Dr. Thema Bryant

But you get to build her. How beautiful.

But you get to build her. How beautiful.

And it's okay to be afraid. It's okay to not have all the answers. I wanna just invite you to do a fill in the blank. So you're gonna say, I release blank so I can receive blank.

And it's okay to be afraid. It's okay to not have all the answers. I wanna just invite you to do a fill in the blank. So you're gonna say, I release blank so I can receive blank.

And it's okay to be afraid. It's okay to not have all the answers. I wanna just invite you to do a fill in the blank. So you're gonna say, I release blank so I can receive blank.

Yeah. Receive the truth of it.

Yeah. Receive the truth of it.

Yeah. Receive the truth of it.

Correct? So true. Yes. And that's how often we're trained to like chase significance. Like if I do enough things, I can outlast the statistics. I can outlast people's assumptions. I can outlast my own fears. Like we're trying to outrun ourselves. Yes. And so having to actually slow down so I can be whole instead of chasing wholeness.

Correct? So true. Yes. And that's how often we're trained to like chase significance. Like if I do enough things, I can outlast the statistics. I can outlast people's assumptions. I can outlast my own fears. Like we're trying to outrun ourselves. Yes. And so having to actually slow down so I can be whole instead of chasing wholeness.

Correct? So true. Yes. And that's how often we're trained to like chase significance. Like if I do enough things, I can outlast the statistics. I can outlast people's assumptions. I can outlast my own fears. Like we're trying to outrun ourselves. Yes. And so having to actually slow down so I can be whole instead of chasing wholeness.

And so then your armor becomes like your resume. Right. She got the degree. She got the position. And so now you're saying, if I lay down my armor, like, how will I know I'm enough? Right. How will I know I'm worthy if you like strip these titles for me? You know, it's like the first time I moved when I first moved to Los Angeles, I moved here without a position.

And so then your armor becomes like your resume. Right. She got the degree. She got the position. And so now you're saying, if I lay down my armor, like, how will I know I'm enough? Right. How will I know I'm worthy if you like strip these titles for me? You know, it's like the first time I moved when I first moved to Los Angeles, I moved here without a position.

And so then your armor becomes like your resume. Right. She got the degree. She got the position. And so now you're saying, if I lay down my armor, like, how will I know I'm enough? Right. How will I know I'm worthy if you like strip these titles for me? You know, it's like the first time I moved when I first moved to Los Angeles, I moved here without a position.

And before that, I had been like, oh, Duke University, Harvard Medical Center. Princeton University. And so then I came here and it's like, so who are you without all of that? You're enough.

And before that, I had been like, oh, Duke University, Harvard Medical Center. Princeton University. And so then I came here and it's like, so who are you without all of that? You're enough.

And before that, I had been like, oh, Duke University, Harvard Medical Center. Princeton University. And so then I came here and it's like, so who are you without all of that? You're enough.

So at first when I came here, I was urgently, urgently on this job hunt. And I always say to people, if I knew then what I know now, I would have enjoyed the break. Because it was like, just slow down and enjoy it. You know, you're going to find it. So that was hard because it was the first time in my life where I didn't have an affiliation, an institution.

So at first when I came here, I was urgently, urgently on this job hunt. And I always say to people, if I knew then what I know now, I would have enjoyed the break. Because it was like, just slow down and enjoy it. You know, you're going to find it. So that was hard because it was the first time in my life where I didn't have an affiliation, an institution.

So at first when I came here, I was urgently, urgently on this job hunt. And I always say to people, if I knew then what I know now, I would have enjoyed the break. Because it was like, just slow down and enjoy it. You know, you're going to find it. So that was hard because it was the first time in my life where I didn't have an affiliation, an institution.