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 125 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

Last week on our social media channels, we posted a community members question about struggling

with the idea of losing some of your freedom to be in a relationship.

And woo!

Y'all engaged in such a thoughtful and beautiful conversation.

So of course, we had to bring it to the podcast to talk through it a little more.

A lot of people were talking about preferring and wanting and choosing to stay single because

of that expectation that when they get in a relationship, they're going to lose some

of their freedom.

For this conversation, I was joined by Dr. Maria Dominguez to chat all about it.

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