. That's your self reflection starter pack.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully spending some time answering these questions helps you to

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Speaker 1: think more intently about yourself, but if nothing else, it

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Speaker 1: gives you some time to just be alone with your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: Remember that if you want to grab a copy of

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Speaker 1: the questions, you can download them at the link in

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Speaker 1: the show notes, and don't forget to share this episode

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Speaker 1: with a friend who loves a good journaling exercise as well.

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Speaker 1: If you're looking for a therapist, be sure to check

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Speaker 1: out our newly updated therapist directory at Therapy for Black

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Speaker 1: Girls dot com slash directory. And if you want to

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Speaker 1: continue digging into this topic and meet some other sisters

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Speaker 1: in your area, come on over and join us in

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Speaker 1: the Yellow Couch Collective, where we take a deeper dive

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Speaker 1: into the topics from the podcast and just about everything else.

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Speaker 1: You can join us at Therapy for Black Girls dot

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Speaker 1: for joining me again this week. I look forward to

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Speaker 1: continue in this conversation with you all real soon. Take

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