Session 318: Demystifying Menopause, Part I
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
Simply uttering the word “menopause” can result in feelings of dread for anyone born with a pair of ovaries. Hot flashes, sleepless nights, and painful sex are some of the many transitions that we associate with getting older and experiencing menopause. But menopause doesn’t have to be the secretive, painful experience that so many of us were raised to view it as, and today’s guest is one of the many Black women working to erase its stigma.
Omisade Burney-Scott is a seventh-generation Black Southern feminist, storyteller, and social justice advocate. She is also the creator and curator of The Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause. During our conversation, Omisade and I discuss how to navigate the transition into menopause, dealing with feelings of grief as a result of experiencing menopause, and how to start intergenerational conversations around the menopausal experience.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health, |
| 0:16.9 | personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions |
| 0:22.2 | of ourselves. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:30.2 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com. |
| 0:38.5 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute |
| 0:45.1 | for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 0:48.3 | Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 318 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast. |
| 1:01.5 | We'll get right into our conversation after we're from our sponsors. |
| 1:05.4 | Which friend are you in your sister's circle? |
| 1:10.9 | Are you the wall flower, the peacemaker, the firecracker, or the leader? |
| 1:15.3 | Click the quiz at sisterhoodheels.com slash quiz to find out and then make sure to grab |
| 1:20.2 | your copy of Sisterhood Heels to find out more about how you can be a better friend and |
| 1:25.0 | how your circle can do a better job of supporting you. |
| 1:28.0 | Order yours today at sisterhoodheels.com |
| 1:37.2 | Simply uttering the word menopause can result in feelings of dread for anyone born with |
| 1:42.0 | a pair of ovaries. |
| 1:44.0 | Hot flashes, sleepless nights, and painful sex are some of the many transitions that we |
| 1:48.7 | associate with getting older and experiencing menopause. |
| 1:53.4 | But menopause doesn't have to be the secretive painful experience that so many of us were |
| 1:57.8 | raised to view it as. |
| 1:59.8 | And today's guest is one of the many black women working to erase its stigma. |
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