Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about 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.

For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

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, thanks so much for joining me for session 122 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

In today's episode, we're digging into this season of Queen Sugar.

If you're a fan of the show, then you know that they've given us a lot of drama this season,

and we've really seen lots of ups and downs in the relationships between the characters.

So we'll be digging into all of that this conversation. But before we do, let's show some love to our sponsor.

If you've been a part of the Therapy for Black Girls community for some time,

you've likely heard me talk about the fact that I started therapy for Black Girls as a blog

in September 2014 after watching the Black Girls Rock Awards show on BET that year.

The energy in that room was then and continues to be the kind of energy that Black Girl Magic is made of.

So I'm thrilled that one of my favorite times of the year is here again.

Black Girls Rock airs on BET this Sunday, September 8th, at 8 p.m. 7 p.m. Central.

Former Supermodel, Activist, and Black Girls Rock founder, DJ Beverly Bond understands the

need for spaces that celebrate and affirm Black women and girls. Black Girls Rock is truly that kind of

space. This year's theme is our legacy is now. I mean every day we see examples of this from

Cocoa Golf to Congresswoman Ayanna Presley to newly minted New York Times bestselling author,

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