I really want people to center platonic relationships in their lives and to really dig deeper into

how we can support one another better and really show up for one another, but also allow other people to

show up for us, because I think a lot of us find ourselves as like the go getters, kind of the one

who is checking on other people, but I also really think it's important for us to be able to ask for

help and allow ourselves to be in spaces of vulnerability with one another.

So have you ever wondered why you sometimes feel so isolated and alone, even among friends and

family? Why are we troubled by a seeming paradox, longing for human connection, yet riddled with

feelings of loneliness, and is there a way to truly remedy our epidemic of isolation? Well,

today we're exploring the transformative power of healing in community. With renowned therapist,

author and speaker, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford. So in her new book, Sisterhood Heels, the transformative

power of healing in community. Dr. Joy reveals how sisterhoods and healing circles can fill

the void of loneliness and create a space for growth, and she spent decades helping clients transform

pain into liberation through group therapy, empowering black women through therapy for black girls,

and organization focused on improving mental health outcomes for black girls and women, and gathering

all-line communities through her popular three-for-thursday sessions. And her really insightful

perspective, it draws from both clinical experience, treating clients and therapy groups, as well as

her personal experience of Sisterhood nourished all the way back from the time on her grandparents' porch.

But she points out that many of the dynamics that she sees in her group sessions, they actually

apply to our everyday circles of friends and family and colleagues. With simple awareness and

openness, she says, we can transform how we connect and experience a profound sense of belonging,

which we all need more of these days. In our conversation, Dr. Joy shares lessons from therapy

groups on how to build safe psychological containers that unleash the power of vulnerability and

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