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 session 102 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

For the past week or so, many people have been feeling significant grief over the death of

Nipsey Hussle, who was a California entrepreneur and rapper.

And more than experiencing grief over his death, many of you have also expressed confusion,

as to why you're experiencing grief so deeply for someone you didn't know.

So I wanted to share a few thoughts about what may be happening for you and share some

tips on how to process it.

But before we jump into this, I want to issue a quick thank you to our sponsor for this episode.

This week's episode is sponsored by Naturalicious.

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Naturalicious was founded by innovator Gwen Jamir, who is the first and only African American

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