Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, where we discuss all things mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible

versions of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

To get more information and resources, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com

And while I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant

to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, welcome to session 10 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

So we've made it to the end of May in our celebration for mental health awareness month,

and we are ending it by talking about our relationships with ourselves.

And in hindsight, I probably should have done this episode as the first episode of May,

because our relationship with ourselves is really the basis in the foundation for our

relationships with everyone else.

So today in talking about our relationship with ourselves, we're really going to be talking

about self-esteem and confidence.

And our self-esteem and confidence typically come from things like our belief in our ability

to solve problems, our ability to recognize our inherent talents, the value we add to the

world simply by existing.

It does not come from our relationship status or our status as a parent.

It doesn't come from having the fly as close or the latest handbag or having a cute face

or a body.

Now please don't get me wrong.

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