How do we reclaim our authentic self and live life with our full, true voice expressed? That is what you’ll learn about in this beautiful interview with Dr. Thema Bryant, the best-selling author of Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self Dr. Thema is a clinical psychologist and ordained minister. She explains why we get disconnected and how we can come back to ourselves in spite of the stress and traumas we may experience.

This is a beautiful and uplifting conversation and you can tune in now to access the show notes and link to her book at https://thegoodlifecoach.com/179

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WE DISCUSS:

1. What is homecoming and how do we get on our path to reconnecting to our true voice.
2. Signs we are disconnected from ourselves.
3. What gets us disconnected and specific things we can do to get on the path to reclaiming ourselves.
4. How people pleasing is one way we disconnect from ourselves.
5. If everyone has a vocation and how we can get attuned what ours is.
6. How the energy we put out into the world isn’t always what is reflected back to us.
7. Suggestions of spiritual practices we can incorporate and begin our days with so we fill our own cups every morning.
8. A beautiful prayer that she shares with us from her book, and more.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Thema Bryant is a clinical psychologist and president-elect of the American Psychological Association. She is also a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Thema earned her doctorate from Duke University and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. With more than twenty years of experience in trauma recovery, she has appeared as a mental health expert on television, radio, and print media. Dr. Thema raises awareness about mental health issues on The Homecoming Podcast and her social media platforms.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Book: Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self
• Website: https://drthema.com/
• Podcast: Homecoming Podcast
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.thema/?hl=en
• Michele’s Book: Design a Life You Love
• Michele on Instagram

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Guest Bio: Elizabeth Earnshaw is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, Clinical Fellow of the AAMFT, and the author of I Want This To Work: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating the Most Difficult Relationship Issues We Face in The Modern Age” and Til Stress Do Us Part, How to Heal The #1 Issue in Our Relationships. Elizabeth founded the therapy practice A Better Life Therapy, LLC.

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