The Therapy Sisters

By Therapy Sisters

Welcome! We are Rachel and Charis, sisters and licensed clinical therapists with over thirty years of combined experience. In our personal and professional experiences we have learned how much we all ... more

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The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.

The Therapy Sisters episodes:

February 20, 2024 Reclaiming Her Narrative: An Interview with Jaymie Bush
**A quick note: We had some challenges with the audio there at the end so this episode ends abruptly. It does end where the conversation wrapped up, but we understand it may feel sudden and wanted to give a heads up. Still, it doesn’t not detract from Jaymie’s inspiring message.

The Therapy Sisters welcome back friend and fellow clinician, Jaymie Bush. She shares her story of coming up in a legalistic and conservative religious environment, how she internalized narratives about her body and emotions and how she has reclaimed those in adulthood. Jaymie also shares how this impacts her clinical work with women who are on a similar path.
Next week we will welcome another story as we continue to elevate women's voices and empower them toward reclamation of their stories.
Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
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⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]

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32min
February 13, 2024 Narrative One: Journey Is Dangerous--Our Stories
In today's episode Charis and Rachel introduce the first internalized narrative from religious upbringing that they and many women they've met with have worked to address.
In this episode Charis and Rachel share their own stories and transition from black and white thinking to embracing a journeyer's mindset.
What if journey isn't dangerous? What if we can't fit ourselves into a box? What then? The Therapy Sisters discuss this and more.
Tune back in next week as The Therapy Sisters hold their first interview with Jaymie Bush and learn her story from religious legalism to liberated faith.
Tune back in next week as we bring you the third most played episode of 2024.
Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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44min
February 06, 2024 Our New Niche!
In the first fresh episode of 2024 we share about our journey to narrowing our focus for the podcast. After much discussion, brainstorming and curious exploration, we have landed on a direction. Tune into this episode to hear about our new focus, how our own stories and the stories of the women we work with have influenced this trajectory. We're excited to share this with you!
Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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27min
January 29, 2024Best of 2023: #1 MOST played episode: Unstucking Grief: An Interview with Jaymie Bush
Happy Podcast Day!
To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Unstucking Grief: An Interview with Jaymie Bush is the number one MOST PLAYED episode of 2023.
We hope you enjoy revisiting this conversation with Jaymie on how grief and other traumas can get stuck in our physical bodies and the hope that we can learn to release them.
Today's rerun episode discusses:
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.

Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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38min
January 23, 2024Best of 2023, Episode #2: Deconstructing Faith and Learning to Embrace Spirituality: An Interview with Suzanne Wolcott
Hello, and Happy Tuesday!
To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Deconstructing Faith and Learning to Embrace Spirituality: An Interview with Suzanne Wolcott is the second most played episode of 2023.

We hope you enjoy revisiting this discussion!

Today's rerun episode interviews:
Suzanne Wolcott, MDiv, LSCSW, who works as a social worker in an agency serving older adults providing individual therapy. Her background includes work in inpatient behavioral health and hospital case management. Prior to entering social work, Suzanne was an ordained elder in an evangelical denomination, earned a Master of Divinity degree, and served in ministry as a hospital, hospice and law enforcement chaplain. She lives in central Kansas in a drafty old house with her partner, two children, dogs, cat, chinchilla and chickens. In her spare time, she loves to write, read, and kayak.

This discussion includes:
Listen as Suzanne shares her story, background and legacy of faith in her family of origin.

Listen as we discuss some aspects of faith of origin deconstruction and how that lends to a greater authenticity in spiritualty.

Listen as we discuss the difficulty the very real grief involved with moving away from some of our roots and the freedom of redefining what our personal spirituality encompasses.

Listen as Suzanne shares some beautiful resources and practices to connect to your own sense of spirituality.

Listen as The Therapy Sisters and Suzanne discuss their shared roots and how their own journeys have evolved over several decades.

Tune back in next week as we bring you the number one most played episode of 2023!

Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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43min
January 16, 2024Best of 2023, #3: Coming Home To Our Physical Selves
Hello and Happy Tuesday!
To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Coming Home To Our Physical Selves is the third most played episode of 2023.
We hope you enjoy revisiting what it means to understand what our bodies are telling us and how we can begin to listen. Our bodies are powerful communications but too often we shut out their voices, for a myriad or reasons.

Today's rerun episode explores:
Our personal stories about our physical health journeys- how we both ignored different signs and learned to advocate for ourselves and be responsive to the needs of our bodies.

How we both learned to pay attention to our bodies and get in touch intuitively with the messages they send.

The connection of healthy movement.

How nutrition impacts our physical selves.

Importance of sleep and rest and some practical tips to get more.

Unpacking black and white beliefs many have surrounding movement and meeting the needs of our physical bodies.

The impacts of not meeting your own physical needs that we see clinically.

Avenues to keep your physical life in balance.

Ideas and examples of how to listen to your body and start meeting your physical needs.
Tune back in next week as we bring you the second most played episode of 2024.
Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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47min
January 09, 2024Best of 2023 Countdown: #4 Coming Home To Our Emotional Selves
Happy New Year!

To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Coming Home To Our Emotional Selves is the fourth most played episode of 2023.

We hope you enjoy revisiting what it means to identify, acknowledge and honor our emotional selves. We can ALL use this reminder and is such a beautiful focus going into a new year.

Today's rerun episode explores:
Charis and Rachel’s personal stories about their journey surrounding recognition of their emotional needs.

Learning to listen to and get in touch with your emotional needs.

Some narratives women are told about having emotions

How to debunk narratives of “good” versus “bad” emotions and shifting into acceptance of emotional needs.

Ideas and examples of how to listen to your emotional needs.

Some quick tips on how to start meeting your emotional needs.
Tune back in next week as we bring you the third most played episode of 2024.

Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
Instagram
Facebook
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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43min
January 01, 2024 Happy New Year! A Year in Review and What’s Ahead in 2024
Happy New from the Therapy Sisters! After a short break we are back! In this episode we review our first year of podcasting, share some struggles and triumphs and discuss some focuses for 2024.
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25min
December 05, 2023 Energy Boundaries
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26min
November 28, 2023 How to Assertively Communicate Your Boundaries Using DEAR MAN
Today is a minisode and Charis walks us through how to use the DEAR MAN tool from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to approach conversations where you need to assertively ask for something or say no to something.

Deciding on a boundary is one thing. Communicating it is quite another. It can be challenging to know how to broach these conversations, but this tool provides a helpful framework from which to do so.

To grab a copy of the tool go here.

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Instagram: @the_therapy_sisters
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11min

FAQs about The Therapy Sisters:

How many episodes does The Therapy Sisters have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.