How to Question What You Were Taught, Discover Your True Self & Embrace Your Power w/Sherri Shepherd

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Jamie Kern Lima

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Have you ever felt like you’re not quite sure who you truly are? Discovering your true self is one of the most important things you can ever do! And in today’s brand new episode with my amazing guest Sherri Shepherd, get ready to question everything you’ve been taught in your life so far and tune into who you truly are! If you’re ready to learn to trust yourself and embrace the power that is YOU, I am SO excited to share this episode with you! They say laughter is the best medicine, and my incredible guest Sherri Shepherd is medicine for millions of us daily on her hit Television Talk Show “Sherri” now in it’s 3rd season. Sherri is an Emmy Award-winning host, actress, comedian, author, and mom. Sherri has truly done it all - and yet - her star is burning brighter than ever right now, in fact, Sherri will be getting a STAR on the Hollywood walk of fame this year, and today she’s here to pour into YOU! Are You Ready to believe in YOU?🙌 jamiekernlima.com 👈 Sign up for my FREE Inspirational Newsletter here and you’ll ALSO get special prompt questions to help you grow in your self-worth-building that pair with each episode!🩷 Make sure to click the “Follow” button for the show on your favorite podcast app, so you’ll be the first to get each episode! ____ Episode Reflection Questions for YOU: Jamie writes prompt questions each episode to spark revelations in your self-worth journey and help you apply the tools and lessons from each episode into your real life right now. Please make sure you’re signed up for Jamie’s free inspirational newsletter jamiekernlima.com 👈 Get my new book WORTHY plus FREE Bonus gifts including a 95+page Worthy Workbook and more at worthybook.com I’d love to inspire you weekly! Get my FREE Inspirational Newsletter here: jamiekernlima.com For more resources related to today’s episode, click here https://jamiekernlima.com/show/ for the podcast episode page. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show 7:22 I Just Say It 10:35 Is The Country Ready For A Woman? 12:35 As The Mother Of A Special Needs Child 17:35 Assignment From God 21:18 "I Like Short Men" 29:23 Thinking For Yourself It’s such an honor to share this podcast together with you. And please note: I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Click Here to Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow me here: Instagram TikTok Facebook Website — Sign up for my inspirational newsletter for YOU at: jamiekernlima.com — Looking for my books on Amazon? Here they are! WORTHY: https://a.co/d/6MkvL2j Believe IT: https://a.co/d/7nYhkfb

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0:00.0	On today's episode, how to question everything you've been taught and become your true self with Emmy Award-winning comedian and talk show host Sherry Shepard.
0:12.5	You've talked about crying for three years straight on The View. How did you get to that point of saying, okay, I'm going to open my mouth and half people aren't going to like me. I used to carry the weight of the world on me. Oh, I can't let black people down. I can't let black women down. I can't let Christians down. This is a big thing that I'm excited to talk to you about because so many women, but also people, let's just put it out there. So many people. We have this pressure now to post on social. And then you do and you get a tack. There's going to be so many millions of people listening or watching this that are going to have an aha moment right now, as Oprah would call it, where they're like, wait a minute, I have learned a lot.
0:57.8	How many elections have you voted in? Because I know for a while you didn't vote, right?
1:03.1	Yeah, I was in Jehovah's Witness. I didn't start voting until I got on the view. I'm definitely about unifying.
1:11.9	I thought the country was, was ready for a woman. I really did. And as a black woman, I thought the country was ready for a black woman. And I have a son who's, um, he's 19 and he's on the spectrum. So many things are
1:19.7	flying that stop and frisk may be implemented again. Well stop and frisk affects young,
1:26.2	brown and black boys. So with stop and frisk affects young, brown, and black boys.
1:28.2	So with Stop and Frisk, as a mother, that's very terrifying to me.
1:35.1	The one thing that I know I said to the audience is that laughter unifies.
1:41.1	Do you like you're born funny?
1:42.8	Like it's just part of your anointing or part of your personality?
1:46.0	It definitely is, that is a specific gift from God that I have.
1:52.0	I just know that when I sit in that chair, it's a responsibility, especially now, because
1:58.0	people are in despair.
2:00.0	They're worried about their kids.
2:01.5	They're worried about, you know, am I going to have a job?
2:05.6	They're worried about racial issues, and they need an hour to just go.
2:12.3	I don't want to think about that.
2:13.3	I just want to laugh.
2:15.4	That's what I'm here for.
2:19.4	Welcome, the Jamie Kern Lima show.
2:23.0	Oprah, how have you defied the odds?
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