Oct 8, 2026 · 53 min · 13 segments
Today I am joined by Dr. Thema Bryant, a trauma psychologist, an author, and a teacher. Dr. Bryant has shared the truth about her own healing and we have a conversation about what it takes to recover…
Thema BryantGuestShe's a trauma psychologist, an author, a teacher whose scholarship on healing and cultural psychology has shaped how a generation of clinicians understands recovery.
She has spent decades holding space for people in the worst moments of their lives and helping others learn to do the same.
I asked her here because Dr. Tama has done something most people in her position ever do.
And that is that she's told the truth about her own healing and not as a case study, but as a person, as a human being, she knows from the inside out what it costs to be the resource that everyone reaches for in their time of need and what it takes to recover when your identity is built around being available to everyone else.
Not the polished version of this conversation, but the one where two real people have some real space with each other.
We do share having been or being currently the president of an association that's dedicated to helping other people heal and understand themselves.
So in terms of that idea of holding space for others, generally, there's also doing that within a larger context.
And so that feels to be really important to me, particularly as we think about this conversation in the lens of leadership.
am so happy to be at the well and just honored to be in your presence and excited and inspired about your work.
And I wanted to say, and your ministry, I'll say all the things that you are cultivating and creating for women.
She's a trauma psychologist, an author, a teacher whose scholarship on healing and cultural psychology has shaped how a generation of clinicians understands recovery.
She has spent decades holding space for people in the worst moments of their lives and helping others learn to do the same.
I asked her here because Dr. Tama has done something most people in her position ever do.
And that is that she's told the truth about her own healing and not as a case study, but as a person, as a human being, she knows from the inside out what it costs to be the resource that everyone reaches for in their time of need and what it takes to recover when your identity is built around being available to everyone else.
Not the polished version of this conversation, but the one where two real people have some real space with each other.
We do share having been or being currently the president of an association that's dedicated to helping other people heal and understand themselves.
So in terms of that idea of holding space for others, generally, there's also doing that within a larger context.
And so that feels to be really important to me, particularly as we think about this conversation in the lens of leadership.
am so happy to be at the well and just honored to be in your presence and excited and inspired about your work.
And I wanted to say, and your ministry, I'll say all the things that you are cultivating and creating for women.
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