Session 322: Maintaining Lasting Friendships
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 42 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.
How many of us can say that we have a friendship that is 5, 10, or even 15 years old? If you thought that was rare, how about being friends for most of your lives? For today’s session, we’re joined by lifelong besties of 26 years Lamaya, Aketa, and Keely. Dubbing themselves AMW for ‘America’s Most Wanted,’ this girl group has navigated moves around the country, the raising of children, and busy careers, all while still making time for sisterhood.
In our session today, you’ll hear the AMW crew talk all about their growth as a friend group from college to adulthood, ways to stay connected when your besties live far apart, and how they’ve managed to maintain their sisterhood in the midst of personal life developments.
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Executive Producers: Dennison Bradford & Maya Cole Howard
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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. |
| 0:48.5 | Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 32 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | We'll get right into our conversation after we're from our sponsors. |
| 1:09.1 | Which friend are you in your sister's circle? |
| 1:11.4 | Are you the wall flower, the peacemaker, the firecracker, or the leader? |
| 1:15.8 | Click the quiz at sisterhoodheels.com slash quiz to find out and then make sure to grab |
| 1:20.8 | your copy of Sisterhood Heels to find out more about how you can be a better friend and |
| 1:25.5 | how your circle can do a better job of supporting you. |
| 1:28.6 | Order yours today at sisterhoodheels.com |
| 1:37.7 | How many of us can say that we have a friendship that is 5 years old? |
| 1:42.1 | 10 years old? |
| 1:43.3 | Or even 15 years old? |
| 1:45.7 | If you thought that was rare, how about being friends for most of your lives? |
| 1:51.4 | Life-long sisterhood is a rare yet beautiful phenomenon that brings new meaning to the |
| 1:56.7 | term ride or die. |
| 1:58.6 | For today's session, we're joined by lifelong besties of 26 years, Lamea, Akita, and |
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