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This is partner content.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tIn conversation with Billboard<\/em> and BetterHelp, rapper Cordae and New York Liberty star Jonquel Jones come together for an honest conversation about the mental side of high performance. From navigating pressure and expectations to protecting their peace, the two reflect on the routines, relationships and mindset shifts that help them stay grounded through every win, setback and spotlight. Together, they explore what it takes to build resilience, find balance and show up authentically \u2014 on stage, on the court and in everyday life.<\/p>\n \n\tJonquel Jones: Sometimes there\u2019s things that get a little bit bigger than what I can control myself and I think that\u2019s when I go into therapy. I\u2019m a big advocate for it. <\/p>\n \n\tCordae: For me, I started because I got trust issues and because I don\u2019t want to trauma dump on people. I\u2019d tell my dad about my problems and \u2026<\/p>\n \n\tJonquel Jones: What\u2019re you complaining about?<\/p>\n \n\tCordae: You sound like I have rich people problems.<\/p>\n \n\tKyle Denis: Hello, and welcome to Like Minded by BetterHelp, the series where we bring together two talented professionals at the top of their game to have an open and honest conversation about mental health and therapy. I\u2019m Billboard<\/em> staff writer Kyle Denis, and today we are in Brooklyn, N.Y., with New York Liberty center and MVP and 2024 finals MVP Jonquel Jones, and three-time Grammy nominee Cordae. And we also have licensed professional counselor Sonni Williams.<\/p>\n Keep watching for more!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/cordae-jonquel-jones-talk-therapy-pressure\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cordaebh.jpg?w=1024″] This is partner content. In conversation with Billboard and BetterHelp, rapper Cordae and New York Liberty star Jonquel Jones come together for an honest conversation about the mental side of high performance. From navigating pressure and expectations to protecting their peace, the two reflect on the routines, relationships and mindset shifts that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2048642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2048642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2048642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2048642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2048642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}