Therapy for Black Girls

Jan 01 2025 464 ep. 37 mins 1.4k
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The Therapy for Black Girls podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible version of ourselves.

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Session 392: The Art of the Glow Up

Jan 01 2025 36 mins  
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025 and to year 3 of our January Jumpstart series. Kicking off this month’s lineup of transformative conversations is a guest that I know several of you will know and recognize: Les Alfred, host of the Balanced Black Girl podcast. With expertise as a personal trainer, nutrition coach, and certified yoga instructor, Les uses her platform to sup

Session 391: New Year, New Mindfulness

Dec 25 2024 56 mins  
The New Year often brings a whirlwind of pressure to reinvent ourselves, leading us to set unrealistic goals. In this final podcast episode of the year, I’m challenging you to consider what it might look like to spend these final days of 2024 reflecting, reframing, and being present rather than rushing ahead. Please welcome meditation teacher Dora Kamau as our guest for this

Session 390: 2024 Astrology Reflections & Considerations for 2025

Dec 18 2024 54 mins  
With so much happening this year, from the presidential election to rap beef, we could all use an explanation for why things went the way they did. More importantly, what’s next as we look to 2025? Helping us to answer that question is returning guest Mecca Woods. Mecca is a New York City-based astrologer and author who works to help others create a life they truly want

Session 389: Being A Black Woman Buddhist

Dec 11 2024 44 mins  
As we continue to explore the experiences of Black women from several religious backgrounds, this week I’m in dialogue with Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde, who shares her journey of becoming a practicing Buddhist. Dr. Yetunde is a pastoral counselor and the author of several books, including "Casting Indra's Net" and the forthcoming "Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and Thi

TBG U: Bringing Back Physical Media

Dec 10 2024 37 mins  
There are lots of stereotypes that come with being a member of Gen Z, but few are truer than the idea of us having a poor attention span, being obsessed with TikTok, and hating to consume media if it’s not in a short-form package.  On her way to solve this crisis of media illiteracy that has consumed our generation is self-proclaimed “media literate hottie,”

Session 388: Culturally Critiquing with Care

Dec 04 2024 43 mins  
Whether it’s an essay on last night’s viral moment, a deep dive into a favorite celebrity’s career, or a hot take that sets social media on fire, cultural critique is something that helps us analyze, question, and understand the world around us. But what makes a good piece of criticism? And why do we sometimes embrace it—or resist it—so strongly? Joining us this week to t

Session 387: Chasing the Bag Without Losing Your Mind

Nov 27 2024 51 mins  
Social media has the ability to make running a business look glamorous, but the reality of being an entrepreneur is often a lot more complex. And as Black women, the pressure is always on to be excellent, magical, and do everything ourselves, often leading to an imbalance between our businesses and our mental health. This week we're diving into a discussion of entrepreneurship and

TBG U: Becoming An Entrepreneur

Nov 26 2024 42 mins  
Get ready, because class is almost in session. Welcome to the Therapy For Black Girls University podcast tailored for the 20-something who’s packing for a new year on campus, thinking through their gap year, enrolling in a community college, grabbing their stoles for graduation, and everything in between. Black girls have always been the queens of having one or two side hustles a

BONUS: An Industrial Psychologist’s Perspective on HBO’s Industry

Nov 22 2024 40 mins  
With its no-bars-held look into the insidious world of investment banking, many of us fell in love with the HBO MAX series INDUSTRY, and more specifically, its non-traditional lead character, Harper Stern. Harper’s brash and unapologetic maneuvering through the gritty political world set her up as a breakout character for the series and an interesting and unexpected deviation f

Session 386: Unmasking AI w/ Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Nov 20 2024 66 mins  
The future is here, and it looks like deepfakes of real people saying fake things, chatbots claiming to have human-level consciousness, and evil robots ready to take everyone’s jobs. Artificial Intelligence, while only just recently becoming widespread and accessible, is transforming our world in ways that make understanding it more crucial than ever. Joining me for today’s imp