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Ep. 195 - Dr. Thema Bryant on Coming Home to Your Authentic Self

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Do you keep yourself busy in order to avoid what needs healing? On today’s episode of Expanded, Dr. Thema Bryant covers this type of avoidance, the connection between self-abandonment & authenticity, how to find community as an adult, easy ways to calm you...

Highlights

Dr. Thema Bryant joins Jessica Gill to explore trauma recovery, authenticity, community, reparenting, emotional regulation, and the practices that help people reconnect with their inherent worth.
03:07
Healing can reconnect you with your authentic self
11:50
Approach difficult topics with care
20:30
Authenticity must be embodied
26:57
You are too gifted to be bored
37:41
Reparent yourself through everyday care
45:23
Create a sacred pause
52:59
Imperfection does not erase your worth

Chapters

Healing and returning to an authentic self
00:00
Community, culture, and telling the truth
10:33
Self-abandonment, approval, and dormant gifts
20:10
Reparenting, anger, and nervous-system care
31:49
Worthiness, confidence, and beginning before readiness
52:39

Transcript

Thema Bryant: If I am bored with my life, that means a part of me is asleep. A part of my gifts or interests or passions are dormant. When you're in tune with who you are and what you carry, and what makes you come alive, that's not boring. Speaker 3: Fro...