Somatic Wisdom

Hello Listeners!  You are going to love this conversation with my new friend and fellow coach and body practitioner, Anthea Bell. Anthea is a Movement Coach, Mindfulness Teacher and Psychological Fitness Specialist with the Institute of Human Potential. She is an Education Mentor with international training school Polestar Pilates, and supports a global roster of clients in the holistic, corporate...

Hello My Lovelies! I can't believe I haven't yet covered the topic of pleasure as a standalone episode. It's probably been embedded in some of the other themes we have covered. But I think this will be the first of a monthly series because it's a rich topic and there's so much more to cover.  Hope you enjoy the excerpts of my post Dance Church bliss and my reflections on the pleasure of solitude a...

Welcome to the first episode of season 3!  I am going back into the concept of intution and asking you to practice asking your body parts for wisdom, especially when you suspect you might be taking on too much.  We may be surprised when we tune into a specific question and ask our heart, head, or gut about a decision? Or maybe we tune into our shoulders instead for a less conventional check in to...

Season 3 starts on July 2nd!  Welcome new listeners and thank you to returning ones!  I invite you to embody the leader within you by learning practices that take a somatic and whole-body approach to living well in changing times. Join my guests and me as we dive deeply into topics like somatic psychology, our relationships with people and money, navigating career and business transitions, and way...

Hello Lovely Listeners, This episode covers a lot of territory, so grab a cup of something lovely and enjoy!  I'm heading out of town for Father's Day weekend with my family shortly so full show notes will be updated next week.   For earlier episodes with Patrick Geary, check out #39 and #47 of Somatic Wisdom .  Follow Patrick at his Substack Newsletter here , and learn more about his practice or...

Hi My Lovelies, In response to our previous episode (58) with Dana Miranda of Healthy Rich on somatic practice to work with our difficult money stories. I discovered from Bari Tessler's book The Art of Money workbook (from the podcast Inside Job with Nayla Bahri and Eric Johnson ).  Tessler does a lot of the practices that I actually detailed in my book but she applies them specifically to our dif...

Hello My Lovelies, This is a conversation about personal finance and the somatics of money. I know you'll appreciate the insights of my guest, and I am taking away quite a lot from our conversation.  Dana Miranda is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® (CEPF®), an author and a personal finance journalist. She's the founder of Healthy Rich, a platform for inclusive, budget-free financial educa...

Hi Lovely Listeners, I'm excited to set the stage for my conversation next week with Dana Miranda by telling you more about some of my money experiences.  The Make Money Better podcast is published through Dana's Healthy Rich platform, which I highly recommend for a more diverse group of voices about the topic of money and personal finance.  I am honest about some of the struggles I have had aroun...

Hello my Lovelies!  This is a full circle moment for me, an opportunity to speak with a podcaster and author I've admired from afar since 2018.  We geek out on topics like intuition, somatic and body-based wisdom, free time, neurochemistry, avoiding social media, envy, desires, opting out of parenthood, the auntie brigade, vulnerability, and salty podcasts. Such a juicy conversation!  Jenny Blake...

Hello Lovely Listeners!  Here's a brief intro on two topics which will be covered in further depth during my conversation with Jenny Blake for episode 56 (to be aired May 21st).  I touch on Intuition, with the briefest of summaries of what I've learned (mostly from lived experience but also from Penney Peirce).  Then I explore the notion of mimetic desire, specifically in the way Luke Burgis talks...

Hello Lovely Listeners, I'm bringing you a "minisode" this week to encourage you to listen to nature, or to listen inward rather than listening to podcasts. While you may decide to listen to a different show, maybe you will feel drawn, as I did, to listen inward and to slow down your input channels. Mercury is in Retrograde April 21 through May 14th, and Pluto just turned retrograde in Aquarius. ...

Hello Friends! The audio on this one might not be up to my usual standard. I believe I've fixed the audio issue I was having through the kind support of people at Descript, but the sound might be a little more variable than it usually is. I'm blaming Mercury Retrograde!  This episode speaks about a process I have done annually since about 2016 after reading the book by Marie Kondo called The Life-...

Hello All. I'm returning for part 2 of this exploration of Dr. Devon Price' book Laziness Does not Exist. Please head back to episode 51 first if you haven't already heard that one, since I lay the ground Feelings of laziness can be a powerful self-preservation instinct.  I talk about Tara McMullin's notions about how we think about working people, and her essay which explores people who don't wor...

Hello Listeners, I start with an update on the audio book process. To receive the FREE Audio version of the Unleash, Unlearn, and Enliven book when it is published,  please enter your name and email at this form .  Today I'm bringing you some initial thoughts after my second listen to Dr. Devon Price' book: Laziness Does Not Exist. I include some history on where the word "lazy" came from as well...

Hello Lovely Listeners, This conversation was especially rich to me, and I know you're going to want to hear more from Natalya Kolosowsky.  Natalya is a bilingual artist, coach, facilitator, and teacher of creative processes. She is the founder of Shadow Tender - an interdisciplinary project that teaches people how to dance with their demons. Natalya's work is informed by 3+ decades of experience...

Here's a few updates on what's up lately. I am in the final stages of editing the audio version of my book, which will be released via Audible later in April.  To receive the FREE Audio version of the Unleash, Unlearn, and Enliven book when it is published,  please enter your name and email at this form .  Though I'd intended to release an episode on The Laziness Lie (a concept coined by Dr. Devon...

Hello Lovely Listeners! This is my first solo episode in a while. I hope you enjoyed my conversations with Kathy Oneto, Heather Ussery-Knight, Stephanie Lindloff, and Patrick Geary.  Today I want to give you a useful model for thinking about how to ride the waves of change that are inevitable with more grace and ease.  I mention the article I recently wrote for my Substack Newsletter on the What i...

This is a special bonus episode in honor of the Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere and the Fall Equinox in the southern hemisphere. This is an excerpt from my conversation with Patrick Geary from episode 47 released on Sunday, March 19th.  For more information on Patrick Geary, please see the following links: You can access more information about Patrick's Lunar Cycle Workshop coming up in...

I have my first returning guest, my friend Patrick Geary, an Astrologer, Coach, and Healer to talk with us about ways to work with Equinox Energy. We start with a lovely equal breath meditation in honor of this season, and as a tool for times when we feel like we are "going to war" or pushing against something. We can introduce a pause into the process, and take a moment to realize how we can work...

I was delighted to have this conversation with one of my favorite coaches, Stephanie Lindloff. We worked together for a year and a half during the time I was writing my first book. I can tell you that, without Stephanie's compassionate and warm support, I would have been able to calm the "anxious perfectionist" within me to get that project started and completed.  Stephanie Lindloff is an Eco-Intu...

Hello Somatic Wisdom listners, I couldn't resist sharing this guided inner journey that is an excerpt from the interview with Stephanie Lindloff of Our Natural Wisdom for episode 46 (this coming Sunday). Stephanie has been a coach to me, and we worked together for over a year and a half while I was conceiving and completing my first book. I just love her guided inner journeys, so this feels like t...

I enjoyed this conversation with one of my friends, Heather Ussery-Knight, who is a coach with an extensive background in counseling and psychology.  Heather has Masters in Counseling Psychology, over 20 years in the field of counseling and psychology.   She currently works as a coach focusing on Inner Parts Work.   Because she is a MultiPod with a penchant for writing, creativity, Integral Theory...

Hello my lovely listeners! Thanks for taking me to 3000 downloads of this podcast as of the time of the recording! Wow! Each month the listenership has grown, especially since January, and I really appreciate your time. If you're on Apple Podcasts and you enjoy these episodes, can you help me out by writing a short review and "breaking the seal" on reviews? Just a sentence on what you like would b...

Hello Friends, I'm changing it up this episode with a interview that originally aired on Wade Brill's Centered in the City podcast (original title: Episode 110 : Living in Our Bodies with Cristy De La Cruz) back on June 23, 2022. You'll learn a little more about when I am most "uncentered," along with more of my story.  Wade got me to dig a little deeper into what my somatic practices are all abou...

I loved this conversation with fellow coach and podcaster, Kathy Oneto of Sustainable Ambition.  Kathy Oneto is an executive and life-work coach who is passionate about helping people succeed on their terms both at work and in life. She is the founder of Sustainable Ambition and host of The Sustainable Ambition Podcast . Her mission is to help people attain more joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment...