164: The Embodied Woman Guide: Spiritual Paths, Chronic Illness & The 3 Ps

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There are specific tools that you can use to become embodied... and I’m about to show them to you.

I want to talk about why the work of embodiment isn't softness, rose-petal baths, and endless fixation on your trauma. Most women I know are incredibly functional. They get the to-do list done, hold everything together, and then spend the rest of their lives subtly avoiding themselves through scrolling, numbing, resentment, overthinking, or exhaustion.

It’s something I’ve been circling for years through my training with David Deida, Sheila Kelley’s S Factor, and Wendy’s pole work, and it’s the most honest path I’ve found for women who are tired of living disconnected from their own bodies.

I walk you through the framework I use, which I call “the P’s,” and unpack the moment another woman gave me permission to stop shaming myself. Within a single weekend, the chronic tension and self-surveillance I had been carrying for years started dissolving in a way that felt almost biochemical.

There’s also a short breath and movement practice you can follow along with, plus the three inquiry questions I keep returning to, including the one about your own mother that almost nobody wants to answer honestly.

If you’ve been settling, ignoring the little “no,” or numbing through scrolling, this one is for you.

You’ll learn:

[0:00] Introduction
[4:34] How functional freeze, snacking, and scrolling become socially acceptable avoidance patterns
[7:03] Why chronic resentment shows up as bloating, hair loss, and fatigue
[12:27] Permission from another woman can shift your physiology in a weekend
[15:00] What Wendy, the pole teacher, taught me about the whore archetype
[18:36] How orienting your whole day around sensual pleasure rewires your life
[21:43] Why ignoring the little no is the root of our greatest suffering
[24:11] A guided breathwork practice for tracking pleasure and sexual energy
[36:57] Wearing the villain crown and what your judgment of other women reveals
[42:20] The regrettable impulse, the damaged story, and what would ruin you as a woman

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Resources mentioned:

Dr. Tom Cowan | Website
David Deida | Website
Sheila Kelley | Website
S Factor | Website

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