The Movement Mentality Podcast

with Missy Bunch

Ep. 17 - From Bodybuilding to Healing: A Transformation Story with Jerame Mudick

In this grounding and expansive episode, Missy welcomes somatic guide and breathwork facilitator Jerame Mudick to The Movement Mentality Podcast. They explore what it means to come home to the body, the unexpected grief of healing, and why slowing down is essential for true transformation. Jerame opens up about his journey from fitness and functional health into deep somatic work and trauma resolution. This conversation weaves together personal evolution, nervous system wisdom, and the spiritual initiation of remembering who you are beneath your patterns. If you’re craving depth, stillness, and a return to your truth—this episode is for you.

In this episode

· 03:10 - Jerame’s origin story: From personal training to body-based healing

· 07:42 - What happens when slowing down feels threatening

· 13:15 - Fitness as a coping mechanism and how the body finally said “no”

· 20:10 - Surrender as the sacred threshold: what comes after the breakdown

· 28:02 - Why we can’t “logic” our way into regulation

· 35:46 - Masculine energy, grief, and the initiation of embodiment

· 43:20 - Jerame’s current practices and what holds him now

· 48:55 - The real markers of healing: less reactivity, more resonance

· 54:38 - Navigating the identity unraveling as you become who you are

· 1:00:11 - Guidance for listeners: how to begin listening to your body again

Quotes:

1. “Surrender didn’t come easy. It came after the exhaustion, after trying to hold everything together for too long.” 20:23
2. “I thought I had to be the strong one, the protector. But what I really needed was permission to grieve.” 36:10
3. “I knew I was healing—not because life got easier, but because I didn’t flinch in the places I used to.” 48:57

Connect with Missy & Sydney

· missybunch.com.

· Instagram: @missybunch15.

· Instagram: @themovementmentality

· Watch this episode on YouTube: @TheMovementMentality

· Jerame Mudick on Instagram: @jeramemudick

· Website: jeramemudick.com

About Missy

Missy is a multi-certified movement therapist who has been educating and coaching for over 14 years.As a young professional dancer, she battled many injuries over her career and one day she found someone who studied neurology (the study of the brain and nervous system). After one session with this person, her 4-year knee pain was completely gone. She knew she wanted to teach this approach to the world.

The importance of brain function and using the nervous system to rapidly “debug” movement patterns, decrease pain, and increase performance, has led her to teach and create lightning-fast improvements with people from all walks of life. Her specialties include injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, joint mobility, and decre