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Hello and welcome back to oversharing. I'm Jordana Abraham and I'm Dr. Naomi Bernstein.

So good to be back with you. I know your birthday is coming up.

Yeah. I'm excited. I'm excited for you. Thank you. I'm taking the day off.

I'm debating whether or not to still send the kids to camp and just enjoy a day to myself or to have

like a big old family day. So that's to be determined. But to keep them for yourself.

Yeah. I get lots of love on Mother's Day and my birthday. So that's something.

Yeah. And then the rest of the year, nothing. Exactly.

I always ask them, all I want for my birthday is for everybody to get along and be kind to

each other. And so the mom thing to say. It is. But it's so true. The big ring is like

deafening. That's sweet. So yeah, they usually pull it together twice a year for me, which is

nice. That's good. So today, I thought it would be interesting to talk about because I feel like

I've gotten some DMs. And we get occasional emails about like, what is the best way to find

your own therapist? Because I think there is, you know, a lot of people think, I think most people

aren't like seeing or finding a therapist isn't like a one day thing. Like in the morning,

I decided I need therapy and then by the afternoon, I have an appointment with a therapist.

Yeah. I think it's like, or always I'll share my own personal, I think like journey into therapy.

I went to therapy right after my 26th birthday. That was when I actually, that was the second time

I went to therapy. If I'm being honest, I went to therapy. I started going to therapy at like 24,

but I didn't really like the therapist. And I don't know. And again, I don't want to be judgmental

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