Session 332: ICYMI: Blending Families for the Holidays
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 43 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.
In case you missed it, we’re diving back into our catalog to get you all prepared for the upcoming holiday season. This week we’re circling back on our conversation about “blending families’ with Jordan A. Madison, licensed clinical marriage and family therapist and contributing writer to the Therapy for Black Girls blog.
Whether you’re bringing a plus one to this year’s family dinner or planning to spend the holidays with the cousins you haven’t seen in years, there is one thing for certain, blending new family members with old traditions can be tricky During our conversation we discussed:
- Some of the more common feelings associated with blending families for the first time
- What about the holidays overall can cause tension amongst family members
- How you can maintain your wellness practices while other people are staying in your home or you’re staying in someone else’s
- Telling your family you’re not coming home for the holidays
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about |
| 0:15.4 | mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to |
| 0:20.6 | become the best possible versions of ourselves. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin Bradford, |
| 0:26.0 | a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:30.0 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, |
| 0:34.0 | visit our website at therapy for black girls.com. |
| 0:38.0 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a relationship |
| 0:46.0 | with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 332 of the |
| 0:59.5 | Therapy for Black Girls podcast. We'll get right into our conversation after a you all prepared for the upcoming holiday season. |
| 1:19.0 | This week, we're circling back on our conversation to talk about blending families with Jordan A Madison, |
| 1:25.3 | licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, and contributing writer to the therapy for |
| 1:29.8 | black girls blog. Whether you're bringing a plus one to this year's family dinner or |
| 1:34.3 | planning to spend the holidays with the cousins you haven't seen in years, |
| 1:38.0 | there's one thing for certain. Blending new family members with old traditions can be tricky. |
| 1:43.6 | As if spending the holidays with your family isn't hard enough. |
| 1:47.2 | In this week's session, Jordan and I explore some of the more common feelings associated |
| 1:52.3 | with blending families for the first time. |
| 1:55.0 | What about the holidays overall can cause tension among family members? |
| 1:59.0 | How you can maintain your wellness practices while other people are staying in your home or |
| 2:03.7 | while you're staying with someone else and telling your family you're not |
| 2:07.3 | coming home for the holidays. If something resonates with you while enjoying our |
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