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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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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 b…
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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 Gra…
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S12E5 - Graduate Spotlight: Fitra & Feminine Embodiment - An Embodied Path for Muslim Women with Raja Avila
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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 …
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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 Certif…
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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 system…
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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. T…
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S12E1 - Graduate Spotlight: Teacher Spotlight: From Obedience to Empowerment with Sharon Kaur
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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…
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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-gu…
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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 b…
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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 …
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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 wor…
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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 l…
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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…
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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, t…
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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 w…
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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 …
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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 prac…
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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 K…
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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 o…
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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 r…
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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…
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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 backgrou…
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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…
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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 An…
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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 La…
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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 …
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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 th…
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S9E10 - What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach & What Makes This Style of Coaching Different?
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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 tra…
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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 disembo…
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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…
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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 o…
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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 yo…
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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 want…
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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 …
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S9E3 - Accidental Entrepreneurship. When Following Your Passions Means Having a Business - Pursuing Your Passions Limited Podcast Series
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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 p…
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S9E2 - Tolerating The Job (while making a career change) - Pursuing Your Passions Limited Podcast Series
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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 re…
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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 car…
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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…
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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 …
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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 cla…
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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…
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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 t…
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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 t…
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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 yearne…
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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-exerc…
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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 c…
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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 countrie…
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S7E5 - Mythical Leadership: Celtic Myth as a Framework for Feminine Leadership with Jen Murphy
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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 la…
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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 wh…
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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-celebrate…
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