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The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Episode #236: Coping with disappointment and depression with Jenné Claiborne

The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Dr. Thema

Health & Fitness

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Jenné Claiborne joins Dr. Thema to share her path to resilience. She reflects on disappointment and depression as well as her motherhood and professional journeys. Check out her soulful vegan recipes on her YouTube page and incredible cookbooks. Jenné Claiborne is a vegan chef, content creator, and author of "Sweet Potato Soul" and the upcoming "Vegan Vibes" (February 2025). Known for her colorful, innovative Southern-inspired vegan recipes, Claiborne's work has been featured on The Today Show and in The New York Times and Washington Post. Her recipes are available at SweetPotatoSoul.com, and her cookbooks can be found at major retailers. When she’s not creating yummy recipes, Jenné spends most of her time being a mother, practicing yoga, and playing tennis. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share. Music by Joy Jones.

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0:00.0

Welcome

0:07.0

Welcome home, cojourners. I'm glad you're here for another episode.

0:23.5

I'm Dr. Tama, licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and sacred artists here to help facilitate

0:29.7

your journey back home to yourself.

0:32.3

And I am so excited that we have a special guest here with you on today. And first of all, I want to say, welcome, Jene.

0:41.2

Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. I'm honored to be here.

0:45.1

Oh, beautiful. Well, let me tell our audience more about you, our co-journers. So Jenae Claybourne is a vegan chef, amazing, content creator, when she shows recipes that all of us can do, even if you don't have all the skills.

1:01.5

And author of Sweet Potato Soul and Vegan Vives.

1:06.0

Known for her colorful, innovative, Southern-inspired vegan recipes,

1:14.0

Claiborne's work has been featured on the Today Show and in the New York Times and Washington Post.

1:17.8

Her recipes are available at sweetpotatasol.com,

1:21.7

amazing recipes, and her books can be found

1:25.1

at major retailers and on sweet potato sole.com.

1:30.8

When she's not creating yummy recipes,

1:33.3

Janae spends most of her time being a mother, practicing yoga, and playing tennis.

1:38.4

And I am so delighted to learn more about your homecoming journey.

1:44.0

So when we were talking previously about

1:47.7

everyone having a different journey or different challenges that disconnect them from themselves

1:53.3

and that put us in a position to find our ways back home, you brought up the issue of disappointment.

2:00.7

So can you share with us how disappointment

2:03.4

has shown up for you, either most recently or in ways that most stand out and resonate for you?

2:11.3

Yes. I mean, we all deal with disappointment, right? It's one of those, just the cycles of life.

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