Hello and welcome to Let's Talk About It with Taylor Nolan.

I'm your host, Taylor.

Today is a very different episode than anything I've done before.

Today we're actually having one of you listeners come on.

I got this email from her and we're going to keep confidentiality here.

And remain anonymous.

She wrote me this email and shared with me a little bit about some sexual abuse that she had growing up.

She is a PhD student currently almost finished and just had a really like moving story.

I was like, you know, I haven't done an episode on PTSD.

I haven't done one kind of focused on EMDR, which is a form of treatment for trauma.

And she also like has a cat and I was just kind of like, I feel moved by this listener, by this email.

And so we've touched base and we're here on FaceTime now.

So welcome to the show and I'm so excited to have you come on and talk with me about this stuff.

Thanks for having me.

I'm glad it's definitely a little bit different and I'm not sure where the pod will take me or all of us in what direction.

But I think one of the biggest things that I love about the pod is being able to influence people and helping people feel connected through our real authentic stories.

And the fact that you're like open and willing to be so incredibly brave and authentic with sharing this stuff is just I want to say inspiring, but I don't like that word.

But it's very moving and I honestly it feels very much like a privilege that like you're open to sharing this very vulnerable part of your life with all of us today.

So thank you.

Yeah, not a problem.

Yeah, so my goodness, where do we start? I mean, I got some pieces of your story when we spoke briefly on the phone, but I mean essentially you're getting your PhD in school counseling, right?

School psychology.

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