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.

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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 16 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

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for Black Girls thrive tribe.

I've definitely been enjoying the conversations with you all.

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So I feel like I would be remiss if I did not share at least a few of my musings about

444 on the recent J.Z. album that came out.

So I've been thinking a lot about how lemonade really opened up the conversation for so many

sisters about difficult relationships, both with partners, with fathers, and just kind

of like womanhood in general.

And it feels like it really took us on a journey around like self-discovery and difficult

relationships.

And do I stay in this relationship and then came to a resolution.

And then it feels like with 444, J.Z. just kind of reopened that wound and kind of

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