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.

For more information or to find a therapist, visit our 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 98 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

A few weeks ago on session 92, you heard my conversation with Melissa Eiffel, who shared incredible

information about living your life with a bipolar disorder. Well, this week, Melissa is back because

she felt like there was something else she really wanted to make sure she shared, and that's tips

for how to show up when you really just want to sit down. We find ourselves in the same patterns

over and over and over again when we have life lessons to learn that we have it really mastered.

And so if your engagement patterns, whether it's the people or the things or the outcomes,

then it's a good sign for you to pick a step back and to pay attention to what's happening around you.

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