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Speaker 1: M K. Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls podcast,

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Speaker 1: a weekly conversation about mental health, personal development, and all

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Speaker 1: the small decisions we can make to become the best

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Speaker 1: possible versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy hard

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Speaker 1: and Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more

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Speaker 1: information or to find a therapist in your area, visit

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Speaker 1: our website at Therapy for Black Girls dot com. While

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: much for joining me for session one twelve of the

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Speaker 1: Therapy for Black Girl's podcasts. Remember that list of things

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Speaker 1: you set out to do at the end of last year.

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Speaker 1: How's it looking so far. We've hit the halfway point

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Speaker 1: in the year, and I always think that's a really

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Speaker 1: good time to do some reflecting on what you set

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Speaker 1: out to do and how it's going. So let's chat

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Speaker 1: about that a bit. But first let's show some love

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Speaker 1: In such An eighty eight of the podcast, we talked

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Speaker 1: all about how to set goals and the different things

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Speaker 1: you'd want in place to increase your chances of being successful.

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Speaker 1: So if you haven't listened to that one, you may

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Speaker 1: want to check that one out afterwards. I'll definitely link

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Speaker 1: it in the show notes. But today I wanted to

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Speaker 1: check in with you to see how things have been

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Speaker 1: going with your progress. So if you don't feel like

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Speaker 1: you're making much progress, here are a few things I

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Speaker 1: want you to consider. Number one, did you actually make

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Speaker 1: a plan with goals or did you just list a

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Speaker 1: bunch of stuff on paper with no real plan of

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Speaker 1: how you were going to achieve it. If your goals

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Speaker 1: weren't smart, that's specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time bound,

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Speaker 1: then look at your list again and see if you

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Speaker 1: can get clearer. Number two, what has been getting in

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Speaker 1: the way of your progress? Y'all know I love a

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Speaker 1: good journaling activity, So pull out your journal and think

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Speaker 1: about what's been getting in your way and what may

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Speaker 1: need to be done to remove those barriers. Number three,

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Speaker 1: what was your mindset when you made the goals? Perhaps

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Speaker 1: you're not making progress on the goals you said last

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Speaker 1: year because you made them when you are afraid, in

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Speaker 1: doubting yourself, and they simply no longer fit now that

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Speaker 1: you're feeling more confident and self assured. So lean into

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Speaker 1: this new feeling and see what kinds of goals feel

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Speaker 1: more appropriate for you right now. Number four, have you

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Speaker 1: really not made progress or is it just not the

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Speaker 1: splashy kind of progress that would look great on an

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Speaker 1: Instagram post? Because those two things are not the same. Now.

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Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrating yourself and

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Speaker 1: letting the world know how great you are, but not

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Speaker 1: all progress looks like that, and it doesn't make it

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Speaker 1: any better or worse. It's just different. Don't lose focus

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Speaker 1: on your goals or minimize them just because they don't

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Speaker 1: feel iggy worthy. And number five, try really really hard

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Speaker 1: not to beat yourself up for not making as much

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Speaker 1: progress as you would have liked. You're human, just like

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Speaker 1: the rest of us, and sometimes we're on and so

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Speaker 1: times not so much. And watch the language and the

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Speaker 1: story that you're telling yourself about what's been happening. You

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Speaker 1: may have fallen short of making as much progress as

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Speaker 1: you wanted, but you are not a failure. It's okay

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Speaker 1: to extend yourself some grace and challenge yourself to do

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Speaker 1: better in the future. Now, if you have been making

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Speaker 1: progress on your goals, here are a few things that

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Speaker 1: celebration procrastination, where you're always waiting to meet the next

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Speaker 1: goal before you celebrate the current one. It doesn't have

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Speaker 1: to be a huge celebration, but make sure you're taking

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Speaker 1: time to pet yourself on the back for all of

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Speaker 1: your hard work. Number two, stay engaged and reflective about

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Speaker 1: the process. What kinds of things have helped you to

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Speaker 1: make progress? Are those things able to be repeated? And

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Speaker 1: have you developed a good system for this to happen.

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Speaker 1: Number three, do you need to add something else to

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Speaker 1: the list? Perhaps you played it safe when you set

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Speaker 1: your goals for the year, and now you realize you

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Speaker 1: may need a little extra push. Go ahead and at

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Speaker 1: a stretch goals of the list and see how close

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Speaker 1: you come to reaching that one. At number four, be

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Speaker 1: sure to think the people who've been helping you along

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Speaker 1: and check in to see if they need any help

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Speaker 1: with their goals for the year. It's always more fun

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Speaker 1: when the whole team is winning, So make sure you're

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Speaker 1: celebrating yourself and supporting your crew as well. So draw

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Speaker 1: going on with your twenty nineteen goals. Are you making

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