Welcome to The Good Stuff. I'm Jacob Schick, a third-generation combat marine.

And I'm his co-host and wife Ashley Schick. We believe everyone has a story to tell.

Not only about the peaks, but the valleys they've been through to get them to where they are today.

We're joined by some amazing guests who share the lessons they've learned that shaped who they are

and what they're doing to pay it forward and give back.

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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, thanks so much for joining me for session 19 of The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

Today's episode is a special request from one of the members of The Therapy for Black Girls

Thrive Tribe. She wanted me to talk with you all about how to deal with difficult emotions

and some of the self-destructive things we may get into after a breakup. But I'm going to expand

that a little bit because I don't think we only get into self-destructive behaviors after a breakup.

I think anytime we're having trouble dealing with difficult emotions and that can be related to

a breakup. It can be related to grief and loss related to something else. We've just had a really

bad day. Anything that we're really struggling with and having trouble dealing with difficult emotions,

I think we can oftentimes find ourselves engaging in some self-destructive behaviors.

And I think it's also important to think about the fact that what may be a self-destructive

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