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Emotionally empowered, sensually alive, and magnetic women discuss how to live, lead, coach & embody more of their feminine nature with Feminine Embodiment Coach Jenna Ward. This podcast is for women who demand deep, vulnerable living. To us, the feminine so much more than floral skirts, love & light. It’s also about dark, messy, transformation & intimacy with all the currents of life that want to have their way with us.
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What kind of devotional practice can help you to validate your intuition, so you can be more productive & get more done?
The answer is embodied movement practice.
Despite the common belief that intuition or feminine depth has no place in business - our guest on the podcast today, Yael Lagna, finds weaving somatic practices into her work (and world) helps her to get so much more done.
Yael Lagana joins us on the podcast today for an exploration of her experience of Embodied Movement Practice & journey as an entrepreneur and abuse survivor.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Yael Lagana - www.frumfatale.org
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
If you’re one of those people who “doesn’t feel much”, a kind of flatline without much up or down happening within. Have you ever wondered…
Is there truly nothing happening within me? … Or is that I just can’t feel it?
One day Sarah Schülke found herself wondering about this exact question. It sparked a journey out of her head, into her body, and onto the path of embodied movement practices.
Today we’re speaking with Sarah to explore her experience with:
Moving from an inner flatline - to an inner fulfillment by listening to her body
Using embodied movement practice to figure out her path
As well as navigating physical symptoms, sleep & feeling increasingly safe
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Sarah Schülke - Website
Sarah Schülke - Instagram (German) | Instagram (English)
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
How do we drop the people pleasing tendencies & assumed identities we’ve taken on… so we contact our wild self?
This is big, profound work. Yet you don’t need 10 years of therapy or burning down your entire life/marriage/career to do it.
Christina Ryan-Stoltz @she_skool joins us on the podcast today for an exploration of her experience of Embodied Movement Practice & how it’s supported her to contact the self she always knew was there… but wasn’t sure how to access.
In this personal retelling Chrstina shares with us:
The primal, wild woman within that surfaced through embodied movement
Not taking up much space in marriage - to finding more equal partnership
Body image issues & how these held Christina back from inhabiting her body
Why shaking, releasing energy through movement & vocalizing can feel “weird” and how we can overcome of hesitations to do it
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Christina Ryan-Stoltz - Website
Christina Ryan-Stoltz - Instagram
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
Today, 8+ years later, Hanne-Lina joins us from Sweden to speak about the program and how working with the “raw materials of life” has shaped her & her coaching practice.
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Hanne-Lina Website
Hanne-Lina Socials
Hanne-Lina 🎁2 free months in the Garden of Aliveness Community
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
Today on the podcast we’re joined by Anna Rova to discuss how she went from “I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life” to working with over 500 clients.
We also speak about why she’s chosen to close that business down & is in the midst of evolving her work in a new direction, backed by the same tools & methods.
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
In today’s conversation, Raja shares her personal journey of discovering embodiment as a way to reconnect with her feminine nature—moving from a life of overwhelm and overachievement to one of relaxation, receptivity, and trust in divine guidance.
Through practices rooted in embodiment & her Islamic faith, she has found liberation and healing, for generations current, past and future.
If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body, caught in cycles of “doing” rather than “being,” or longed for a closer connection to your inner nature and divine purpose, this conversation is for you.
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Raja - Website
Raja - Socials
Raja - Meditation
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
In 2020 Laura Wiest was a highly sensitive woman & new coach wondering how she could find the ‘missing piece’ to move beyond the superficial with her clients...
While she’d done all the ‘spiritual’ workshops, training and experiences… there was a glass ceiling she wanted to understand on a deeper level.
Enter the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification.
Today, 4 years later, Laura joins us on the podcast to speak about the program & how it’s shaped her and her coaching work in the years since graduating.
We also dive into Laura’s work now - supporting women to deepen their own embodied boundaries & Laura shares tips into how she’s retired her inner people pleaser & found more self honouring boundaries with herself, her mother & supports her clients to do the same.
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how our graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Laura - Laura’s Website
Laura - on Instagram
Laura - free workshop
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
In this episode, I’m joined by the incredible DC Hill, a Gender & Sexuality Studies Professor we have the honour of working with in the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification for rich conversation exploring vulnerability, movement, and how we can connect deeper with our bodies
We dive into how DC uses embodiment as a tool for challenging systems like those that impact Black girls and women.
From hair policies in schools to deeper conversations about spirit murder and the embodiment of Black girlhood, DC shares powerful insights on how our bodies hold both oppression and potential for liberation.
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
DC Hill on Instagram - Socials
DC Hill on Bsky - Socials
Black Gurl Reliable: Pedagogies of Vulnerability and Transgression by Dominique C. Hill - Pre-Order the book here
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
Today we welcome past graduate Tertia Riegler to the podcast to share with us her journey into Feminine Embodiment, and how it’s shaped her coaching practice on the other side.
Tertia Riegler specializes in supporting high-achieving women to step out of the stress spiral and into a life where achieving big goals doesn’t mean sacrificing yourself.
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Tertia - Website
Tertia - Instagram
Tertia - Feel It First Guided Practice
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
https://jennaward.co/feminine-embodiment-coach-directory/- Discover more Feminine Embodiment Coaches here
Today we’re joined by Sharon Kaur, Master Feminine Embodiment Coach & Teacher here at the School of Embodied Arts to learn about her journey with embodiment.
Sharon takes us on her journey…
From breaking the spell of internalized program around being the obedient Indian daughter, to navigating complex PTSD and what it means to reclaim the body as a South Asian Woman…
Sharon shares with us her journey of navigating into a felt experience of “I deserve to exist, and exist magnificently”
In this conversation we explore:
Sharon’s personal experience of leaving an abusive marriage & finding a way out
What it means for different identities & different bodies to go on the journey
Sharon’s passion around supporting South Asian Women to deepen their pleasure & sensual aliveness
Wanting to help others, but feeling like you’ve “still got further to go” on your healing journey
Sharon’s experience as a Teacher & Master Coach in the Coaching Cert
This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Sharon - Website
Sharon - Socials
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
Want to take the risk out of investing in your next bold move?
Today on the podcast, we're diving into how to make successful personal investments — like gaining new skills, finding creative freedom, starting a business or making space for passions — that pay dividends in growth and satisfaction.
Together, we’ll unpack why it’s so easy to second-guess these kinds of investments, especially when they don’t match up with traditional ideas of what “good” investments look like.
We’ll dive into examples of my own investments across the years, explore navigating tough conversations with loved ones & explore the 2 key questions I ask before investing time or money.
Here’s a snapshot of what we’ll explore:
Why investing in yourself is worth the risk (& how to reduce the risk)
Common internalized beliefs around what "smart" investments look like & how to rewrite them
My personal investment journey, from small luxuries to career-defining decisions
How to know if your investment will bring you real ROI
Strategies for sharing your vision with loved ones who may have doubts
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Making Bold Moves Workshop - live in November
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
Will AI replace coaches?
And how can we use AI to self coach us through everyday challenges?
Lately a dear friend of mine, also an embodiment practitioner, & I have been joking about “AI Therapy”. We’ve had a few tricky situations, and have turned to chat GPT to channel advice in the tone of some of our favorite authors, mentors and coaches.
It’s been illuminating, funny, and sometimes insightful. It’s gotten me thinking about the role of AI in replacing coaches.
It’s also opened up some ideas about how we can use AI for self coaching…
Today on the podcast I want to open up the conversation.
In this episode we:
First we discuss AI replacing coaches
I share both my thoughts & the insights ChatGPT provided (naturally)
We dissect the role of a coach & which parts AI might be able to replicate
We then dive into Self-Coaching, we define what it is
I share some AI prompts I’ve been using lately (with various levels of success)
And I share some free Somatic Self-Coaching resource you can use at home
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Somatic Self Coaching - free guide
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
The Big Leap by Gay Hendrix
Can I translate somatic coaching skills into a profitable business & sustainable income?
If you (or your loved ones) have been asking this question, today’s podcast is for you.
This line of thinking is VALID.
In the age of the “Instagram Coach” who… with no valid experience or informed ways of working, can update their bio every 5 minutes to be an “embodiment coach” or feminine mentor....
It’s valid to wonder if you can truly earn a livelihood as an Embodiment Coach.
So let’s break it down.
In today’s podcast we dive into:
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Find the profit plan Jenna mentions on this podcast at www.jennaward.co/profit
Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - professional training
Praise from past participants of the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert
Catch Part 1 of this 2-part series here.
Raising kids the embodied way is an experiment I’m in the midst of.
I have a 5 year and 8 month old who are both stubborn, intelligent, creative, brilliant kids. I’m constantly exploring how I can employ emotionally intelligent values in the way I parent.
To be clear, this isn’t my speciality, or body of work. I’m a somatic educator & coach, but parenting isn’t my zone of mastery. Today’s podcast came about from a listener's request and it’s something I’m so happy to shed some light on.
Today I’m sharing 10 strategies I use with my kids.
Specific little techniques, tricks, approaches or resources I do.
This is moreso with my 5 year old, but the principles and some of the practices still apply for my baby. If you have old kids, most of these will still be relevant.
Resources from today’s podcast
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
How can we support our kids to be the most embodied, emotionally intelligent generation ever?
I recently received a request from a podcast listener to speak about embodied mothering.
I’m not an expert in this area, but as a Feminine Embodiment Coach & international founder of a somatic school of training AND parent to two little humans… I do have lots of thoughts on the topic that I’m so happy to share.
Parenting isn’t my body of work. It’s not the space of genius I’m here to contribute to the world. So I haven’t analyzed my parenting in depth to give it language, structures or frameworks (unlike somatic coaching, which I do love to dissect in fine detail!).
Also, I’m a parent to a 8 month old and 5 year old, so there’s a certain level of emotional and physical maturity that my kids have, which might be different if your kids are older, or hold different genders or identities.
Personally I want to be the one to teach my children their values & an embodied culture in how they relate to themselves, others and the world.
In Part 1 (this episode) we’re diving into embodiment for yourself as a mother or parent.
In Part 2 (coming soon) I’m sharing 10 approaches I use to parent my kids.
We’re doing it in this order because you can’t foster deeper embodiment with your kids if you’re not practicing it yourself.
The person you are BEING is the clearest teacher for your child.
I’m not an expert in this area, but as a Feminine Embodiment Coach AND parent to two little humans… I do have lots of thoughts on the topic that I’m so happy to share.
Resources from today’s podcast:
Primal Feminine Flow - at home embodiment practice
Is it a good time to become a coach?
You might be thinking of changing careers, or specializing in embodiment coaching.
Yet at the same time there’s talk of a recession. Record rates of inflation, cost of living crisis.
It’s valid to wonder, are these conditions creating the worst time to become a coach?
Because times are a-changin. But not for the worse.
On the podcast this week I’m sharing a market update & some insights into the maturing Coaching Industry.
In this episode we explore:
Reflections on the global coaching industry
What a busy market place means
What buyers are looking for
How competition factors in
If you’d like to dive into mapping your signature journey & define the unique magic you’re here to bring a coach, there’s never been a better time… Sharon, Kate & I from the FEC Teaching Team are hosting a virtual immersion exclusively available to our Coaching Certification community to support them map their signature journey.
If you’d like to chat to us about the program & our special immersion…Find a time in our calendar to chat →
How can we weave somatic skills into our client work?
What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach?
And what makes this style of coaching & school different?
We answer these questions (and more) during our Information Session for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification.
Join Program Founder, Jenna Ward & the teaching team to explore our philosophy, take a tour of the school & get these questions (and more) answered.
This podcast is a preview of our Info Session held in September 2024.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
My kids are the most embodied people I know.
They are effortlessly, fully, deeply IN their bodies. Feeling and EXPRESSING their inner sensations moment to moment.
They remind me embodiment isn’t something we DO to the body.
Somatic work isn’t about imposing or doing MORE. It is instead the process of peeling back what isn’t sincere, so we’re left with our simple, yet profound soma.
This concept is a bit of a head fuck because so much modern therapy, development & personal growth is about doing or applying something TO the body. Modulating it. Hacking it for better performance.
So if somatic work is more akin to stripping back, what’s the philosophy that supports it?
If you’re hungry to dive into the schools’ of thought that underpin Feminine Embodiment Coaching, this podcast explores our technical approach to the world of somatic coaching.
In this conversation, we discuss:
The impact of late-stage capitalism on our bodies
Trauma therapy and the work of Peter Levine
Polyvagal therapy and the neurobiology of embodiment
Feminist & spiritual influences, including a powerful essay
Where the intellectual property of ‘Feminine Embodiment Coaching’ comes from
The difference between coaching & therapy
Our influences as a school are wide & diverse. From the realm of Embodiment, Somatics, Dance & Movement Therapy, Coaching, Polyvagal Theory, Trauma Theory, Feminism, Somatic Abolitionism and more.
Resources from this podcast include:
Peter Levine - Somatic Experiencing
Audre Lorde Essay - Uses of The Erotic: The Erotic As Power
Want to banish hollow action & replace it with potent, magnetic doing throughout your day? In today's episode, I share tips on turning on magnetism in everyday, mundane moments.
Centering magnetism in the way I work has been a game-changer. It means…
✅Getting more of what matters done ✅Having those actions work to their fullest potential ✅Avoiding busy work that keeps me busy but doesn’t DO anything
Turning on your magnetism is a (happy) side effect of embodiment.
The more we contact the deep currents of aliveness within us, the more we can attune those currents to the object of our desires.
Check out these resources from the podcast:
How can we reconnect with the impressions & resources of our ancestral lineage, in somatic ways?
I recently invited Rani George, a practitioner steeped in both Eastern & Western spirituality, to join us for an exploration of ancestral reconnection at our The Future Is Embodied Conference.
During the conversation Rani offered us an experiential practice of expanding our awareness to perceive more of our ancestors, somatically. I just had to share it more widely so today on the podcast we’re joined by Healing Arts Practitioner Rani George.
In this conversation we explore: - Rani’s mystical awakening into her indigeneity - The traumas and resources that are passed down through our ancestors - Rani’s diverse cultural teachers and what they have reminded her of the ‘universal Indigenous Field’ - Why reconnecting with our indigeneity isn’t a modality - but rather a way of living - Jenna & Rani share diverse examples of how our indigeneity speak to us, through the body - Rani guides us on a powerful 15 min experiencing of expanding our bodies wisdom to perceive our ancestors - Two beautiful practices to deepen your ancestral connections
About Rani George Healing Arts Practitioner http://www.circlefolks.com
Rani George was raised with the influences of Eastern and Western mystical spirituality and earth-based healing traditions handed down through the generations by her mother. Her adult daughter continues in the line. She has been in private and group practice and served as organizer, consultant, presenter, and teacher in the healing arts for over 30 years. She is a Systemic Constellations facilitator with specializations in Spiritual and Nature Constellations. Her current focus is Ancestral Indigenous Reconnection utilizing embodiment practices, hands-on energy work, and meditative processes to access the indigenous wisdom and resourcing of our ancestors.
Resources From Today’s Podcast
● Rani’s work & website http://www.circlefolks.com
● Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
● Leave a podcast review on iTunes here
● Thought or reflection to share? Leave a comment on Instagram here
How can our businesses be an extension of our embodied values & political views?
If we’re interested in doing business in more embodied ways, we have to examine how the inherited marketing and business practices many of us have been indoctrinated into are not rooted in the values WE hold dear. Today, we’re speaking with Feminist Business Educator Kelly Diels about marketing practices that can shift culture & what it looks like in practice.
From social media to email marketing, how we choose the images we use and what we actually market, Kelly shares with us practical suggestions for genuinely liberatory practices in business.
In this interview, we explore:
Kelly Diels is feminist educator, writer, and coach. She specializes in feminist marketing for culture-makers. She’s here to raise awareness about how the business-as-usual formulas we learn everywhere actually reproduce oppression. She develops and teaches alternate, feminist marketing tools to help us do it differently (and better).
Resources From Today’s Podcast
● Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
● Primal Feminine Flow – Embodied At Home Movement Practice
● Leave a podcast review on iTunes here
● Thought or reflection to share? Leave a comment on Instagram here
How can we work DEEP in the body without ‘blowing up’ someone’s trauma?
Almost all somatic practitioners (including embodiment coaches) I work go through a phase of feeling super worried about activating latent trauma & triggering a client. This is a conversation I have with women a lot.
Sometimes, this fear manifests as an extreme over-abundance of caution, need to “get it right” & hyper-fixation on strategies.
This results in practitioners holding themselves back from deepening into sensation - to everyone’s detriment, especially the clients.
Today on the podcast we’re speaking with Somatic Psychotherapist & founder of The School of Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy Monique Pangari about somatic approaches to trauma-centric therapy and what practitioners need to know if they are worried about activating latent trauma (plus so much more).
Monique's training & experience is vast & in this conversation, we explore: - Examples of somatic strategies to support clients in a trauma therapy setting - Why embodied approach are deceptively simple & some of the core components for practitioners to make them work well - The difference between trauma therapy, therapy & coaching - What practitioners need to know if they are worried about activating a client’s trauma - The importance of rupture & repair for practitioners - Attachment styles & the work Monique created for counsellors & psychotherapists
About Monique Pangari Monique Pangari, MEd, SEP, is the creator of Somatic Sand Therapy™, Somatic Expressive Therapies and Somatic Attachment Focused Expressive Therapies™ (SAFE-T). In 2020 she founded 'The School of Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy' where she offers post-graduate training and clinical supervision for professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists. Monique has been practicing Sandplay Therapy and Expressive Therapies with clients of all ages since 2002 and has been training other therapists across Australia since 2008. She began integrating Somatic Experiencing® and Attachment Repatterning into her practice in 2017. Monique has undergraduate studies in Education and Psychology and holds two Masters Degrees. She is also trained in Family Constellations, Circle of Security, Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples, NeuroAffective Touch®, ISHTA Yoga and is currently undergoing further study in Jungian Sandplay Therapy. In addition to offering Training, Supervision and Counselling in her private practice, Monique also lectures part-time at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in the Masters of Counselling program and offers Supervision to Counselling Interns at the University Counselling Clinic. Monique is a Level 4 member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and is a member of the ACA College of Supervisors.
Resources From Today’s Podcast
● Monique Pangari - Website | Social links | Please open in new window | Pls grab from here
● Trauma Aware Embodiment Coaching (Podcast by Jenna)
● Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
● Primal Feminine Flow – Embodied At Home Movement Practice
● Leave a podcast review on iTunes here
● Thought or reflection to share? Leave a comment on Instagram here
2021 was the year of my (mini) professional crisis.
There were big decisions to make, and I was feeling deeply confused about the direction I wanted to grow in professionally & with our school.
What kind of business (& life) did I want to have? Did I want to blow up my creation?
It took me a long time to find a mentor to help me navigate what was right, for me.
I wanted someone who worked in deeply embodied ways. Someone who would support me if I decided to throw in the towel & make the decision to destroy my creation. And also someone who was a little bit magic.
Somehow (I think it was the power of Instagram) Rachael Maddox entered my life.
She’d just closed her own Coaching School down (to begin a conception journey) and was making some radical changes in her business model. She was EMBODIED AF. And supported CEOs. We started working together - and I’ve loved her since.
Recently I spoke with Rachael as part of our The Future Is Embodied Conference. Our conversation was a dive into the ethics of embodied business & how Rachael navigates her work as a witch & mentor.
It was such a rich conversation I wanted to bring it to you today, in the hopes you find some “unconventional” courage to follow your path (whatever that is) to the best version of your work in the world.
Of course, I didn’t close down our school, or decide to blow anything up in the end. Which is what I love so much about EMBODIMENT work. It’s an invitation to find YOUR body's truth. Which won’t look the same as anyone else. What’s right for you won’t be right for them. But holding space for ALL the possibilities, even the wild & witchy ones remains something I hold as so valuable.
Resources From Today’s Podcast
I’m 200% here for any experience (or in this case, diagnosis) that supports a woman to inhabit her unique flavor more fully. Adele Wimsett is such a woman.
Today on the podcast, we’re chatting with Adele Wimsett, a UK-based Women’s Health Practitioner specializing in supporting ADHD women to understand the impact their hormones have on their traits, taking a solution-focused approach to creating an ADHD-friendly lifestyle.
In this conversation, we explore:
About Adele Wimsett Women’s Health Practitioner | www.harmoniseyou.co.uk | @harmoniseyou
Adele empowers women to balance their hormones and harness the power of their cyclical nature. She specialises in supporting ADHD women to understand the impact their hormones have on their traits, taking a solution-focused approach to creating an ADHD friendly lifestyle.
Resources From Today’s Podcast
Women from all walks of life are experiencing epidemic levels of disembodied. It’s rife!
No matter our cultural background or country of origin, many of us know what it’s like to feel numb, disconnected from ourselves & overridden by what the world demands of us.
Today we’re speaking with three Feminine Embodiment Coaches, all from diverse backgrounds who have found their way home to embodiment work and are supporting their clients to do the same in the realms of dating, career & rites of passage.
In this episode we speak with Anna Rova, Siobhan Barnes, Amy Frankel & Jenna Ward about:
Resources From Today’s Podcast
● Anna Rova | Founder of Claimed.com. Dating, Relationships & Feminine Embodiment Coach @annarova
● Siobhan Barnes | Life and Leadership Coach @iamsiobhanbarnes
● Amy Frankel | MPH, Feminine Embodiment Coach, Rites of Passage Guide @amycfrankel
● Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
● Primal Feminine Flow – Embodied At Home Movement Practice
● Leave a podcast review on iTunes here
● Thought or reflection to share? Leave a comment on Instagram here
The more we notice how disembodied our culture is, the more we have to wonder… how the fuck did we get here?
In my quest to answer that question I stumbled into the world of feminism & across the work of Dr. Kimberly B George thank the goddess I did) several years ago.
There are so many ways feminists (including Kimberly) have empowered & supported my embodiment skills.
Every few years I catch up with Kimberly (most recently at our conference) for a rich discussion on the topic of feminism, embodiment & what is truly life giving. This year’s installment was as potent as ever & today I’m sharing it (and Kimberly) on the podcast with you…
In this conversation, we explore some hard topics such as:
Resources From Today’s Podcast
What can ancient erotic texts teach us about sensuality & sexuality?
Many narratives around women's sensuality are rooted in religious-sin, purity or porn-that-distorts reality. But what could we learn about a woman's right to pleasure from ancient erotic texts, texts such as the Kama Sutra?
On the podcast today we’re joined by mythologist Seema Anand who has been studying women’s story of pleasure & sexuality through the Kama Sutra for the past 23 years.
Join us for this conversation exploring:
Resources From Today’s Podcast
Today on the podcast I come together with four Feminine Embodiment Coaches, from different corners of the globe, to explore how they came to the embodied arts.
Why did it awaken for them? How do they notice it awakening for their clients? And what does it mean for us to choose embodiment back?
Extending a warm welcome to Emily Grace Smith, Sarah Laverty, Kate Leiper & Rachael Haylock who join me on the podcast today.
In this rich, round table discussion we discuss:
- Finding a safe space in your body when the world outside doesn’t feel safe
- Define embodiment & explore it’s approach to life, transformation & healing
- Grief and how individual heartbreak can connect us to collective heart ache
- Career change & women navigating change towards their callings in life
- Embodiment as a modality not interested in fixing or solving you
- Activism, change & emboidment work as liberation
Resources From Today’s Podcast
● Emily Grace Smith | Author, Speaker, & Embodiment Coach @guidetowholeness
● Sarah Laverty | Embodiment Coach | @embodiment_with_sarah
● Kate Leiper | Psychotherapist & Feminine Embodiment Coach | @kate.leiper
● Rachael Haylock | Embodiment Coach & Somatic Educator | @achaeljohanna_
● Emergent Strategy, adrianne maree brown
● Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
● Primal Feminine Flow – Embodied At Home Movement Practice
● Leave a podcast review on iTunes here
● Thought or reflection to share? Leave a comment on Instagram here
Today we’re joined by India Pierce, an Educator and Consultant who helps others boldly chase joy and improve their equity practices & organizational culture.
India is a guest teacher on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Liberation for our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification - and a fellow entrepreneur who believes embodiment is freedom work.
I spoke with India as part of ‘The Future Is Embodied Conference’ late last year & our conversation was so rich, I thought it best to open the enclosures & share this conversation more widely. So today, it’s coming to you on the podcast.
In this conversation, we explore:
● How India found embodiment through religion & the three dimensions of her embodied living
● Extractive activism & divine activism - we speak about the different fuels for movements
● India’s journey back to her body through experiences of her emerging queer identity & pregnancy loss
● Why India sees Embodiment as liberation work
● JOY - Being guided by joy & why joy is freedom work
● Is it selfish to prioritize joy? The difference between self-care, joy, collective liberation
● 2 practices for coaches, practitioners & those working in the embodied arts to center DEI and liberation in their work
Advice - This conversation discusses pregnancy loss
India Pierce is an entrepreneur, educator, and consultant who helps others boldly chase joy. After over a decade of working with businesses to improve their equity practices and organizational culture, she realized that something was sorely missing from the organizations and daily lives of the business owners she worked with; you know what that thing was? Joy! That realization went on to drastically change her work and life. Dubbing herself a “joy ambassador,” India launched India Pierce Consulting to encourage people to put the joy back into their work. She supports organizations in creating joyful and equitable workplaces where employees thrive and find fulfillment. As well as, small business owners in building their businesses with their joy in mind so they can grow their business without sacrificing their greatest vision for their life. Outside of work, she is completing her doctorate, enjoys spending time with her family, binging RomComs, and eating pizza.
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What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach & what makes this style of coaching different?
How is the program practically delivered? And what kind of results can I expect to create?
In today’s special podcast episode we’re featuring an August 2023 Info Session for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification.
We answer these questions (& many more) in this workshop with program founder Jenna Ward. Together with the teaching team we explore the philosophy behind FEC, take a tour of the school & discuss what it’s like to train in this modality.
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In today’s special podcast episode, we’re featuring an August 2023 Info Session for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification.
We answer these questions (& many more) in this workshop with program founder Jenna Ward. Together with the teaching team, we explore the philosophy behind FEC, take a tour of the school & discuss what it’s like to train in this modality.
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While the embodied & feminine arts have called to me for a loooong time. It took me a while to figure out how to weave them into the way I work.
The subtle hyper-masculine, head-first way of operating is so easy to slip into when I’ve got shit to do.
I’m still excavating and rewiring the ways I dishonor my body & attempt to be productive in disembodied ways (despite knowing that it’s far less fun AND less effective).
No matter what your career, work, profession, study, or pursuit… we can all work in more embodied ways.
Today on the podcast I’m sharing some of the keyframes & THE key tool I use to help me weave embodiment into my doing. It’s a game changer for how creative, alive & GOOD I feel as I get shit done.
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What does it take to have a mature, financially stable coaching business?
I asked three past graduates of our program, all of whom have transitioned careers and developed signature bodies of work in the embodied arts.
Preeti Matoo from Well Adorned, Christina Lane a dating and relationship specialist & Mary Lofgren from the School of Sensual Living join us for this delicious conversation.
If you’re wondering how long it takes to develop a stable income, how to navigate your way forward when you seem to be taking the long road, if entrepreneurship feels daunting or you’re worried you’ll just never get there, this is a wonderful conversation to join.
In this podcast, we explore
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I’m an avid learner. Right now there are about 2 training, 5 books & a handful of experiences I’m just itching to dive into.
But I’ve hesitated pressing GO on all of them because - I want to calculate the return on investment & make sure I’m making wise use of my resources (time, money, energy) before I press GO! So how do we calculate our return on investment?
When training, experiences, or next steps feel risky & we’re worried “will this work out”, how do we decide?
Over the years I’ve developed three questions I ask myself to clarify if I’m making the RIGHT decisions for the RIGHT reasons. I’m sharing them with you on the podcast today.
You are the expert in your body & life. No one else will make the same ‘RIGHT’ decision as you (which makes it even harder to navigate what is right).
These questions are not designed to lead you towards something that’s safe, or predictable. Rather they are designed to illuminate what’s true for you.
In this episode, we’re exploring:
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What image comes to mind when you think of the coaching industry?
Whether you’re a coach, client, practitioner, or random person on the street the general impression that tends to bubble up is concerned with Instagram celebrity status or a bit of a ‘woo-woo left of field’ ick factor.
Today on the podcast, we’re exploring what coaching is NOT.
If you’re a practitioner in the field of transformation/personal development, or equally drawn/repulsed by the word, this is an excellent episode.
We’re diving into:
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Can I make good money from my passions?
Is this a viable career?
Will I be able to replace my income, or exceed it?
I’m worried the industry I want to move into is saturated. Will there be room (and income) for me?
These are just a few of the (very valid) questions I hear women contemplate when working toward their passions.
I understand it. I wanted the know if I could replace - or exceed - the income of my original career (in pharmacy), while doing work that felt more meaningful & aligned with my personal values.
In this podcast, we explore:Today’s podcast is not all unicorns & fairies. It’s an honest, transparent appraisal of what it takes to make it.
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They all decided it was time to pursue their passions & are in the messy middle of a career change.
Four intelligent, successful women who, despite having it all from the outside (career-wise) share the “I want more” and “is that it?” moments which catalyzed career change and the full spectrum of fears & challenges that go with it.
In this podcast, we explore
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I accidentally became an entrepreneur.
It wasn’t something I chose, and it’s not a term I identify with strongly.
But at some point following my passions, it just kind of happened - I had a business.
I had to learn the skills to run that business. Skills like money management & managing a team. Skills to build structure, find tech solutions to my problems & profitably price services so we could stay cash positive.
Such grown-up considerations, none of which I really said YES to when I chose to pursue my passions.
I see this a lot…
Women are following their passions, and then all of a sudden realize it (might) mean also becoming a business witch.
It can be overwhelming. An unexpected (yet obvious) fork in the road.
You’re still figuring out your passions & likely honing your skills to do your trade well. Yet you also need to consider a whole (previously unexplored) frontier of business.
I wish I had known what I was getting into earlier.
I bloody LOVE entrepreneurship & the joy, creativity, challenge & expansion that comes with it.
But because looking back, the distinction was (is) so obvious if only someone had pointed it out. So today, on the podcast, I’m doing just that.
Today on the podcast we’re exploring…
Are you secretly dreaming of the day you never have to come in to work again?
Imagining what it would be like to quit & revel in the freedom of taking your next step towards working your passions?
I’m feeling you. I used to have a 40 min commute down a highway every morning to a job that started at 7am & I just couldn’t bloody wait to hand in my resignation.
Except, it took several years of preparing my passions before I was ready to resign. So how do we tolerate “the job” in the interim? How can we (dare I say it) enjoy the work we’re doing, when we know this career isn’t for us in the long term?
It can be a real struggle to show up to a job & career you’re ready to leave. But for many of us, it’s a necessary phase of our transition towards our passions.
Today on the podcast we’re exploring these deeper dynamics…
Considering a career transition? Desiring to deepen the quota of passion & purpose in your work (& life)?
Transitioning to more meaningful work is something I’m constantly involved with.
Our School supports women to deepen their professional mastery in the embodied arts & often transition into careers as coaches. I’m also personally on my third career. Plus I feel like I have this conversation frequently with many of my girlfriends (including one this last weekend who has just closed the door on her career without knowing what’s next).
I decided to create a 9-Part Limited Podcast Series exploring the deeper dynamics of changing careers & what it means to pursue your passions.
This series is perfect for the woman who’s quietly seeking a career change, actively navigating the chaos of change, or just wants to become a more interesting person in the way you relate to your work.
Today we kick the series off with a deep dive into passion, purpose & career. Exploring:
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If you desire to be more embodied, more of the time, the #1 skill to develop is sensitivity.
Sensitivity is a skill many of us were never taught, nor taught to value. Yet in dampening our ability to feel, sense & perceive the textures, sensations & knowings of our inner world, many of us have (inadvertently) left our bodies.
My journey back home to the body began with re-sensitizing my body.
Turning UP the volume of my inner sensations, so that I could feel more & be cracked open to life’s ravishment more consistently.
On today’s podcast, we’re exploring:
Whether you’re new to embodiment or seeking mastery in your practice, this is a powerful podcast that weaves in many key theoretical frames from our Coaching Certification to explore how we can be more embodied, more of the time.
Whether you’re feeling well, or unwell, acute or chronically, there is such medicine & magic in re-sensitizing our bodies.
It’s how we become a full-spectrum human.
This episode is part of our SOEA Podcast series exploring Embodied Movement Practices. You can find more episodes here.
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What kind of wealth identity do you hold?
Right now are you feeling scarce or secure? Earning 7 figures, or working on miraculously manifesting your wealth?
Today on the podcast we’re exploring somatic financial healing with Victoria Washington, founder of Wealth Embodiment Flow™.
As the first woman in my lineage to steward large volumes of wealth (generationally, wealth has always rested in the hands of men in my family) I’ve had a lot of ‘wealth work’ to do over the years. Work to figure out how to reproducibly make money, work to welcome it, to steward it, to not feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of it (one of the many wealth topics we touch on in today’s convo).
Today we’re learning more about the internal architecture of this rich practice & unpacking a lot of nuance around what ‘embodied wealth work’ really requires us to explore. In this episode, we discuss: - How Victoria shifted from mindset work & bankruptcy to somatic wealth healing to create Wealth Embodiment Flow - Wealth Embodiment Flow™ - Victoria guides us through a revealing & insightful taste of this somatic financial healing practice - Ancestry work as the centerpiece to wealth identity & how Victoria’s ancestral gifts informed her own wealth identity shift - The Arch of Financial Transformation & the 5 phases within. This is a really interesting map to explore your wealth identity whether you’re broke or making 7 figures - The entrepreneurial landscape & how wealth consciousness shifts in mature businesses & our experiences of this in our own work - Why Victoria didn’t vibe with modern manifesting as a bi-racial Black woman - We chat about the core wound many of us hold around money - and how Capitalism has taken the place of Divinity in many of our bodies (this is a really interesting insight)
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One would assume that yoga classes (where we do asanas, or postures) should be embodied.
Given the deep spiritual roots of yoga from various Indian philosophies & teachers, you’d expect yoga to be something that bought you deeper into inhabiting and expressing yourself fully (my definition of embodiment).
Except I frequently find myself in yoga classes lacking that resonance.
Perhaps they are more focused on precise asanas with increasing complexity, or a workout to sweat. Either way, modern western yoga (asana) classes as I experience them sometimes ≠ embodied.
In 2020 (or there about’s) one of our graduate Feminine Embodiment Coaches Megan Hart mentioned to me she’d been studying Embodied Flow, which was “so much like Feminine Embodiment Coach, but in yoga form” I was VERY interested…. And today, finally, I’ve spoken with the founder of this beautiful embodied movement method.
Meet Tara Judelle, the creator of Embodied Flow Yoga - a school of somatics, movement, and yoga based in non-dual tantric philosophy and humanistic psychology. She has facilitated yoga spaces internationally for the over 20 years. She is the creator of Embodied Flow Yoga - a school of somatics, movement , and yoga based in non-dual tantric philosophy and humanistic psychology. She is dedicated to facilitating journeys that bring people into freedom and agency in the body-mind.
Today’s podcast is my favourite so far in our Season 8 Embodied Movement Series. While I’ve relished every conversation so far, this conversation with Tara holds a special place in my heart.
Perhaps it’s because we’re both in cross-cultural relationships (Tara splits her time between US/Greece & travel for her teaching/retreats), or perhaps it’s because Tara weaves so much deep knowledge & diverse philosophy into all she shares. Either way, Tara is a woman after my own heart (abet, doing it a very different way) and it’s a joy to bring this conversation about Embodied Flow to you today!
In this episode, we discuss:
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The first time I read about Polyvagal Theory, so much made sense. The idea that “stress” isn’t just all adrenaline-running-around-drama, but can also also/often show up as frozen-shut-down-numbness really hit home.
I feel so many of us have constant moderate-grade stress in our lives that just leaves us feeling… numb.
Understanding Polyvagal Theory (PVT) helped me to understand, neurologically, why this numbness comes about & why this magical-thing-called-embodient worked so well in unraveling it. It’s also the foundation theory in our Coaching Cert, so at the heart of what I love.
Today we’re speaking with the founder of Polyvagal Informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy, Dr. Amber Elizabeth Gray. I came across Amber’s work in 2021 & was so interested in how she’s deliberately & closely evolved her movement therapy to incorporate the teachings of PVT.
In this episode, we discuss & experience:
Content Advisement: Amber’s experience includes working with survivors of extreme trauma. While we don’t discuss the details of this, the theme is present during our conversation.
About Amber
Amber Elizabeth Gray was, in her father’s words, born “dancing and fighting”. A lifetime of dance and travel to explore movement and dance-based community and healing traditions has contributed to her passion for and belief in movement as life. Amber believes that every human being's birthright is embodiment. Her 25 years of work as a Dance/Movement Therapist, Continuum & Yoga teacher include time working and living in conflict and post-conflict zones, exposing her to the harsh realities of human rights abuses. Her clients, all survivors of political violence, torture, and war, are co-collaborators and inspirers in the work she teaches, Restorative Movement Psychotherapy and Polyvagal-informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy.
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The single biggest hurdle to doing more embodied movement practice, for me personally, is the tight grip of urgency I often feel around time.
Today on the podcast, I’m chatting with Rochelle Schieck, founder of the Qoya movement method. A big part of our conversation is exploring how we unwind the urgency of linear time & use the body as a portal to soul time.
Rochelle & I have very different felt experiences of this shift away from urgent-linear-time into expansive-soul-time. I’m curious if you’ll relate to either or perhaps experience it in another way.
This conversation is part of our Embodied Movement series on Season 8 of the School of Embodied Arts Podcast (you can sign up to the podcast here). To see more from this series click here→
In this episode, we discuss & experience:
About Rochelle
Rochelle Schieck loves to move - in her body and around the world. In the last 20+ years, she has traveled around the world as a student and teacher leading over 4,000 movement classes, training hundreds of Qoya teachers in 20 different countries, and taking women on over 90 retreats to sacred places in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
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How can we be fully human?
Seems like an obvious question, but when the demands (stress/trauma) of our culture & lived experience asks us to show up more like a machine than an organic being, it’s a valid one.
Nahid de Belgeonne, the founder of The Human Method, believes “our modern times are relentless and our nervous system just isn’t built for this kind of onslaught.” So how can we calm our anxious & nervous brains? How can we meet the overwhelming daily catastrophe of our climate, our culture, and our world and remain human and feeling in the face of it?
Nahid suggests the answer isn’t sitting in silence, seated meditation trying to be quiet. Instead, we need to befriend the “Master System” and work with our nervous system to better regular our selves.
In this podcast, we discuss & experience:
About Nahid de Belgeonne
The Human Method™ - the brainchild of Somatic Movement coach, breath and yoga teacher Nahid de Belgeonne, is a radical re-learning system that works to intelligently harmonise the mind and body, dynamically transforming the health of everyone from exhausted and burned-out high fliers, A-list celebrities, and athletes right through to clients recovering from illness, injury, sleep issues, stress, and anxiety.
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For the first few years of my personal development & embodiment journey I was focusing on everything I needed to fix.
There was always some mindset, funky feeling, boundary, or upper limit that needed solving.
After a while, I realized that, while the skills to meet these undesirable were essential, they were not the only embodiment skills I yearned for.
What I truly wanted was to be ravished by life (not perfectly fixed).
To be broken open with the beauty of devotion flowing deep within me. To be resourced by the great mother. To be alive to the beauty of living.
So I had to get to work expanding my skills & stamina in the realm of embodied pleasure, devotion & aliveness.
A totally different end of the embodiment spectrum.
Today, we’re speaking on the podcast with a woman who is radiantly alive as a walking blessing (I can attest to this because she’s also a longtime very good friend).
Holly Wodetzki is an Embodiment Teacher & founder of the Sensual Embodied Dance methodology. She joins us today to share some of her devotional magic & also share with us a useful map for understanding the Embodied Movement space (this will be handy if you’re following our Embodied Movement series on the podcast right now). In this episode, we discuss:
I’ve sweated more this past month than I have in the past 5 years.
After a looooong absence from the high-intensity-energy scene, I’m back in my high-rise activewear that Australians love so much (activewear is a legitimate 24/7 dress code where I live).
It’s got me thinking a lot about my journey from a once-hard-core-hot-yoga-fan to a never-exercise-flowing-feminine-embodiment-practice, and back again.
I’ve come full circle this year and the 10ish-year journey has bought with it some big insights about embodiment, exercise & the different (key) roles they play in my life.
If you are:
This episode could contain a few gems for you.
In this episode, we discuss
This episode marks the first in Season 8 of the podcast, a season devoted to Embodied Movement. We’ll be speaking with some amazing practitioners & creators of modality in the somatic movement arts - I can’t wait to share them with you.
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Today on the podcast, we’re discussing somatic practices to help recognize and unhook from the embodied impacts of systemic oppression with Cultural Somatics Practitioner, Facilitator, and Author Kelsey Blackwell.
When we start contemplating the question… How did we all get so disembodied, one quickly arrives at a few core factors. One of them is colonization & white supremacy. The impact these systems have on *every* *single* *body* is profound. Whether our identity is black, white, or persons of culture/color.
From perfectionism, body shame, keeping silent, controlling & generally feeling like we’re not enough. Many (most) common challenges modern women face have roots in the culture & practices of past/current colonization.
Exploring how these systems are alive & living within us is a key inquiry if we are to shift from the “I have so much work to do on myself” mindset, and into the greater realization that ‘it’s not you, it’s the system”.
This conversation is also a wonderful exploration into reconnecting with your ancestral lineage in embodied ways - even if you hold multiple lineages or have no idea what your lineage actually is.
One of our school's teachers, Sharon Kaur, recently pointed me in the direction of Kelsey’s work on embodied liberation - thank you Sharon.
In this episode, we discuss:
Kelsey works specifically with women of colour, however all identities will take something away from this rich conversation.
Kelsey Blackwell, MS is a cultural somatics practitioner and author dedicated to supporting women of color to trust and follow the guidance of the body so we may powerfully radiate our worth, dignity and wisdom in a world that sorely needs this brilliance. As a facilitator, coach, and speaker, she has brought abolitionist embodied practices to such diverse groups as riders on Bay Area Rapid Transit trains to students at Stanford University to the offices of LinkedIn. She works 1:1 with clients as well as leads the eight-week group program, Decolonizing the Body. Kelsey is the author of the viral article, Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People, published by The Arrow Journal. She is a Certified InterPlay Leader, Strozzi Certified Somatic Coach, and holds a master’s degree in Publishing from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In addition to being impactful, Kelsey believes working towards personal and collective liberation must also bring joy. She lives in San Francisco, California.
Also, good to know… Earlier this year our school recognized Jen’ work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Founders Flourishing Award which recognizes a practitioner in the multi-dimensional mastery of her body of work. Awarded by Founder Jenna Ward, this practitioner's work transcends categories.
Would love to hear what you took from this podcast, drop me a reflection on Instagram here →
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A few months ago my husband & I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary in Belgium. He knows my love language (luxury) so we luxed it up over a lavish long weekend.
How I ended up dating (then marrying) this guy was/is one of the wildest, life-altering decisions of my life.
As a woman now in a cross-cultural relationship, living between two countries, with a second language to master (my Dutch is coming along) I never could have imagined an innocent cocktail leading here!
To me, dating is a magical mystery that’s such a rollercoaster ride, especially when it’s done in embodied ways.
It’s not my specialty, but it is the expertise of someone I know… So this week, on the podcast I invited Embodied Dating expert & fellow Feminine Embodiment Coach Anna Rova to chat with us about today’s dating landscape for embodied women.
In this episode, we discuss:
Anna’s expertise is in the realm of heterosexual dating dynamics, supporting women with a feminine essence to be claimed by a masculine man. This dynamic is the focus of our podcast conversation today.
Anna Rova is a certified feminine embodiment coach working with smart, successful women who want a great (committed, masculine) man in their life but just can’t seem to find and keep one. Through Anna’s group coaching program, Claimed, we help these women to shift out of their masculine (controlling/demanding) energy into their feminine (open/receiving) energy, release and reframe their limiting beliefs, discover and embody their unique feminine flavor or style, and learn how to date intentionally in an embodied and authentic way so they can attract the kind of man they dream of and have him step up to claim them.
Also, good to know… Earlier this year our school recognized Anna's work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Founders Flourishing Award which recognizes a practitioner in the multi-dimensional mastery of her body of work. Awarded by Founder Jenna Ward, this practitioner's work transcends categories.
Would love to hear what you took from this podcast, drop me a reflection on Instagram here →
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Feminine Embodiment Coaching - an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
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For leaders shifting away from the cultural norms of leadership obsess with “more” “bigger” and “eternal summer/growth”, who can we look to for guidance?
How might we find our way to a more mature, sustainable, feminized way of leading?
As an entrepreneur, I’ve grappled with these questions for years. Navigating ‘doing business differently’ in a landscape where the intuitive, felt, sometimes non-linear inner impulses are seen as ‘unprofessional’ and illogical, it can be challenging to find a compass to navigate.
Jen Murphy, our guest on the podcast today, believes that mythology - the stories & wisdom of old - provides us the most potent guidance to navigate leadership.
Jen believes in a new archetype for feminine leadership that re-thrones the sacred union of our mature feminine and masculine powers—powers that live within our own bodies as a spectrum of possibilities.
During this podcast, we’ll explore:
This conversation will be particularly rich for women working in leadership roles, whether in business or their own creative or entrepreneurial endeavors.
Jen Murphy is a Feminine Embodiment Coach, Mythologist, and Anthropologist. She is the creator of Celtic Embodiment, a cutting-edge modality that fuses the ancient wisdom of Celtic Mythology with the emerging field of Feminine Embodiment Coaching to transform modern life for women. Jen is a certified Feminine Embodiment Coach and holds a degree in Medieval Irish & Celtic Studies and an M.A. in Anthropology & Development with a specialism in critical pedagogy - empowering learners to critique the power structures at play in their own learning experiences. Jen comes from a lineage of storytellers and wisdom keepers on her maternal line. She is fascinated by the natural coalescence between our ancestral myths and our bodies as a potent brew to reclaim our sovereign power. And so, her philosophy is ‘Let your body and mythology guide you home - home to YOU.’
Also, good to know… Earlier this year our school recognized Jen’ work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Founders Flourishing Award which recognizes a practitioner in the multi-dimensional mastery of her body of work. Awarded by Founder Jenna Ward, this practitioner's work transcends categories.
Would love to hear what you took from this podcast, drop me a reflection on Instagram here →
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Dark night of the soul, mid-life crisis, Saturn returns.
Different terms for describing the death/rebirth cycle we humans go through.
Today on the podcast, we’re mapping the milestone along the path toward death & rebirth with Embodiment Coach Jess Staskiewicz.
If you’ve been feeling you’re ready to shift identities or the ‘old’ you isn’t really who you are anymore… this is definitely a conversation for you.
During this podcast, we’ll explore:
Jess Staskiewicz is a Feminine Embodiment Coach, Mentor, and Facilitator. She is passionate about the modern woman living their lives as their most sensually alive, deeply satiated & inherently radiant selves. Because it gets to be all that more delicious.
Earlier this year our school recognized Sarah’s work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Excellence in Embodied Wellness Coaching - for practitioners working in the realm of body image, burnout, health & wellness, motherhood, menopause, transitions, rights of passage.
I would love to hear what you took from this podcast, drop me a reflection on Instagram here →
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In the shower last night I noticed a whole heap of new grey hair. My body reveling the inner maturing I feel has happened these past few years.
Midlife is the phase around our 40s (I’m in my late 30s but already feel the phase of mature feminine midlife approaching - plus, my husband would tell you I’m an old soul).
Midlife is an often un-celebrated passage of time that creates many an identity crisis for women who have given so much of themselves, to family or career or the things we arere told to want… only to realize they don’t know who they are anymore.
Today on the podcast we’re speaking with Sarah Booth, a coach & midlife woman passionate about supporting midlife women to thrive, feel alive and live as their most adventurous selves.
During this podcast we’ll explore:
Earlier this year our school recognized Sarah’s work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Excellence in Embodied Wellness Coaching - for practitioners working in the realm of body image, burnout, health & wellness, motherhood, menopause, transitions, rights of passage.
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If there’s one thing I wish my younger self knew, it’s this: Pleasure is a practice.
I wish the younger me knew, you’re not intrinsically deficient in your lack of pleasure.
I would whisper, ‘always having something to unravel & heal’ isn’t necessarily going to bring you more pleasure, so don’t go over the top down that path. Yes, it’s necessary to master the skills of discomfort, vulnerability & tenderness. But this is just half the spectrum.
The other half is desire, joy, blessing, and radiance. This, too is a practice & skill to tolerate, allow in and embody.
I would tell myself to practice pleasure. Not by having lots of orgasms, but by the little moments of sunshine on my face at 10 am when the sun peeks through my living room window just so.
Practice pleasure in the sweet wishes I whisper as I light the candles on my family altar at dinner time.
Cultivating the skill of sensuous living is a practice of magic. One that I’m in utter rapture with right now.
On the podcast this week, I spoke with a Mistress of Sensual Living, the burlesque performer turned coach Mary Lofgren.
Earlier this year our school recognized Mary’s work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Excellence in Embodiment Coaching - for practitioners working in the realm of feminine embodiment, feminine archetypes, sensuality, and pleasure.
Mary casts a spell with her presence, poetic expression & beautiful take on embodied ways of living.
I have zero doubt you’ll enjoy this sumptuous conversation.
During this podcast, we’ll explore:
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My work & business can be pleasurable? Easeful? I want to believe you, but I just don't think it’s so....
Today we’re speaking with Ainslie Young, a Pleasure Mentor for ambitious women in business. Ainslie works with coaches, creatives, and practitioners to create successful and wildly pleasurable businesses without burning out and selling out their souls. Ainslie has dedicated years of personal inquiry, exploration & training (including as a Feminine Embodiment Coach with our school) in exploring how to weave more pleasure& ease into the way she works. She walks her talk. Earlier this year, our school recognized Ainslie’s work in our 2022 Excellence In Coaching Celebrations in the category of Embodied Leadership. We know she’s exemplary as a leader (& we only want to bring you the absolute best on our podcast).
During this podcast, we’ll explore:
This is a great podcast for anyone feeling burnout or looking for a different way to work. It’s also a great podcast for entrepreneurs and coaches who want to hear the intimacies of how Jenna & Ainslie have shown up over the course of their entrepreneurial journey.
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What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach & what makes this style of coaching different?
How is the program practically delivered? And what kind of results can I expect to create?
We answer these questions (& many more) in this special Info Session with program founder Jenna Ward. Together with the teaching team, & past participants of the program, we explore the philosophy behind FEC, take a tour of the school & share real-life examples of what it’s like to train in this modality.
To see the full video of this Information Session, visit www.jennaward.co/info
To learn more about the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification, visit www.feminineembodimentcoaching.com
Is there an aspect of yourself you’re wanting to get to know more?
Perhaps your inner wild woman or discerning decision maker?
I’m a fan of trying on archetypes. Finding where we might explore more dimensions of ourselves. Using this suggestion as a map to play and develop dominant aspects of myself. But sometimes, putting on an external role can have me performing.
In coaching my clients, instead of suggesting a role they could try on, I prefer to support them in identifying & explore their own inner roles or archetypes.
Finding who they are being, personifying it & getting to know that aspect of self.
Today on the podcast, we’re taking a peek into a real-life 1-1 coaching session with a client who’s exploring her inner ‘analytical’ archetype.
This ‘Coaching In Action’ podcast is the third & final in a short series of 1-1 Feminine Embodiment Coaching Sessions we’ve been spotlighting on the podcast this month.
In this session, we explore how we might self-identify the roles we are playing, understand their deeper drivers & love them into evolution.
During this podcast, we’ll explore:
This session is an intimate peek into a client’s experience. So of course, this de-identified client session was shared with consent.
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Do you ever struggle to maintain a morning practice?
To carve out a space for your connection & devotion before the day begins?
It’s one thing to know (as all the wellness influences will tell us) that morning practice is the solution to so many of our deeper yearnings.
Yet it’s quite another to actually get your body on board with that plan!
This ‘Coaching In Action’ podcast is the second in a short series of 1-1 Feminine Embodiment Coaching Sessions we’ll be spotlighting on the podcast this month.
In this session, we explore the complex deeper drivers our body holds & how one ‘simple’ situation, such as a morning routine, can actually represent the macrocosm of how we do live.
During this podcast, we’ll explore:
This session is an intimate peek into a client’s experience. So, of course, this de-identified client session was shared with consent.
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Want to know what happens within a Feminine Embodiment Coaching session?
Come take a peak into a real live 1-1 coaching session with me...
After many requests, I’m happy to share this ‘Coaching In Action’ podcast episode, the first in a short series of 1-1 Feminine Embodiment Coaching Sessions we’ll be spotlighting on the podcast this month.
In this session, we explore how our body can play out values (of perfectionism ¬ feeling enough) even though they are not the conscious value we hold.
Our client is having trouble letting go of the ‘image of perfection’ and the need to ‘work harder’... even though that’s not a belief she aspires to hold. So together, we used somatic coaching tools to dive into the vulnerable & reveal the wisdom that her body wants her to remember.
During this podcast we’ll explore:
This session is an intimate peek into a client’s experience. So, of course, this deidentified client session was shared with consent.
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In this special podcast episode, Jenna reflects on the gestation, birth & maturation of the coaching program over the last 5 years
It’s the 5th anniversary of the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification & this month (from October 10th to 31st); we’re celebrating with a special month of events & enrollment bonuses.
This program has matured in ways that humble and astound me. Right now, we have 101 amazing humans working and studying with us on this phase of their path as a professional in the embodied arts, a community that I so delight in being part of.
Since 2017, around 500 participants have joined us in the certification. It’s been a big journey of learning how to stay in our lane, letting the work show us what it needs to thrive, and experimenting with how this can be the most life-changing experience possible.
Join me on this special podcast episode as we reflect on the gestation, creation & maturation of the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification.
In this podcast, we explore:
Would love to hear what you took from this podcast; drop me a reflection on Instagram here →
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If we exclude your birthday, when was the last time you celebrated you?
When was the last time you threw a party, or bought a gift, for a non-birthday related milestone?
Most of us celebrate the ‘big’ milestones-birthdays, marriages, anniversaries. Perhaps even we ceremonialize first bleed, matriescence or divorces. But generally speaking, the personal milestones are treated as invisible markers as busy life passes by.
When we celebrate ourselves (or better yet, allow others to celebrate us) we are SEEN in ways that shake our cells into the NOW. Shedding skins to further become who we truly are.
Yet celebrating yourself can feel a little self-centered.
I often have feelings of guilt or ‘showing off’ that shadow my deep, human yearning to be SEEN.
So in today’s podcast, we’re exploring:
Self-celebration is a very necessary requirement for adults.
I wish we would all do it MORE.
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Have you ever felt a subtle sense of anxiety in the lead-up to a ‘performance’?
Maybe in the hours, days, or weeks before you had to show up and coach, speak, facilitate or express yourself to the world.
Performance anxiety, for practitioners, is common.
I know this place myself. After coming back from a 6-month break in coaching after the birth of my first child, I noticed a resurgence of performance anxiety before coaching sessions and teaching calls. It was an old experience that returned strongly. All aspects of my coaching ‘performance’ were impacted, coaching, teaching, selling/enrolling clients, and expression.
Performance anxiety doesn’t feel good. It’s not useful, or sustainable.
It draws our attention and energy away from that which we truly desire-intimacy & vulnerability in the way we show up.
So how do we relax our performance anxiety? How do we shift it into something more fruitful?
In today’s podcast, we’re unpacking performance anxiety to understand:
Anyone who experiences subtle or strong performance anxiety will enjoy this podcast. If you’re a coach/practitioner working in somatic ways, then you even more so.
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I had an epiphany last week, it was about my religion.
Although I was raised Catholic, I never strongly resonated with the traditions or stories of this faith. Instead, I’ve been drawn to a faith that’s harder to name, that’s more aligned to nature and its pulsing creative aliveness. Last week, I realized & reconciled my faith is feminine.
As I write this, I guess it’s not that shocking, but it kind of shocked me...Because the feminine also makes me cringe.
Over the years, I’ve kept tabs on the ways the ‘feminine’ can do damage... That is the way that some people’s version of the feminine can do harm.
Not because the feminine is harmful.
But because many of us (myself included) with good intentions can leave an impact of harm. I really don’t want that for the feminine. It’s been such medicine and magic for me.
So today on the podcast we're exploring 5 ways the feminine can cause harm to ourselves and to others. This will be useful for the practitioners and the humans who are practicing more feminine-based living. Specifically, we’re exploring:
Would love to hear what lands once you’ve tuned in! Drop me a note here.
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The first time I ‘figured out’ embodiment, it was a messy ride. I was in a relationship that was surface deep. I was in a job that was making me into a robot. I was on land & living in a town that I didn’t feel resonant with. I was feeling numb, exhausted, tired, and knew something BIG needed to change.
I uprooted everything. Burnt it all down. And in the process found me. My desires. My creativity.
Many years, 1 kid, a husband, a mortgage & quite a few grey hairs later - I feel the same yearning for change. Change is here. But this time I don’t have the freedom (nor desire) to blow up my life to create it. I don’t want (or need) to blow up my marriage, child, home, business, or life... because I want it all. I love my life. I want to change on the inside. Without having to overtly disrupt my entire world.
In much of our culture, we have this sense that life goes on. Seasons change, and big (outer) milestones like having a kid or turning 40 happen. But the inner seasons - we don’t talk about them so much. We don’t talk about who have you been? Who are you becoming? I wish we did.
So if you’re in a season of change, and exploring how you might evolve without blowing up your life... I have a special podcast for you today.
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Do you feel exhausted from the emotional labor required from you? I loved doing it. I loved the intimacy and magic it created. But I was also fucking exhausted. And wondering when do I get to refuel from all this labouring?
Today on the podcast…
Once you’ve tuned in the key question I pose, and would love you to answer is this… What do I need to do emotional labor, and do it well?
Drop me a message on Instagram with your reflections.
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When I first studied ‘embodiment’ there was only 1 professional training I could find on the market (it was this one). Over the years ‘embodiment’ has become a popular concept & the number of training has blossomed.
Those entering the space of professional embodiment training may feel overwhelmed by choice! So how can you figure out the difference between them? And which one is right for you?
In this special podcast, I’m exploring how Feminine Embodiment Coaching is different from…
This podcast teases apart some of the subtle, but key, differences in perspectives and
approaches between different ways of working.
Specifically, we look at:
We’re not contrasting again any particular training or school, rather exploring how we perceive and see the busy constellation of the embodied arts.
Would love to hear your perspectives once you’ve tuned in - drop me a comment here.
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Usually, I’m the one doing the interviewing. But this episode of the podcast is a little different. Today I’m in the hot seat, answering some of the most frequently asked questions, about my personal experiences with a feminine embodiment, and how it all came about. I invited Kate Leiper, a friend, peer & Master Coach hereat theSchool of EmbodiedArtsto take the reins for this special interview where we explore topics across the span of my career, from before I knew what “embodiment” was, to how I shaped it into a model of coaching. We touch on my own personal challenges in the mastery of embodiment, and how it supports my company to flourish.
Grab a big mug of something delicious & join us in exploring:
About our Guest Interviewer, Kate Leiper
Psychotherapist & Feminine Embodiment Coach
Kate works with game-changing women who desire a deeper connection to self as a path to authentic expression, with the intent of creating positive global change. Trauma-informed and honoring the interplay of mind, body, and soul, Kate guides women into awakening their multi-faceted feminine magic and owning their brilliance as embodied others, lovers, and leaders.
Reach her at: http://www.kateleiper.com/
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“That time of the month” - We all know what this is code for right?
We create separation when we speak in ‘code’ about our own body. Part of the shaming, silencing & taboo around periods is our participation in not naming them.
In Claire’s household, she has changed her language (& over several years educated her partner to do the same).
In her household, they name it - “I’m bleeding”
There’s a reason women feel the subtle need to silence their own periods - we’re discussing those reasons with period coach Claire Baker on the podcast. Unpacking these subtle generation - old reasons is useful in understanding how the silence & shaming came to be.
But it’s our bodies that create the future. How you speak about your period determines the future for periods.
In this discussion with Jenna & Claire we explore:
Claire Baker is a sought-after period coach, author and speaker. For nearly a decade Claire has taught thousands of women how to live in harmony with their menstrual cycle, rather than working against it. Claire believes menstrual cycle awareness is the missing key in women’s wellbeing, empowerment and creativity, and her immersive online courses and workshops inspire women to know their flow and become the authority in their own lives. Claire’s online program Adore Your Cycle has students in over 35 countries.
With a background in visual arts and creative business, Claire is a certified health and lifecoach, has studied Menstruality Leadership and is a trained natural fertility teacher. Known for her authentic voice and ability to ‘make periods fun’, Claire is regularly featured in publications such as Red, Glamour, and Women’s Health magazine. Originally from Australia, Claire now lives in sunny East London and spends her days coaching, teaching, writing, dancing and being as close to trees as she possibly can.
Find out more about Claire’s work at https://www.clairebaker.com
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In a system that shapes our bodies as a means for production (that is, taxi for our brains & a machine to put to work to get things done) it’s a countercultural act to center the fullest expression of who you are as a human being in the way you live & work. That’s exactly what Toi takes a stand for & in this conversation we explore current cultures including capitalism, race & what it means for women, white women and business.
In this discussion with Jenna & Toi we explore:
Find out more about Toi Smith, Growth + Impact Strategist, at www.toimarie.com or www.instagram.com/toimarie
Toi's work centers on doing life differently, doing business differently, and doing motherhood differently. She works with people whose work is countercultural, liberatory, and revolutionary in nature...or people who desire and are committed to moving their work or lives in that direction.
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A few weeks ago I began doing daily breast massage, under the expert guidance of Michelle Lynn who’s a Feminine Embodiment Coach & also a teacher with us at the School of Embodied Arts.
It was divine.
As Michelle’s smooth voice guided me into… “Dropping below the mind looking at the heart, and being your heart feeling. Seeing with the eyes of your heart, listening with your heart.”
I melted.
So I thought... every person with breasts should be introduced to this practice! And here we are.
Michelle joins me on the podcast today for an exploration of...
ABOUT MICHELLE LYNN:
Michelle is a certified Feminine Embodiment Coach, a teacher with the School of Embodied Arts and a trained facilitator of the Non-Linear Movement Method. Her career in embodiment and women’s health spans more than a decade. Michelle creates multi-dimensional experiences for both private clients and groups to invigorate your feminine essence, nourish your wild soul, rediscover your inner power, and become a magnet for your deepest desires.
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In this podcast with Australian Feminine Embodiment Coach, Jessica Jordan, we take a personal examination of the disempowered feminine ‘good girl’.
In this podcast discussion we explore:
Jess is a 2019 graduate of our Feminine Embodiment Coaching certification who has create a beautiful body of work.
ABOUT JESSICA www.jessicajordan.co | Instagram
Jess has a decade of experience in leading humans, with 6 in the spiritual and self-development space. Since 2015, she’s worked specifically with women, holding safe and healing containers for powerful experiences. Jess is a somatic, spiritual, and feminine embodiment coach, solo mama, and is described as ‘femme fire’ – she is awakening and anchoring a new feminine frequency on the earth. Her work is deeply intuitively, guided by spirit, backed by certifications in yoga, meditation, feminine embodiment, and business – combining ancient wisdom and new science. She guides you home back to your own self-trust, as the greatest authority on your life, body, and heart – activating your true feminine leadership.
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Robyn Miller discusses the ‘Mental Load’ with me on today’s podcast.
The concept of the Mental Load is hundreds of years old. In many western countries since the 14th-century women’s energy has been seen as a natural resource to fuel the family (according to feminist scholar Silvia Federici, one of my hero’s).
Today, even though women have near-equity in so many diverse areas, we often still find ourselves carrying more than our share of the mental load. The mental load, the feminine & creating a more embodied future intersect in so many ways.
Join Robyn & me for a conversation on…
Robyn Miller is an Australian medical doctor working in Northern Australia. Upon returning to work after maternity leave, Robyn, like many women, experienced the struggles of the “mental load”. When she couldn’t find any strategies to effectively “off-load” half of this invisible labour to her partner, Robyn drew upon her own skills and experience in neuroscience and organizational management to develop her own, unique approach. In 2019, she founded The Mental Load Project to help other women to recognize and rebalance the mental load in their relationships. She has since taught her strategy to dozens of women internationally. If you’re curious about finding out more, download her free guide at mentalloadproject.com/guide
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“I’m having a wild love affair with pleasure for an entire year”
This was the committment Susana Frioni, Embodiment Coach & Sacred Dance Facilitator made in 2017.
I can tell you, it worked. If someone says pleasure, Susana is the friend that first comes to mind.
This year I’ve made a commitment to increase my own pleasure devotion. Like Susana, I’ve found that when my embodiment practice becomes habituated, it needs a fresh focus for inspiration & expansion. For me, in 2022, this fresh focus is pleasure.
So I though who better to have on the podcast than Susana, to share with us how she shifted from feeling like “I didn’t have much to give” and “everything feeling hard” into being fully supported & free to enjoy her pleasure.
In this episode we explore:
ABOUT SUSANA FRIONI
Susana Frioni is a certified deep coaching professional, embodiment teacher and Sacred Dance Facilitator helping women transform their relationships and their lives.
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As today’s podcast guest, Dr. Claudine Holt a physician and coach for women in medicine, shared with me the signs and symptoms of burnout I began to realize, hey she’s describing an older version of me!
Claudine is NY based board-certified Occupational Medicine Physician, and a Feminine Embodiment Coach.
Today she joins us on the podcast for an exploration of embodiment & recovering from burnout for medical professionals.
In this episode we discuss:
Burnout is the culture of our times. A culture that expects us to do more & think our way out of everything. A culture that asks for more than the body can bear. Unfortunately, even though the situation might not be of our creation, burnout culture is our inheritance. An inheritance we can either perpetuate - or change - depending on what we embody.
This is an excellent episode for anyone in health care (medical, nursing, dentistry, allied health professional) or with family/friends associated with healthcare.
Learn more about Dr. Claudine
Dr. Claudine Holt is a physician and coach for women in medicine. She helps women opt-out of hyper-masculine ways of working as well as cycles of burnout, overwhelm, and stress, by tuning into their feminine genius. She combines cognitive-behavioral tools with feminine embodiment practices to help women in medicine create a life and career they love.
Find her at:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/theembodiedmd/
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Today on the podcast we’re joined by one of my dearest friends.
She’s a fellow suburban mother & one of the most erotic women I know.
On the surface, this woman may seem busy with playdates, cooking & doing all the regular activities that come with modern life. But bubbling only ever so slightly below the surface is a sensual woman, deeply embodied in her mature & erotic feminine.
Holly Wodetzki is the creator & a facilitator of Sensual Embodied Dance.
In 2015 I joined Holly for my first devotional erotic dance workshop & I can honestly say I left a changed woman.
Her sensual dance facilitation is so powerful in illuminating the different facets of the feminine within & reclaiming a wider, more erotically alive spectrum within our self.
Today on the podcast with Holly we explore:
Holly has an online Sensual Embodied Dance experience coming up next week - details are here & I highly recommend joining.
Hope you enjoy this conversation (and a tip, notice how your body FEELS throughout this conversation - for me just being in these conversations begins to OPEN my body to sense more pleasure).
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
ABOUT HOLLY WODETZKI
Instagram < https://www.instagram.com/holly.wodetzki/, >
Creator of the Sensual Embodied Dance® methodology & Shiva Shakti Dance. Holly has spent 10+ years teaching thousands of women practices to recognise and access the beauty, power & wisdom of their embodied experience. She believes there's no need to waste this short, precious life living anything but a rich, meaningful and connected existence. We're here to be moved. To experience the full potential of being a human.
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It’s December & the days are getting shorter, the nights colder. Holiday seasons are the time I love to escape into a book. I have 3 great feminine books to recommend this year. These books have nourished, spoken to my feminine heart & given me so much to contemplate.
2021 Reflections
As we wrap this calendar year it’s also a natural time for reflection. While this hyper-masculine world would have us rush forward to set intentions & go-go-go (always rushing forward)...
I’m instead sitting in the reflection of:
At the beginning of the year, I was in a new land, starting a new chapter of leadership.
A chapter that expressed more clearly how the feminist & social justice lenses I had been refining through studies & contemplation intersected with feminine embodiment. This chapter lead to more study, hosting a conference & filtered through strongly to Season 4 (the current season) of our podcast.
On the podcast today I’m sharing some reflections on the training I undertook in the field, what I’ve been learning as a teacher about embodied feminism & social justice, and how that’s worked its way into our school.
I’m also sharing some personal reflections on what’s next on my spiritual unraveling & how that’s impacting the podcast in 2022.
So, I invite you to join me on this final podcast of the year where I’m reflecting on:
I hope you receive the space to reflect on your year & land more fully in who you’ve become. It’s something to witness & celebrate.
Books mentioned:
RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST
Training & coaching
Our school’s resources:
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My 2-year-old is giving me an education on anger.
Navigating how to parent a fiery little human has me reflecting on how I meet with and ‘manage’ my anger, and what I want to teach and model for her.
As someone who works professionally in the realm of emotional embodiment, it’s been a deep contemplation because I see this challenge - to meet and express our anger - come up so much in coaching with women.
We fear our anger. We worry it will be destructive or damaging.
Or worse, we let it go unexpressed. Our anger morphs into a quiet, cold bitterness, resentment, or apathy that is chronic and distant.
Women have been short-changed when it comes to expressing their anger (understatement).
My culture taught me anger is for men, and anger is undignified for women. I learn anger was dangerous and impolite. None of which serves me to help access the power & potential that anger holds.
We can’t perpetuate that legacy. So let’s craft another….
Today on the podcast I wanted to share some reflections around:
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Embodiment is a way of being central to many ancient indigenous teachings, yet many cultural practices & lineages have been lost, silenced, or colonized.
Many of us don’t know the practices of our foremothers or how they are connected to their bodies.
In this roundtable discussion, I’m joined by two embodiment practitioners and past graduates of our coaching certification program for a discussion about ancestral embodiment.
Jen Murphy, Feminine Embodiment Coach, Mythologist, and Anthropologist and Sharandeep Kaur, Ayurveda & Tantra Practitioner, Yoga & Meditation teacher bring their rich cultural heritage and personal explorations to consider the impact of our ancestry on our body relationship for modern women.
In this discussion with Jenna Ward, Sharandeep Kaur & Jen Murphy we explore:
Two diverse ancestral experiences from Sharandeep’s Punjabi & Sikh roots and Jen’s Irish roots
How these women came to explore their own ancestral embodiment
The different phases of the journey & the gifts they’ve experienced as a result
First steps for getting started with your own practice of ancestral remembering & embodiment
Resources:
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It’s autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere and despite the stunning dappled light through the amber leaves, I’ve been feeling a little heavy (not physically, more emotionally) & not as inspired as usual.
Winter is a season that our culture doesn’t celebrate. It’s not productive, or fast, it isn’t bright or energized. So at first, I tried to resist it, change it and make it go away. Which didn’t work.
I had to dive a little deeper to find the gifts and medicine in this wintertime. Which brings us to today’s podcast.
On the podcast today I’m sharing:
Resources from today’s podcast:
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Do you have a devotional practice (such as feminine embodiment, meditation, yoga, movement practice, journaling) that you want to do... but just don’t?
Yesterday I was speaking with a peer & participant in our Coaching Certification program. As part of her personal mastery she desired to dive deep into feminine embodiment movement practices, yet for the past two weeks, despite best intentions, had yet to do a single practice. I got it. I’ve been there. And I’ll be there again.
While I’m aware of how well, centered, grounded, resourced, expansive and fluid I feel when I do my ‘formal’ devotional practice... it doesn’t mean my attendance track record is perfect (far from it).
In today’s episode we’re exploring:
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In a culture that undervalues mothering, that seeks to contort mothering into a role that requires you to sacrifice yourself, your power, your creation, your sensuality - our mothers are sick. Sarah’s work centers on the richness of mid-life & maturation, the wisdom of the archetypal mother & the need for her at this time on the planet.
In this discussion with Jenna & Sarah we explore:
Who is Sarah:
Sarah Durham Wilson is the mother of the archetypal Maiden to Mother movement. She midwives women from the wounded patriarchalized feminine across the bridge to the archetypal mother or mature feminine.
Before her service to the Goddess, she was a rock journalist in New York City, beginning with an internship at Rolling Stone and culminating as an editor at Interview magazine.
Her soul work began with a witch awakening in 2011, which evolved into priestess work in 2015 and then into building the bridge from the immature to mature feminine — which involves exorcising poisonous patriarchal patterning and resurrecting the ancient healing ways of feminine wisdom.
She’s an Avalonian Wisdom Keeper, solo mother to a little girl, and currently working on a Maiden-to-Mother book for Sounds True. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard.
Website themotherspirit.com
Instagram instagram.com/themotherspirit
This conversation was first offered as part of The Future Is Embodied Conference
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Recently I was asked, “how can I coach more from my heart, instead of my head? In sessions with clients, I’m stressing about what to do next and if the session will end well. I’m sure my client can feel it”.
If you’ve ever overplanned or controlled your sessions, thought “what am I going to say next?!” or been exhausted before it began — this is the perfect podcast for you.
Vulnerability is the language of the heart. The unconditional, wise messenger of our bodies. When we avoid vulnerability, we have to leave our body in favor of our head. Retreating into analysis, expectation, judgment, and separation.
In this podcast we discuss:
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I’m yet to meet a woman who doesn’t have some internalized struggle with body image, weight or beauty. The narrative of how we ‘should’ look, what is ‘beautiful’ and how ‘big’ our bodies are allowed to be is impossible to internalize. It’s also just as challenging to deconstruct & redefine on our own terms.
In today’s interview, we’ve invited Licensed Mental Health Therapist & anti-racism eating disorder specialist Alishia McCullough to speak with us about emotional eating, diet and demonizing the black body. In our conversation we’re breaking down emotional eating, looking for clues to illuminate the subtle & sneaky ways we’ve taken in body-image-ideas that are not our own, the relationship between modern ideals & black slavery, plus some practices and reframes Alishia has used in her own practice with clients.
In this interview we explore:
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Procrastination. Do you delay or put off tasks until the last minute?
It’s a theme that frequently comes up with the women I coach yet & this recent Instagram post on the topic was one of my most popular this year. So I’ve decided to flesh out some more thoughts/feelings on the topic because...
There’s so much MORE than just “procrastination” going on when we really unpack the dynamics & “dysfunction” at the heart of this word. Personally, I’ve stopped using the word & no longer identify as a procrastinator. Tune in to find out why.
In this podcast we explore:
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Understanding the subtle (yet often sophisticated) ways we avoid being in our bodies is essential for embodied women.
Our culture(s) want us to be dis-embodied and will coerce, corrupt & challenge our heartfelt desire to connect to more aliveness & pleasure at every opportunity. (I make it sound like warfare! Truly it’s not that dramatic, and yet it is also the future of our species & planet so it is somewhat important...)
As a coach, I spend a decent amount of time noticing how my clients avoid being in their bodies. I myself also experience this exact same phenomenon. So I made a new (fabulous) podcast on the topic.
In this podcast we dive into:
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Over the past two years I’ve been undertaking several feminist studies, none have been more rewarding than my exploration with Feminism School founder, Dr. Kimberly B. George.
Kimberly specialises in the intersections of contemplative and creative practices, feminist and critical race theory, and decolonial trauma studies. Today Kimberly takes us on an intellectual rich ride exploring feminism, sensorium & the witch hunts.
This conversation was initially offered as part of The Future Is Embodied virtual conferred & it was wildly popular, so I wanted to share it with you.
In this discussion we explore:
Find Dr. Kimberly at: https://www.feminismschool.com/
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Over the past 6 months, I’ve spent 100’s of hours working on/in The Future Is Embodied Conference. The event has irrevocably changed me as a person & I want to share some of the sweetness with our wider community. So starting today I’ll be dropping a selection of my favorite expert speakers on our podcast. This month I’m starting it off with my conference keynote.
In this solo podcast ep we dive into:
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There is this practitioner that's popped up on my socials for about 6 months now. Each time I see them I'm curious, drawn to find out more.
Except, as I try to learn & understand their practice - I just get confused.
It got me thinking. Do I do that for other people?
I know when embodiment first discovered me I was overflowing with curiosity! I wasn't super discerning about who I learned from, I didn't investigate their world-view or values before saying 'YES I'll sign up for that!'.
I don't want to be one of those practitioners.
So today on the podcast I'm sharing with you my 'Feminine Embodiment Philosophy'.
Especially in today's podcast, we speak about:
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There's a stack of books on my bedside table - four to be precise.
We are still in lockdown/curfew in Holland so a good book (or 4) is keeping my inner vision unbound in ways my physical body is not right now.
Today on the podcast, I'm sharing with you my current-reading-list as well as some classic-embodied-readings. We also dive into how I read in ways that engage my body and help me to metabolize what I'm learning (instead of just stuffing more theory into my head).
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If you're considering moving forward as a coach, practitioner, or leader - yet wondering if you've got it 'together' enough' today's podcast episode is for you.
In it we're exploring:
Hope you love the ep & if you have any questions/topics you'd love me to explore on the podcast hit reply!
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Last week a client & I were speaking about issues of worthiness. It's a common theme. In my own life, in the lives of my clients and peers.
... is it enough?
... should I be more?
... am I too much?
Questions of worth that linger in the back of our mind & the pit of our gut. Those feelings of uncertainty that lead to us containing our brilliance, our voice & our power.
I know them well. This week I'm at a new erotic edge in my reclamation of worth & new-varients are emerging around a project I'm creating. Part of me thinks "oh this, again, I thought I was through this" but in the past few years, I've come a loooong way in my analysis of why so many women (& humans, including myself) suffer this affliction & what we can do around it.
On the podcast this week (part convo, part workshop) we're looking at:
During the ep I share a personal example of my own feeling lack-of-worthiness around my expression, voice & contribution. I also make a request - for us as a community to support each other in our vulnerabilities & reclamations so that we might validate & embolden the worth of each other. If/when you hear that request in the podcast leave a comment below & let me know how it landed for you (I am very grateful in advance).
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I’m very excited for today’s episode as we talk to a Social Impact Business Coach & a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion expert. I am joined by my very own coach --- Trudi Lebron.
I’d been looking for a guest teacher to train our students on equity-centered coaching & business practices for 2 years. In 2020 I came across Trudi’s work & knew she was our woman. In addition to training our students, Trudy & I have worked together 1-1 over the past 6 months & I’ve come to deeply appreciate her support in navigating equity-centered coaching.
If you are a coach, practitioner, entrepreneur, and/or wanting to be a good-anti-racist-human this is a great episode for you.
In this podcast episode we explore:
Links we talked in the podcast:
Trudi on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/trudilebron/
Trudi’s Podcast - https://pod.link/1504728675
Trudi’s free value training - www.trudilebron.com/corevalues
Equity Centred Coaching Collective - https://www.trudilebron.com/thecollective
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As we start a new year I’m writing to you from a new country. I’m living in the Netherlands (Holland) for the foreseeable future and when I’m so far away from my usual support networks I’ve been asking myself - do I need a coach?
I’ve worked with about 10 coaches over the years & I’ve developed a system for deciding if/when/who to coach with.
Even though I’m not currently taking new coaching clients (my books are gratefully full) I know that navigating the complex noise of the coaching space can feel tricky. But there is a way to make sure you’re choosing the right coach.
In today’s podcast we explore:
I hope you have a wonderful, safe, pleasure-filled and joyous start to 2021.
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This past month I’ve been busy re-writing the Pleasure Module of our coaching training.
It’s been an immensely sensuous re-write as I’ve re-immersed myself in the teachings and… well it’s had wide and far-reaching effects.
Even though I’m currently moving house - I’ve been in an immensely sensuous space. So in today’s podcast episode, I wanted to share with you three of my current pleasure practices.
In this podcast we explore:
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When we’re working with the depth of the body, we’re naturally going to discover a few of her darker secrets. The unmetabolized experiences that were too much, too soon, too fast. The frozen tensions and traumas of life.
Many of my past (and current) clients identify as suffering trauma. Racial traumas, sexual traumas and many other types and forms.
So how can we make sure we’re working with clients in trauma-aware ways? How can we make sure we do more good & less harm?
In today’s podcast we’re exploring:
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Lately I’ve been making some pretty bold body based decisions - like the decision to move our family (in the middle of a pandemic), birth a baby at home, and take some radical steps in my business model….
These are decisions I would not have been able to make even 5 years ago.
I just didn’t have the skills, or the trust in my body.
If you’ve got a current challenge/situation that needs some non-linear, feminine decision making fuel bring it along to the conversation where we’re discussing:
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Over the years I’ve tried a lot of different self-development practices looking for this combination (thus the meditation experience!) but it wasn’t until my body showed me a Feminine Embodiment Practice that I landed in the medicine for me. And oh what sweetness it is!
This week on the solo-podcast-ep I’m inviting you to explore Feminine Embodiment Practices including:
Troubleshooting the 3 most FAQs about Feminine Embodiment Practices including “am I doing this right?!”
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One of the biggest questions coaches, practitioner, creatives & entrepreneurs have is “can I really make this passion work - without selling my soul, drying up or burning out?”
There is no way I could run a business that felt disingenuous or that dishonored my body’s sensitive wisdom.
Yet running a business as a feeling, flowing, feminine, sensitive, sometimes chaotic, an intuitive woman ISN’T the type of business model that’s seen as a ‘sure thing’.
In this episode we explore:
This is a great episode for coaches (& aspiring coaches), practitioners, creatives & entrepreneurs. Ainslie shared with us a fabulous (free) training about unraveling unhealthy marketing strategies & moving into a more magnetic way of selling your products/services. Check it out here > https://startingwitha.lpages.co/marketing-code-training/
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Now to today’s new podcast! This podcast has been a loooong time in the making.
In 2019 I gave birth to my daughter (who just turned 1). Last year while pregnant, I shared part one of my pregnancy journey & today it’s time for (the long overdue) part 2.
During my pregnancy, it was so expansive to hear the stories of other women who had gone against the grain & had a beautiful experience. This is really the key reason I’m sharing this story today.
In today’s podcast we’re talking about:
This is a sensitive & personal topic. Pregnancy/birth/labor can be a challenging, upsetting, disappointing, or traumatizing experience for so many women. But I hope you find some strength and inspiration in my birth story.
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Are you contemplating a career transition, or in the messy middle of one?
Finding a new career (that’s economically & emotionally healthy) requires a lot of soul-searching and decision-making power. But it’s worth it. Lately, I’ve been pinching myself that I’ve somehow landed a career that exceeds all my dreams.
Never in a million years would I have thought I would be doing this work - but it’s absolutely the perfect fit for who I am.
In a way, I feel like this work chose me.
This week on the podcast I’ve invited Siobhan Barnes to chat with us about finding a soul-aligned career (as it’s her coaching superpower). If you feel like a new career path is calling you, this is just the podcast!
ABOUT SIOBHAN BARNES - Soulful Executive Coach
Siobhan is a Feminine Embodiment Coach that supports women find & flourish in soul-aligned careers. If you want to find out who you really are, what are you really good at, or if there is anything hidden that you’d like to discover head on over to siobhanbarnes.com/quiz
Website: https://siobhanbarnes.com/ Socials: https://www.instagram.com/iamsiobhanbarnes/
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