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.

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I've been wanting to experiment with shorter, more actionable field episodes for a minute.

So today is my first foray into what I'm right now calling.

I have some thoughts on Blink.

For this episode, I wanted to share some thoughts on playing small.

This weekend, I started rewatching insecure from the beginning and was struck when one

of the first lines Issa has in episode 1 is her asking herself, how much different would

my life be if I actually went after what I wanted.

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