I dreamt that you were twisting through seven sons of gold and the gypsy was insisting

that his story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.

I could touch but never hold.

Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the Soberful podcast.

We took a little three-week break there.

And I'm really excited to kick off this next set of Soapful podcast episodes with a

really great interview. It's really interesting how this came about. This is somebody that

people have kind of recommended to me. Lots of people have recommended Jamie to me. And it was just

so great that she also has a wonderful book coming out and is just a perfect

person to come on to the soapful podcast. So I want to give a very warm welcome to Dr. Jamie Merrick.

Hi, Jamie. Hello. Thank you so much for having me, Veronica. You're welcome. It was just

serendipity that you came into my inbox. We have a mutual acquaintance and friends

in common, but particularly the subject that we're going to talk about today. So let me just

tell you a little bit about Jamie and then we'll get going. We're going to be talking about

today trauma, sobriety and the 12 steps. So Dr. Jamie Merritt describes herself as a facilitator of

transformative experiences. She is a clinical trauma specialist. This is quite a interesting list.

An expressive artist, a writer, a yogini. You're going to have to tell me what a yogini is

because I have no idea. A performer,

a short filmmaker, a Reiki Master and a Recovery Advocate. She unites all of these elements.

Her mission to inspire healing in others. She's written seven books on trauma, recovery, and

healings. And she's the founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. There's a lot there.

I can see your whole life there is personal development and sobriety and healing others.

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