Oprah and Dr. Thema Bryant on How You Are Worthy of the Life You Want

The Oprah Podcast

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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BUY THE BOOK! "Matters of the Heart: Healing Your Relationship with Yourself and Those You Love" By Thema Bryant, Ph.D. - available here. Head to myalloy.com and use code: OPRAH for $20 off your first order. In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, renowned psychologist, author, and minister Dr. Thema Bryant shares practical ways we can heal the relationship we have with ourselves and those closest to us. Dr. Thema integrates both clinical insights along with spiritual wisdom and teaches how to nurture our relationships, which she says enhances our overall quality of life. Dr. Thema also answers questions from people who Zoom in from around the country that desire to heal the relationships in their own lives. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprah/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and thank you for listening to the Oprah podcast.
0:04.0	Hello to you watching on YouTube.
0:05.7	We are diving into today healing relationships with our loved ones and the one that matters
0:13.6	the most, our relationship with ourselves.
0:16.4	It's the ultimate.
0:17.6	I want you to welcome with me, Dr. Tama Bryant. Can we just speak a minute about what
0:22.9	betrayal does to the spirit? It's depleting. I'll tell you that much. You are not actually grieving
0:28.5	the relationship. You're grieving your idea of what you thought the relationship would be.
0:33.5	That is so powerful. For too long, we are made to believe that we must say yes to everything.
0:42.0	And I want to tell you the holiness of no.
0:45.3	No is a sacred word.
0:47.2	A holiness of no.
0:48.5	I like that.
0:49.4	I heard that.
0:50.5	Let the church say amen.
0:52.9	A graduate of Duke University, Dr. Tama Bryant, who goes by Dr. Tema, is a clinical psychologist,
0:59.5	a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University, and an ordained minister.
1:04.0	Dr. Tama is the author of three books and is the host of the popular The Homecoming podcast,
1:10.1	which raises awareness about mental health.
1:15.1	Your latest book is called Matters of the Heart, which I was even so touched by the title.
1:21.7	Matters of the Heart, healing your relationship with yourself and those you love.
1:25.9	And let me say to all of you who are watching or listening,
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