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. 🎉MAY GIVEAWAY 🎉 - WEEK 3 To celebrate Men

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🎉MAY GIVEAWAY 🎉 - WEEK 3

To celebrate Mental Health Awareness month, we’re giving away free memberships to 31 people.

Did you join last week? If not, here’s your chance to enter!
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📍WEEK 3 CHALLENGE: May 17 - May 21📍

Text or comment your answer. If you do both, that counts as 2 entries!!!! 🎉

Take a screenshot to select your word and tell how it has helped your mental health.

For example, if you get “love” tell us how love has helped your mental health.

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For a chance to win, follow the steps below:

1. Be sure to follow us + like this post

2. Complete the challenge and use the hashtag #sharetoshrink

3. Tag a friend in the comments below to join

🌟Bonus🌟

Want another chance to win? Repost our original challenge post for each week on your social media page using the hashtag #sharetoshrink and tag us @blackfemaletherapists.

The challenge closes at 11:59 PM EST each Friday of the week. Winners will be announced via our IG stories each Saturday. The randomly selected winners will have 2 days to contact and/or respond to BFT via DMs to claim their membership.

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We’ll share the responses all week 😊

. ☑️ GEORGIA THERAPIST ☑️ Wanda Greene, L

. Research has also shown that by consciously pra

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Research has also shown that by consciously practicing gratitude, we can train the brain to attend selectively to positive emotions and thoughts which can reduce anxiety.

The simple act of reminding yourself of the positive things in your life, even if it is as simple as the roof over your head, can help with improving your mental wellness by feeling thankful and optimistic. This can help with managing stress, depression or anxiety.

We’ll go first: We’re grateful for this platform to connect and build a community discussing mental health + wellness ❤️ Grateful for all of you!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

What are you grateful for today? 👇🏼

. 😂😩🤣 While you wait, here are some gree

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While you wait, here are some green flags to look for in your next relationship:

👉🏿Respects boundaries

Can you put up boundaries and know they will be respected even without question?

👉🏿They are reliable

Can you trust that they will follow through on pre-arranged plans, show up on time (for the most part), pay the bills, etc?

👉🏿Supports your personal growth

Will they support you if you want to go back to school, see a therapist, apply for a better position, start your own business, etc?

👉🏿Communicates openly

Can you express yourself in a healthy way and they hear and absorb what you are saying?

👉🏿You feel safe

Can you be vulnerable without being judged?

👉🏿Take responsibility

Will they take responsibility when their behaviors aren’t ideal or hurtful and hold themselves accountable to their actions?

👉🏿They’re flexible

Can they compromise to do some things your way without being resentful, blaming or thinking they’ve lost?

These are just EXAMPLES and of course this works both ways.

What are some other 💚 green flags to look for in a relationship?

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. Signs of a people pleaser 📍 You want everyon

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Signs of a people pleaser

📍 You want everyone to like you
📍 You may over-apologize
📍You may be afraid of conflict
📍You may feel guilty for setting boundaries
📍People may take advantage of you
📍You agree even when you disagree
📍You take the blame even when it’s not your fault
📍 You think your feelings, needs, opinions, and ideas aren’t as important as others

How to stop

➕Start small

Starting a new behavior can be difficult. Try alternatives such as, if someone invites you to a party, you can respond by saying, “I’ll try, but I might be a little late”

➕Set your own priorities

Setting your own priorities can help you place them above others' priorities. When you know what your own priorities are, you can start to evaluate your own actions and others' requests of you through the lens of asking whether they fit into what is important to you.

➕ Set and maintain clear boundaries

Ask yourself what you are and aren't willing to do in the service of others, and clearly delineate anything outside those boundaries as off-limits.

. Though some may think that a boundary is a grud

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Though some may think that a boundary is a grudge, the truth is boundaries are a form of self-care. Having healthy boundaries means knowing and understanding what your limits.

These are essential to sustaining a healthy relationships and a healthy life. Setting and sustaining boundaries is a skill that should be practice regularly and has nothing to do with grudges.

Not allowing old behaviors to continue can be difficult for someone that can no longer get away with something that they have in the past.

The transition may be a struggle but it is super important. How are you with identifying and maintaining your boundaries? 👇🏾

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Have a hard time with identify where to start with this? 🤔

Join us next Sunday for our Self-Care Sunday event. Click the link in our bio @blackfemaletherapists to grab your early bird spot.

. Sunday’s Message ✨ 〰️〰️〰️〰️

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Sunday’s Message ✨

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Today’s the last day for early bird tickets for Self-Care Sunday! Click the link in our bio @blackfemaletherapists to secure your spot!

. 😂 Self-care can look however you will like it

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😂 Self-care can look however you will like it to look.

How are you self-caring today and end it with “...like a bawse”

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