Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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.
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV...
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Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcome back to Deeply Well, with our incredible guest Dr. Thema Bryant.
2:00 Merging mental health and faith, building the bridge to holistic connection with Dr. Thema.
10:20 Being the sensitive child, and growing up in the ministry.
13:50 Processing trauma, in the west, addressing the pressure of the warrior spirit.
19:12 Culture differences in Liberia, around grief, emotion and truth. The power of calling a thing a thing.
21:55 The underbelly of wellness. Figuring out where you fit, when your truth doesn’t fit into societal wellness, and reclaiming yourself.
26:40 Healing Your Relationship with Yourself and Those You Love, Matters of the Heart.
30:10 It’s not always what happened to you, sometimes it’s what didn’t. Training your eyes to see your own growth.
34:08 How control, emotional unavailability and unreciprocated love impacts our wellbeing.
42:14 Understanding your spiritual curriculum, reclaiming the pen and writing the story of your life.
45:33 The core ingredients of healthy, nourishing relationships.
51:00 The stories we’ve told ourselves, loneliness and sabotaging deeper connection.
56:13 Dr. Thema’s Soul Work
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Connect with Dr. Thema:
Website: drthema.com
Books: drthema.com/books
Instagram: instagram.com/dr.thema
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Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Living In Wisdom Book: devibrown.com/book
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=...
Merch: devibrown.myshopify.com
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Devi Brown is a Master Well-Being Educator & Healer, Advisor, Storyteller and Founder of Devi Brown Well-Being. The celebrated voice of daily meditation on the Chopra App and host of the iHeart media podcast, Deeply Well, Brown’s teachings have reached millions of seekers globally and counting. She serves as a well-being advisor for private, high-impact clientele and for Fortune 500 companies, including Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, and Overtime. With teachings rooted in spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, metaphysics, energy healing and trauma-informed facilitation, Brown’s mission is centered in the process of individual liberation that leads to community impact and an elevation of consciousness for all beings.
#DeviBrown #DeeplyWell #WellBeing #Faith #Truth #Service #EmotionalMaturity #NurturingRelationships
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.
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV...
✺
Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcome back to Deeply Well, with our incredible guest Dr. Thema Bryant.
2:00 Merging mental health and faith, building the bridge to holistic connection with Dr. Thema.
10:20 Being the sensitive child, and growing up in the ministry.
13:50 Processing trauma, in the west, addressing the pressure of the warrior spirit.
19:12 Culture differences in Liberia, around grief, emotion and truth. The power of calling a thing a thing.
21:55 The underbelly of wellness. Figuring out where you fit, when your truth doesn’t fit into societal wellness, and reclaiming yourself.
26:40 Healing Your Relationship with Yourself and Those You Love, Matters of the Heart.
30:10 It’s not always what happened to you, sometimes it’s what didn’t. Training your eyes to see your own growth.
34:08 How control, emotional unavailability and unreciprocated love impacts our wellbeing.
42:14 Understanding your spiritual curriculum, reclaiming the pen and writing the story of your life.
45:33 The core ingredients of healthy, nourishing relationships.
51:00 The stories we’ve told ourselves, loneliness and sabotaging deeper connection.
56:13 Dr. Thema’s Soul Work
✺
Connect with Dr. Thema:
Website: drthema.com
Books: drthema.com/books
Instagram: instagram.com/dr.thema
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Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Living In Wisdom Book: devibrown.com/book
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=...
Merch: devibrown.myshopify.com
✺
Devi Brown is a Master Well-Being Educator & Healer, Advisor, Storyteller and Founder of Devi Brown Well-Being. The celebrated voice of daily meditation on the Chopra App and host of the iHeart media podcast, Deeply Well, Brown’s teachings have reached millions of seekers globally and counting. She serves as a well-being advisor for private, high-impact clientele and for Fortune 500 companies, including Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, and Overtime. With teachings rooted in spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, metaphysics, energy healing and trauma-informed facilitation, Brown’s mission is centered in the process of individual liberation that leads to community impact and an elevation of consciousness for all beings.
#DeviBrown #DeeplyWell #WellBeing #Faith #Truth #Service #EmotionalMaturity #NurturingRelationships
