School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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...

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 mor...

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 sh...

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-fixati...

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 deepl...

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 creatin...

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...

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 u...

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 pleas...

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 joi...

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 Certificatio n - and a fellow entrepreneur who believes embodiment is freedom work.   I spoke with India as part of 'The Future Is E...

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. T...

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.   Resources From Today's Pod...

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 fu...

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 yo...

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 nex...

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 transformat...

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 -...

What do a lawyer, campaigner, UX freelancer & policy manager have in common?  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...

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...

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 pre...

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...

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.  Tu...

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 h...

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 mo...