The Letters and Layers Podcast
By Amaka Gratia
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Episodes: 97
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In a media landscape that prioritizes sensationalism, sound bites, and superficial conversations, Amaka, host of The Letters and Layers Podcast, brings her authentic self to each episode, and goes deep with discussing life lessons, personal experiences, books she loves, and mental health topics like depression, anxiety, and healing from trauma . Tune in for insight on personal growth and improvement that resonate with Black women today.
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096. Reframing the (Necessary) Cost to Maintain Friendships & PSA: Drink Your Water!
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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095. 107 Days by Former Vice President Kamala Harris
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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094. Embracing Silence & Quieting our Minds in our Busy Lives
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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093. Favorite Quotes & Excerpts: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Part 2
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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092. Four Year Anniversary Episode: The Letters & Layers Podcast
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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091. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Part 1
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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090. Solo Travel with Tracee Ellis Ross
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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089. A Short Break & A Prayer for Black Women
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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088. Be audacious. Be delusional. Bet on yourself & F*** Imposter Syndrome
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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087. MAMA: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost & Found with Nikkya Hargrove
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May 15, 2025 |
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086. I Quit Sugar for Lent - Here's What Happened...
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May 01, 2025 |
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085. Conquering Limiting Beliefs
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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084. Healing Trauma through Exposure Therapy
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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083. Silencing Your Inner Critic: Ways to Reframe Your Perception of Failure
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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082. Ways to Begin Healing Your Inner Child
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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081. How Emotional Suppression in Black Women Increases Auto-Immune Disorder Risk, & Ways to Protect Yourself
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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080. Countdown to 100 Episodes, Ownership Vs. Access, Buying Physical Media, and my Favorite Shows of 2025 (So Far)
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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079. A Black Girl in Portugal Pt. 2, Deleting Instagram, & 2025 Resolutions
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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078. Tracking Your Accomplishments and Relationships vs. Friendships with All About Love Chapter 8 - Community: Loving Communion
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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077. Redefining Rejection & An Audio Essay: Loc Day
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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076. Post-Election Self Care, and Megan the Stallion's Documentary: In Her Words
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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075. Adult Braces, Confidence in your Appearance, Tia Mowry's New Show, & All About Love Chapter 7 - Greed: Simply Love
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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074. Letters & Layers Episode Rewind: My Tools of Mental Hygiene
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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073. Starting my Locs Journey & All About Love Chapter 6 - Values: Living by a Love Ethic
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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072. Healing Paternal Wounds & 35 Lessons for Turning 35 Part 2
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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071. The 3 Year Anniversary Episode: 35 Lessons for Turning 35
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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070. Showtime's Couples Therapy Episode 7-9 Final Recap
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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069. Birthday Reflections, Traveling Solo, & Showtime's Couples Therapy Episode 4-6 Recap
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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068. A Short Break, an Inside Out 2 Review (Spoilers!) & What's to Come
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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067. Manifesting the Life You Want Through Writing & Showtime's Couples Therapy Episode 1-3 Recap
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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066. My 14 Day Health Challenge & Black Maternal Health with Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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065. Running Out of of Gas by Sonya Renee Taylor
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May 15, 2024 |
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064. Letters & Layers Episode Rewind: What Happened to You by Dr. Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
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May 01, 2024 |
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063. How to Process Your Mistakes
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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062. Nurturing Your Creativity
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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061. Feeling Overwhelmed & All About Love Chapter 5: Spirituality - Divine Love
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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060. Mea Culpa on Netflix (Spoilers!) & My Dream Interview Wishlist
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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059. Audio Essay: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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058. Thicker than Water by Kerry Washington
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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057. Happy New Year! 2024 Ins & Outs and Unfollowing Celebrities on Social Media
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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056. Letters & Layers Episode Rewind: Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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055. 2023 Reflections & 2024 Resolutions
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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054. Hormones: A Missing Piece of the Mental Health Puzzle
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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053. Birthday Surprises, Peloton Challenges, & Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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052. Interview with Dr. Jeannelle Perkins-Muhammad, Author of Into-Me-See: Mastering Black Intimacy for the Relationship You've Always Wanted
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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051. Spanish Lessons, Seasonal Depression, and All About Love Chapter 4
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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050. Motivation vs. Momentum
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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049. How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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048. The Second Anniversary Episode: Introducing The Letters & Layers Podcast
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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047. Using Social Media Intentionally
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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046. Setbacks, Sobriety, & All About Love Chapter 3
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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045. Anchors and Connections: Building Community in a New City
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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044. A Short Break... and A Summer Journal Entry
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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043. My Natural Hair Care Regimen; Good & Bad Anxiety
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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042. Adult Friendships, Knowing Your Number, and All About Love Chapter 2: Justice - Childhood Love Lessons
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May 15, 2023 |
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041. Affirmations, The Light We Carry on Netflix, & All About Love Chapter 1
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May 01, 2023 |
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040. One Year Ago Today: Tiny Beautiful Things - Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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039. All About Love by bell hooks
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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038. Everything is Like Everything Else
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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037. My Personal Therapy Journey
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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036. Racists & Deliveries: Untamed by Glennon Doyle Part II
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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035. The Best Man: The Final Chapters & Untamed by Glennon Doyle Part I
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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034. Happy New Year!
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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033. 2022 Reflections
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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032. PTSD and Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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031. Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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030. Budding Friendships, Seasonal Depression, and a Very Timely Reminder
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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029. Audio Essay: I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying by Bassey Ikpi
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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028. Nutrient Deficiency & Mental Health + What My Patients Have Taught Me
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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027. Myers Briggs Personality Test & Overdependability as a Trauma Response
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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026. Bonus Micro-episode: Write About Nothing - Keep Going
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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025. Human Nature: Life I Swear Part 2
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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024. What Does Home Mean to You? Life I Swear, by Chloe Dulce Louvouezo Part 1
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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023. Baby Blues, Postpartum Depression & Postpartum Psychosis
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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022. The Sex Lives of African Women Part 2
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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021. I Quit My Job!
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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020. A Short Break & A Gentle Reminder...
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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019. Anxiety
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May 15, 2022 |
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018. The Sex Lives of African Women Part 1
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May 01, 2022 |
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017. Bonus Episode: Audio Essay - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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016. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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015. Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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014. Tracking Small Wins & Blocking Negative Energy
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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013. My Tools of Mental Hygiene
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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012. Major Depressive Disorder
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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011. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: Part 2
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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010. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: Part 1
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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009. My Reads for 2021
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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008. Adult Friendships & Living Alone
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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007. Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab: Part 3
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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006. Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab: Part 2
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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005. Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab: Part 1
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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004. You Are Your Best Thing Edited by Tarana Burke & Brené Brown
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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003. What Happened to You by Dr. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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002. Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi-Jones
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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001. My Journey Towards Becoming a Psych/Mental Health NP
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Trailer: The Bibliotherapy for Black Women Podcast (Former Podcast Name)
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Aug 18, 2021 |