BONUS: Black Girls React to The Little Mermaid
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
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 versions of ourselves.
So many of us have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the live action remake of Disney’s Little Mermaid. The 1989 classic has finally sailed back to the big screen but this time reimagined with a new leading lady, a Black Ariel, brought to life by Halle Bailey. To celebrate the release of the film, we partnered with Valencia Seuell, the founder of Elite 23 International, a non-profit Chicago-based organization dedicated to empowering and uplifting women and young girls around the world to send a group of young lades to see the film on opening weekend. Four of them then joined me on the podcast to share about their experiences watching the film and what the film taught them about life. Today on the podcast I’m joined by Caleigh, Sa’Mya, Ameri, and Kennedee.
This episode does contain spoilers so if you haven’t had the opportunity to see the film yet, put this episode on pause and come back to it later.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health, |
| 0:16.9 | personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions |
| 0:22.2 | of ourselves. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:29.9 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com. |
| 0:38.4 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute |
| 0:45.0 | for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 0:48.5 | Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for a special bonus episode of the Therapy for |
| 1:00.6 | Black Girls Podcast. |
| 1:02.6 | We'll get right into our conversation after we're from our sponsors. |
| 1:14.8 | So many of us have been patiently waiting for the arrival of the live action remake of Disney's |
| 1:19.4 | Little Mermaid. |
| 1:20.8 | The 1989 classic has finally sailed back to the big screen, but this time reimagined with |
| 1:26.4 | a new leading lady, a black aerial, brought to life by Haley Bailey. |
| 1:31.5 | In anticipation for the release of the film, our team here at therapy for black girls wanted |
| 1:35.7 | to sponsor a group of young black women to go see the film in theaters on the opening box |
| 1:39.8 | office weekend. |
| 1:41.1 | We partnered with Balenci of Soule, the founder of Elite 23 International, a non-profit |
| 1:46.6 | Chicago based organization dedicated to empowering and uplifting women and young girls around |
| 1:51.9 | the world. |
| 1:52.9 | Founded on the principles of academic excellence, community involvement, and higher level thinking, |
| 1:57.9 | Elite makes it a priority to ignite passion and leave a lifelong positive impact on the |
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