Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller. This is a podcast for your personal evolution. In this episode,

the psychology of connecting to your authentic self. Well, who is the authentic you? Some people feel

like they remember being an authentic self at some point, and I feel that a lot of people

never experienced that. But I feel that a lot of people never experienced that but I feel we

all along just want to be comfortable being us what does that look like how does it feel

well following is a conversation I had with Dr. Tama Bryant Tama is a clinical psychologist

professor of psychology at Pepperdine University.

She's an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She earned her

doctorate from Duke University and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical

School. In the world of academia and psychology, she is royalty. I mean, when we recorded this

conversation, she was also president-elect of the American Psychological Association, and she is now

president. Other top psychologists look to her for guidance. Tema has half a million people following her on Instagram because she is

so much her authentic self. You'll find her dancing and see her efforts in play to decolonize,

she says, traditional psychology and meld science, spirituality and, and just our very humanity.

Tama has a book called Homecoming, Healing Trauma to Reclaim Your Authentic Self.

And here we take, I feel, a very base look at the real world issues and hope for today's

mental health desires that we all have. You can find Dr. Tama Bryant's book

Homecoming Anywhere and Everywhere and connect with her at DR for Dr. D-R-T-T-R-T-E-M-A.com.

And as you hear this, if you have questions, if you have ideas, thoughts, just let me know.

K.miller at Kevin Miller.com is my email. I'd be honored to connect with you.

Coming up next, Dr. Tama Bryant and a discussion about what it looks like to find, discover,

embrace our authentic selves.

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