Session 399: TBG Archive, Maintaining Freedom While in Relationships

Therapy for Black Girls

iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Relationships and freedom—can they truly coexist? This episode from our archives revisits a powerful discussion sparked by a question from our community: How do you navigate the idea of losing some of your freedom in a relationship?

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Maria Dominguez, LMFT, also known as Dr. D. Together, we unpack what it means to navigate freedom in relationships, how to define what freedom looks like for you, and the key conversations to have while dating that can provide clarity. We also explore how to build a relationship culture that evolves with the many changes you and your partner will experience over time.

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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
0:22.2	versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta,
0:29.4	Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at
0:36.1	Therapy for Blackgirls.com. While I hope you love listening to
0:40.6	and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed
0:47.3	mental health professional.
1:00.5	Hey, y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 399 of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. We'll get right into our conversation after word from our sponsors. Relationships and freedom, can they truly coexist?
1:18.4	This episode from our archives revisits a powerful discussion sparked by a question from our community.
1:24.4	How do you navigate the idea of losing some of your freedom in a relationship?
1:29.0	In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Maria Dominguez, LMFT, also known as Dr. D.
1:35.8	Together, we unpack what it means to navigate freedom and relationships, how to define what
1:40.9	freedom looks like for you, and the key conversations to have while dating that can provide clarity.
1:46.5	We also explored how to build a relationship culture that evolves with the many changes you and your partner will experience over time.
1:54.1	If something resonates with you while enjoying our conversation,
1:57.5	please share with us on social media using the hashtag TBG in session.
2:02.4	Here's our conversation.
2:06.9	Thank you so much for joining us today, Dr. Dominguez.
2:10.3	Thank you for having me. I am so excited to be here.
2:13.1	Yes, so we have been having a very riveting, I would say, conversation over in the Instagram comments.
2:20.0	So we posted a question last week and our new feature is Help a Sister Out.
2:23.8	And that's where audience or community members can kind of submit a question or a topic they want to discuss with the collective and have people weigh in on it.
2:32.0	And so one of the questions last week was about how do you maintain your sense of freedom
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