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 in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

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 another bonus episode in another edition

to our TVG library.

This time, it's Black Archives, a photographic celebration of Black Life by Renata Shirley's.

We'll get right into our conversation with Renata after a word from our sponsors.

What was the last time you combed through family photos and mementos?

Or even sat down and recorded a conversation with one of your elders?

If it's been a while, Renata Shirley's of Black Archives is here to guide you.

Renata is a multi-disciplinary research-based visual artist and founder of the Digital

Archive Will Project, Black Archives, where she features visual histories and modern-day

stories across the African diaspora.

Today she joins me to chat about her debut photo book, Black Archives, a photographic celebration

of Black Life, her family's long-standing love for archiving their history, and how you

can get started archiving and documenting your own experiences.

If something resonates with you while enjoying our conversation, please share it with us

on social media using the hashtag, tbg-in-session.

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