The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Author and retreat facilitator, Candyss Love joins us to share her powerful testimony of healing from self abandonment and self betrayal. She shares honestly about her experience with addiction, people pleasing, and manipulation. Candyss shares the healing paths of selective abstinence, silence, solitude, time in nature, self reflection, faith, and eventually a loving relationship. Candyss Love is...

Author and mentor, Bishop Sinegal shares how he became aware of the importance of mental health. Using personal experiences and Christian teachings, he explains mental health concerns for prophetic people from isolation to depression as well as practices that have been helpful on his journey. For more than 29 years Bishop Sinegal has dedicated his life to the work of Jesus Christ through his power...

As a highly sensitive person and medicine carrier, Maryam Hasnaa describes the gift of high sensitivity. She explores her journey and insights about building relationships with self awareness and clarity. Maryam Hasnaa is an intuitive, a channel, an energy healer, and a lover of all things that create a feeling of being connected to something bigger than ourselves. Maryam is the creator of New Ear...

Author and parenting expert, Leslie Priscilla, shares indigenous wisdom regarding understanding how you were parented shows you how you can choose to parent. With insight, compassion, humility, and care, Leslie transforms our understanding of parenting that honors and liberates our children. Leslie Priscilla is a first-generation, Xicana with Rarámuri lineage and the daughter of two Mexican immigr...

Brittainy Noel shares her heartbreaking, but ultimately transformative, testimony of healing from betrayal and a much needed breakup. She shares her inner journey to reclaiming herself and making her way home. Brittainy Noel is a licensed therapist, speaker, author, and the founder of The Daily Fix, a global personal development community helping people heal, grow, and live with intention. Known f...

Dr. Thema sits down with White House Correspondent April Ryan to discuss her personal journey of what it is like living in the spotlight and surviving and thriving in the midst of political attacks and political pressure. White House Correspondent April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House – a position she has held for 28 year...

Dr. Thema describes the principles of matriarchy and shares her personal evolution with becoming a matriarch. Dr. Thema Bryant is a psychologist, author, professor, sacred artist, and minister who is leading the way in creating healthy relationships, healing traumas, and overcoming stress and oppression. Her life changing books include Matters of the Heart, Homecoming, Reclaim Yourself: The Homeco...

Dr. Thema's brother, Pastor, author, and activist Dr. Jamal Bryant joins her to discuss the personal and professional challenges of leadership. He shares his insights on thriving, making mistakes, and evolving. Dr. Bryant explores leadership as something we can learn, study, and grow into. Dr. Jamal Bryant embodies the rare balance of spiritual gifts and practical educational experiences that conn...

Therapist and author, Alishia McCullough joins Dr. Thema to share what disconnects us from our bodies and how to reclaim our bodies. They explore embodiment as an act of liberation. Alishia McCullough (LCMHC) is a millennial Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and owner of Black and Embodied Consulting PLLC. She specializes in somatic therapy, trauma healing, and eating disorder treatment wi...

Jasmine Mans joins Dr. Thema to speak honestly about the ways we abandon ourselves in relationships and the importance of choosing and loving ourselves. Jasmine Mans is a queer Black poet and performance artist from Newark, New Jersey. Jasmine’s debut poetry collection, Black Girl, Call Home (Berkley Penguin Random House) published in 2021 to critical and commercial acclaim, and was named one of t...

Dr. Jennifer joins Dr. Thema to provide practical strategies for decolonizing our nervous system. Rooted in culture, somatics, and psychological science, the resources she provides empower us to reconnect and come home to ourselves. Dr. Jennifer Mullan, PsyD is a founder, speaker, and best-selling author. As the founder and CEO of The Center for Decolonizing Therapy and author of the best-selling...

In this week's episode, Dr. Thema is back to answer the questions you have submitted about relationships, connection, and healing. To get insights for your questions and concerns in a future episode, send your questions to support@drthema.com. Don't forget to like, subscribe, share, and comment. Mixed & Edited by Next Day Podcast info@nextdaypodcast.com

Spoken word artist Janette...ikz shares with us her journey back home to herself after the loss of her mom. She describes the roles alcohol and faith played in her attempts to cope with and eventually heal from the pain and disconnected caused by grief and trauma. MissTerious Janette…ikz (pronounced mysterious genetics) is a globally recognized spoken word poet and musical artist whose Christ-cent...

Aziza Kibibi, an author and survivor of molestation, courageously shares with Dr. Thema her homecoming journey after years of molestation by her father. She describes the strategies her father, who is now incarcerated, used to control and manipulate all of the members of the family. Aziza tells of her brave escape and the healing work she is done and continues to do to live more fully. When she wa...

Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin transparently shares her inspiring motherhood journey. She also raises awareness about the racial disparities Black women face while seeking maternal care. Dr. Raquel Martin, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, and speaker committed to advancing culturally responsive mental health care. Rooted in liberation psychology, her work centers Black mental he...

Psychologist and author, Dr. Akinyela joins Dr. Thema to explore identity, culture, and healing. Based on African American culture, this narrative approach empowers people to build lives of liberation and resilience. Dr. Makungu M. Akinyela is a leading authority on cultural democracy, narrative practice, anti-racist resistance and mental health. He is a licensed psychotherapist practicing in Atla...

Therapist and author, Prentis Hemphill joins Dr. Thema for an honest conversation about loneliness and divine identity. They explore family, sexuality, embodied living, and the need to break draining cycles. Prentis Hemphill is the bestselling author of What It Takes to Heal, a groundbreaking exploration of healing, justice, and transformation. A therapist, somatics teacher, facilitator, political...

Founder and Executive Director of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective), Yolo, joins Dr. Thema and shares his thoughtful insights on womanist and anti-patriarchal therapy. Yolo also reflects on his homecoming journey and the context of identity and expectations for boys and men. For over two decades, Yolo Akili Robinson has served as a counselor, organizer, facilitator, and community...

Ashley joins Dr. Thema and shares her homecoming journey from childhood wounds and empowering ways to heal. She also reads a moving narrative of racial trauma from her bestselling book: The Cost of Healing in Silence: Navigating Racial Trauma and the Call for Culturally Responsive Care. Pick up your copy today. Ashley McGirt-Adair is a psychotherapist, TEDx international speaker, author, and the f...

In this week's special episode, Dr. Thema shares a powerful and helpful message on the psychology of serial offenders as it relates to The Epstein Files. Remember to like, subscribe and share. Dr. Thema Bryant is a psychologist, author, professor, sacred artist, and minister who is leading the way in creating healthy relationships, healing traumas, and overcoming stress and oppression. Her life ch...

Dr. Judith shares with Dr. Thema her journey with high functioning depression. She provides keys to recognizing it and addressing it with knowledge and self compassion. Dr. Judith Joseph, M.D., M.B.A., is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Award Winning Researcher, author of the national bestselling book High Functioning, which was named a Top 10 Audible Well-Being Book of 2025 and top 8% shared book...

Poet, author, and social psychologist, Dr. Jaiya John shares his journey of being separated from his mother at birth. With tenderness and transparency, he provides powerful insights from his latest book entitled Wild Flowers Praying at Midnight. Integrating indigenous wisdom, cultural truths, and sacred practices, he provides guidance on how we can remember the truth of who we are. Dr. Jaiya John...

Author, Glory Edim joins Dr. Thema to share her homecoming journey in understanding the roots of her perfectionism and the path to self acceptance and worthiness. Glory talks about the role of books as a coping strategy, imagination activator, and source of comfort and liberation. From the departure of her father to her experience as a single mother, Glory shares a powerfully transparent testimony...

Visual artist, Keenan Chapman, joins us for an inspiring and heartfelt conversation about the role of art in healing his heart in the aftermath of his father's death. He shares the importance of receiving both talk therapy and opportunities for artistic expression. He has continued to use the arts and his creativity to give voice to his experiences and reflection

In this week's episode, Dr. Thema takes time to answer the questions you have submitted about healing, wellness, and relationships. To get insights for your questions and concerns in a future episode, send your questions to support@drthema.com. Don't forget to like, subscribe, share, and comment.