In this season finale episode, TMLG shares how observing her favorite animal taught her the power of surrendering control and releasing the need to manufacture outcomes in her life. She also helps a caller think through how to release a friendship that’s no longer serving them well.

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TMLG unpacks the power of surrender as a way to shift and pivot in one’s life as well as the importance of viewing joy, freedom, and healing as a practice as opposed to a destination. She also answers a caller’s question about finding joy on the job.

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TMLG shares how she released herself from a culture of silence and the need to be in control at all times—in order to experience the freedom that comes with telling her stories and giving her voice air. She also helps a caller deal with the complicated feelings that come up while co-parenting a “forever child.”

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TMLG challenges us to consider how what we believe about ourselves and our lives shows up in what we actually do; our practices. She also invites a caller to accept that grief and joy CAN coexist.

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TMLG discusses the process of letting go of people, places, and things as we grow and evolve on our healing journeys. Sometimes the old stories, thoughts, and beliefs will rear their head because we haven’t thanked them for their service and put them in their proper place. She also helps a caller navigate the “loss” of joy in their marriage.

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TMLG explores how living the life of a healing person is the best testimony and witness we can have to others. She also answers a caller’s question regarding protecting the joy of Black children when they are the “only one” in certain spaces.

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TMLG explores the power of contentment and acceptance as both a pathway to AND a manifestation of Black Joy.

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Howard Thurman, citing Abraham Heschel, wrote about this concept of "radical amazement" in his book, The Inward Journey, and TMLG unpacks it in relationship to Black Joy. She also invites a caller who is concerned about not being able to express the fullness of his emotions as a Black man, to consider the lies he's been told.

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Get your copy of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration wherever books are sold! Including Black bookstores Click HERE to buy.