Ep. 99 - Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis ”Healing from Divorce”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Guest Info/BIo: This week we have the amazing Dr. Thema on the show to talk about how to navigate through divorce. Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis is a licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and sacred artist who has worked nationally and globally to provide relief and empowerment to marginalized persons. Dr. Thema, a professor at Pepperdine University, is a past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women. Her contributions to psychological research, policy, and practice have been honored by national and regional psychological associations. Dr. Thema earned her doctorate from Duke University, completed her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center, and is a past American Psychological Association representative to the United Nations. She has served as a mental health media consultant for numerous print, radio, and television media outlets, including but not limited to the Huffington Post, NPR, CBS, Oxygen, CNN, BET, TV One, Lifetime, and We TV. Guest Links: Twitter: @drthema Instagram: @drthema Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/pg/ThemaBryantDavis/about/ Listen to the Homecoming Podcast here: https://linktr.ee/dr.thema Special Music By: Ed Prosek www.edprosek.com Twitter: @edprosek Instagram: @edprosek Facebook: @edprosekmusic Enjoy the music? Songs heard on this episode were: “The Mountain, Wisdom, So Beautiful, & Killing Me” You can find Ed’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music is sold! This episode of the Deconstructionists Podcast was edited by John Williamson and mixed and produced by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information: www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, follow us on social media, or join our Patreon family! Website by Ryan Battles All photos by Jared Hevron Logos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen Pfluig T-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Morning people wake up for peace and quiet.
0:03.0	McDonald's breakfast people?
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0:27.9	i think um a lot of times what people believe is if we have grace or compassion for those who are going through divorce, then it means
0:41.1	that we're devaluing marriage. And it's just not true. So both things can, they can coexist.
0:48.8	So I can both celebrate it, value it, believe that, you know, it does take work, and to also know that there
0:57.5	are times when people are in an irreparable situation, even if it's at the current moment,
1:05.8	right? There are some people who, years later, then reconcile if they have, you know, done some work and transformed.
1:13.4	So we're not saying that, you know, things are impossible, but there are times when it is not
1:19.6	God, it is not loving to leave people in a toxic space and demand that if they love Jesus, that that is their cross.
1:30.3	Oh, she wear me like a crown of the forest run around the mountain, run around your chest. You hold me to your chest. Drave drink like a memory.
1:47.0	We both wish we forget.
1:50.0	But you keep it.
1:51.0	Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast.
1:53.0	I'm your host, John Williamson.
1:55.0	And it is now April, although at the time of this recording, as I'm recording this intro, it is the end of March.
2:03.2	And life has gotten very strange for me and for everyone else.
2:08.3	We are, I don't know what you would call it.
2:11.8	I guess self-imposed quarantine.
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