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**Quick Disclaimer** This episode had some funky things happening with audio, but it by no means waters down the power of Jaymie's story. Please continue to bear with us as we find our bearings and iron out kinks in this process of stepping into podcasting! Thanks for your understanding and patience and we are so grateful you're here with us! 

Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! We are thrilled to welcome our fellow colleague and Rachel's good friend, Jaymie Bush to the podcast today! Jaymie lives in Jackson, Michigan with her husband and four kids. She’s been a clinical therapist for over 15 years and loves her work now more than ever. From kids to couples to adults of all walks of life struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety and grief she feels honored to care for and work with her clients. Outside of the office, you will find Jaymie cheering on her kids at their sporting events, drinking expensive coffee (because let’s face it, she’s classy), and debating whether she wants to read for work or pleasure. Put her on a beach with her husband and kids, a fancy coffee and great book and she would call it Paradise! Get comfy as we talk with our guest Jaymie about how trauma was stored in her physical body. 

• Listen as Jaymie shares challenges of getting pregnant and maintaining pregnancy.
•  Jaymie shares her ability to attune to her daughter in utero as her body became toxic and she was diagnosed with HELP syndrome.
•  Jaymie shares the absolute crisis of delivering her child at 27 weeks while trying to abide by her doctor's directive that she "stay calm" in order to ensure the best outcome for herself and her baby. 
• Jaymie shares how she went about "processing" the experience but how she unknowingly neglected one key area: the storage of grief within her physical body. 
• Jaymie shares how her body got her attention FIVE years later and she realized there was more work to do. Jaymie shares how she went about releasing the stored grief from her body.  
• Jaymie shares how she was able to reframe resentment toward her body and come into thankfulness and gratitude for ways in which her body communicated with and protected her and her baby.
•  Jaymie shares how we as women often set our own needs aside to show up for  everyone else in our lives and practical tips for learning how to pause and listen to our bodies. 

Resources mentioned in today's episode: 

Insight Timer:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/insight-timer-meditation-app/id337472899 

Somatic Attunement Exercise on Insight Timer:  https://insig.ht/j5aiLFudZwb

Self compassion: www.selfcompassion.org

We talked about EMDR quite a bit in this episode. To learn more or find your own EMDR clinician go to: https://emdria.org