REPLAY - Healing Our Relationships with Dr Thema Bryant

Deeply Well with Devi Brown

The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Today, Devi engages in a profound conversation with Dr. Thema Bryant, a renowned psychologist, ordained minister, and professor of psychology at Pepperdine University. They explore the interconnectedness of trauma, faith, and healing, emphasizing the importance of holistic approaches to mental health. Dr. Bryant shares her insights on how relationships shape our emotional well-being, the cultural differences in processing trauma, and the power of truth in healing. The discussion highlights the need for self-acceptance and the reclamation of one's identity beyond trauma, ultimately encouraging listeners to acknowledge their growth and potential. Relationships can nourish us or destroy us. Understanding the pitfalls of pursuing love and why we seek certain relationships creates patterns, if we are willing to examine these patterns it can help us to face our truth.

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