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

versions of ourselves.

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

To get more information, 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 56 of the podcast.

I wanted to spend some time today to talk to all the ladies celebrating their college

graduation in this season.

You spent many years working toward this goal, and you should absolutely enjoy the fruits

of your labor.

And as much as this time is marked with excitement and joy, many of you might also be feeling

a little apprehensive, confused, and maybe even depressed.

So I wanted to share with you eight concerns I've seen come up around college graduation

that might be impacting you now or could be in the future and give you some ideas about

how to work through them.

If you hear an idea that you love and you think your circle also needs to hear it, make

sure to share it on social media using the hashtag tbginsession.

Number one.

So first, I want to let you know that there is a natural coming down of adrenaline that

happens when you finish big projects.

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