Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, where we discuss all things mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible

versions of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

To get more information and resources, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com

And while I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant

to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 54 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

I have an incredible conversation for you today, all about how we can shake the need

to be super women in our life.

But before I share more about that, I want to introduce you to our sponsor for this week's

episode, BrightPink.

BrightPink is a national nonprofit focused on the prevention and early detection of breast

and ovarian cancers.

They are on a mission to save women's lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering

them to live proactively at a young age.

I was thrilled when Sydney, who is the community engagement coordinator and a listener of the

podcast, shout out to Sydney, reached out to me about partnering with them to get their

message out.

In our first conversation, here's what she shared with me.

What we know is that black women are being diagnosed with more aggressive forms of breast

cancer, receiving that diagnosis at younger ages, and are dying at almost twice the rate

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