Session 395: Finding & Sustaining Community with Yolo Akili
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
2025 is already proving to be a year where community will be more important than ever before. But many may still be wondering, how do I find those I can trust and how do I maintain these relationships?
Helping us to answer these questions is writer, activist, and founder of BEAM, the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, Yolo Akili. For over 20 years, Yolo has led and designed mental and emotional health workshops, experiences, support groups, and training. During our conversation, we unpack some of the ways that we can approach mental health practices and principles as community members to better show up for one another and curate the sort of support systems that we need for ourselves.
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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 mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible |
| 0:22.0 | versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in |
| 0:28.7 | Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website |
| 0:35.6 | at Therapy for Blackgirls.com. |
| 0:38.6 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a |
| 0:44.4 | substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 1:00.3 | Hey, y'all. Thanks so much for joining me for session 395 of the Therapy for Black Girl podcast. We'll get right into our conversation after a word from our sponsors. |
| 1:05.5 | Hi, my name is Yolo Akely Robinson and I am excited to be on Therapy for Black Girls, |
| 1:10.3 | the podcast with Dr. Joy Harden-Bratford, talking about community care, navigating conflict, discernment, and much more. |
| 1:27.0 | We're so honored to be nominated for the outstanding lifestyle and self-help podcast category |
| 1:32.2 | at the 56 annual NAACP Image Awards. |
| 1:36.2 | But we cannot win without your support. |
| 1:39.2 | Please take a second to go to vote.n.nbacAWords.net and vote for therapy for black girls. |
| 1:45.7 | 2025 is already proving to be a year where a community will be more important than never. |
| 1:50.9 | But many may still be wondering, how do I find those I can trust, and how do I maintain these |
| 1:56.0 | relationships? |
| 1:57.5 | Helping us to answer these questions is writer, activist, and founder of Bean, |
| 2:02.2 | the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, Yolo Akely. |
| 2:06.2 | For over 20 years, Yolo has led and designed mental and emotional health workshops, |
| 2:11.5 | experiences, support groups, and training. |
| 2:14.3 | His expertise includes facilitating anger management and anti-violence groups with |
| 2:18.3 | black men and boys, HIV-AIDS case management, and peer counseling, training community |
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