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 86 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

This holiday season, I want you to give yourself the gift of boundaries.

For today's episode, we're digging a little deeper into the importance of boundaries

and how they protect us.

For this conversation, I was joined by Kim Knight.

Kim is a licensed mental health counselor with a private practice in Long Island, New

York.

Kim works as a therapist and coach, primarily with professional women who are successful

in their professional lives and careers, but struggling in their relationships.

The work that she does is often around empowering women to recognize blind spots and false beliefs

that interfere with their ability to create and experience healthy relationships.

Kim and I chatted about why it's so important to set boundaries, how to get beyond the idea

that boundary setting means hurting someone's feelings, how to teach boundaries to kids,

and how setting boundaries can result in more fulfilling relationships.

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