Session 371: Decentering Romance
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
So many of us have been raised to prioritize romantic partnership and finding “the one,” over anything else, including some of our other, long-standing platonic relationships. Today we’re exploring the idea of Decentering Romance — a concept you may have seen on your social media feeds — which asks us to explore what it looks like to seek romantic desire without letting it push out the other important relationships in our lives.
Joining me for this discussion is licensed marriage and family therapist, Tiffany Hall. Tiffany is a coach, speaker, and writer based in the Philadelphia area who is passionate about working with women to understand the roles they play in their relationships and how it impacts who they are. During our conversation, we discussed the pitfalls of making romantic love the center of your life, how you can still maintain your friendships when dating, and the cultivation of family dynamics that honor non-romantic life partners.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about |
| 0:15.7 | mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to |
| 0:21.0 | become the best possible versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin |
| 0:26.1 | Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, |
| 0:34.4 | visit our website at therapy for black girls.com. |
| 0:38.2 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a |
| 0:45.6 | relationship with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, |
| 0:55.0 | all, thanks so much for joining me for Session 371 of the Therapy for Black Girls |
| 1:01.0 | Podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | We'll get right into our conversation after word from |
| 1:04.5 | our sponsors. Hi I'm Tiffany Hall and I'm on the Therapy for Black |
| 1:09.0 | Girls Podcast. I'm in session today unpacking what it means to dissenter romance in your life. So many of us have been raised to prioritize romantic partnership and finding the one over anything else, including some of our other longstanding platonic relationships. |
| 1:35.0 | Today, we're exploring the idea of decentering romance, a concept you may have seen on your social media |
| 1:41.6 | feeds, which asks us to explore what it looks like to seek |
| 1:45.2 | romantic desire without letting it push out the other important relationships in our lives. |
| 1:50.9 | Joining me for this conversation is licensed marriage and family therapist |
| 1:54.3 | Tiffany Hall. Tiffany is a coach, speaker, and writer based in the Philadelphia area |
| 1:59.8 | who's passionate about working with women to understand the roles they play in their |
| 2:03.7 | relationships and how it impacts who they are. |
| 2:07.1 | During our conversation, we discuss the pitfalls of making romantic love the center of your life, how you can still maintain your friendships when dating, |
| 2:15.8 | and the cultivation of family dynamics that honor non-romantic life partners. |
| 2:20.9 | If something resonates with you while enjoying our conversation, |
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