4: Sister Friends Sister Circles

Black Woman In Bloom

Have you been watching this season of Insecure on HBO? *No spoilers. I promise.

If you’re not familiar with the show, then let me share a brief bit about it. It’s an HBO show which was created by Issa Rae who stars as Issa Dee. Throughout the show we watch Issa’s journey as she navigates both her professional and personal life while living in L.A. One of the things I love about the show is that we get to see her experiences with her girls/sister-friends/sister circle. We also get to see how those experiences impact her in so many ways. The show is currently about midway through season 4, and we’re seeing conflict between Issa and her best friend, Molly.

This has had me thinking about social support networks and their impact on our overall health and wellness. I’ve also been thinking about how we can strengthen, create, and, in Issa and Molly’s case, work towards healing our social support relationships. So in this episode we’re going to learn about social wellness and how we can nurture it in our lives through the use of sister friendships.

In this episode, we'll talk about:

• What social wellness is.
• Different types of social support.
• Health benefits of social support.
• Brief history of sister circles within the Black community.
• Tips on how to strengthen, create, and mend broken friendships.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

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Chapters

1. 4: Sister Friends Sister Circles (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:59)

3. What is social wellness (00:02:39)

4. Different types of social support (00:03:50)

5. Health benefits of social support (00:05:03)

6. Brief history of sister circles in the Black community (00:06:31)

7. Tips on how to strengthen, create, and mend broken relationships (00:08:21)