Time with Tim Fletcher S3E01 | Reconnecting With the Body After Trauma with Jamie Lee Finch
Sep 18, 2025
Join Jamie Lee Finch, a writer and embodiment coach, as she navigates the deep waters of healing from religious trauma. Jamie shares her poignant experiences growing up in a fundamentalist environment and how it led to disconnect from her body. Discover her insights on body image, sexuality, and the shame that often inhibits self-connection. She introduces her unique 'body as a person' framework to foster understanding and compassion. Tune in for practical somatic tools that promote healing through movement and meditation!
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Body As First Target Of Childhood Shame
- Children internalize unspoken messages and blame their bodies when they feel different.
- Jamie frames early body-related shame as a primary route for identity loss in girlhood.
100+ Hours Of Childhood Footage
- Jamie has over 100 hours of childhood video, which she uses to observe her body's early experience.
- She uses that footage to inform somatic work instead of relying solely on memory.
Conditional Belonging Shapes Body Disconnection
- Growing up in authoritarian religion offered a relational blueprint with God but enforced conditional belonging.
- Jamie links that conditionality to long-term disconnection from self and body.