Archive - Dear Burned Out Black Girl

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, You Are Not Dead. You Are in a Depression.

What the Dead Sea taught me about emotional exhaustion, survival, and the conditions necessary for life.

Oct 13 • 290therapy

Getting My Mojo Back: The Healing Power of Black Comedy

How Mojo Brooks, motherhood, and the laughter that reminds me of home helped me find myself again.

Oct 9 • 290therapy

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, Reciprocity Is Not Desperation

You do not become more powerful by pretending community is beneath you. Community can be along side you.

Oct 5 • 290therapy

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, You Have to Separate Conviction From Shame and Condemnation

How to recognize misalignment without turning it into an identity

Oct 4 • 290therapy

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, You Get to Choose the Legacy of Beauty in Your Life

From A Different World to A Different Girl

Oct 2 • 290therapy

The Myth of Balance

Why overwhelm is not always a failure to cope, but a sign that there may simply be too much to carry.

Oct 2 • 290therapy

Therapy Fictional Stories Presents: Sisters of the Healing Hive

Episode Three (Mya-Ann): Holding Everything

Oct 1 • 290therapy

September 2026

Therapy Fictional Stories Presents: Sisters of the Healing Hive

Episode Two (Tasha K): Everybody Else’s Shit

Sep 28 • 290therapy

Therapy Fictional Stories presents: Sisters of the Healing Hive (Pilot)

Meet Lori, Tasha K, Mya-Ann, and Cherish. Four Black women. One honeybee circle. A friendship built on sweetness, loyalty, and the kind of sting that…

Sep 27 • 290therapy

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, Your Relationship Is Draining You Because There Is No Infrastructure of Shared Responsibility

How to build a structure that prevents burnout and resentment

Sep 23 • 290therapy

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, Need Some Advice?

Ask Tyra, an advice column for paid subscribers.

Sep 22 • 290therapy

Dear Burned Out Black Girl, Bernice Burgos Is a Business Case Study

The creative genius behind the beauty, nightlife, and complicated reputation.

Sep 15 • 290therapy

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