Somatic Healing for Wellness-Focused Women

Do you ever feel guilty for resting? Do you shut down when overwhelmed and then judge yourself for it?
In this episode of Somatic Healing for Wellness-Focused Women, Rae explores the freeze response, nervous system burnout, and the guilt and shame that often accompany rest.
This conversation is especially timely during winter (or any “inner winter” season of life), when your body may naturally crave slowing down even if your external world doesn’t.
✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:
What the freeze response (hypoarousal) actually is from a nervous system perspective
How overwhelm, burnout, trauma history, and sensory overload contribute to shutdown
Why freeze is not laziness, weakness, or failure — but a protective survival strategy
How to gently “thaw” freeze without flooding your system
If you’ve been feeling:
Disconnected or checked out
Unable to respond to texts or make decisions
Burned out and overwhelmed
Stuck between doing too much and doing nothing
This episode will help you understand what’s happening in your body and how to respond with compassion instead of criticism.
✨ Rae also closes with a powerful reflection from Nicola Jane Hobbs on ease, striving, and permission to choose the gentle path.
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Sign up for the Somatic Healing newsletter in the show notes for biweekly nervous system reflections + access to the Breathwork Resource Library (15–20 guided practices).
Resources Mentioned: Window of Tolerance and Nicola Jane Jobbs Poem
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Disclaimer: Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is intended to inspire, educate, and support you on your personal journey. It does not substitute for professional mental health advice. I am not a psychologist or medical professional. If you are experiencing distress, mental health challenges, or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified professional.

In today’s episode of Somatic Healing for Wellness-Focused Women, Rae offers a gentle guided meditation designed to help you feel safe, grounded, and present in your body.
This calming practice focuses on creating a sense of safety in the present moment, using simple somatic tools like orienting, breath awareness, grounding, and affirmations to support nervous system regulation. Whether you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply in need of a pause, this meditation invites you back into your body with softness and care.
✨ In this guided practice, you’ll experience:
Orienting to your environment to support nervous system safety
Gentle breathing to ground and settle your system
Somatic awareness to reconnect with your body
Affirmations for safety, presence, and self-connection
A slow, supportive pace that helps ease anxiety and overwhelm
This meditation is especially supportive if you’re navigating stress, emotional intensity, or simply craving a moment of stillness and regulation. You can return to this practice anytime you need help coming back into the present moment and feeling supported from the inside out.
📩 Want more practices like this?
This meditation is also available inside Rae’s Breathwork Resource Library, which includes 15–20 somatic breathwork and meditation practices. You can access it by signing up for the Somatic Healing newsletter + new practices are added throughout the year.
✨ If you enjoy this guided meditation, Rae would love to hear from you! Your feedback helps shape future monthly meditation releases on the podcast.
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In this episode of Somatic Healing for Wellness-Focused Women, Rae explores the powerful practice of romanticizing your life and why noticing simple joys, also known as glimmers, can be deeply regulating for your nervous system.
Romanticizing your life isn’t about ignoring hard things or forcing positivity. It’s about slowing down, becoming present, and training your nervous system to recognize safety, warmth, and pleasure in everyday moments 🌿
✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:
What it really means to romanticize your life
What glimmers are and how they support nervous system regulation
How glimmers help expand your window of tolerance and reduce anxiety
Simple somatic and mindfulness practices to notice more joy and presence
Rae shares personal stories, nervous-system education, and gentle practices you can immediately integrate into your daily life whether you’re feeling anxious, disconnected, or simply craving more presence and ease.
This episode is a reminder that healing doesn’t always come from doing more, it often comes from noticing more.
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Disclaimer: Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is intended to inspire, educate, and support you on your personal journey. It does not substitute for professional mental health advice. I am not a psychologist or medical professional. If you are experiencing distress, mental health challenges, or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified professional.

Self-Love is Brain Training: Somatic Practices for Rewiring Your Inner Voice
In this soulful episode, recorded in Costa Rica 🌴, Rae reflects on self-love, inner compassion, and the powerful journey of healing your relationship with yourself especially during seasons of change.
Blending storytelling with somatic wisdom, this episode explores how self-love is not just a feeling… but a practice. A brain-training. A rewiring of your inner voice.
✨ You’ll hear:
Why “self-love is brain training” shifted Rae’s perspective on healing
Personal stories on perfectionism, the Enneagram, and inner critics
Somatic tools for navigating new beginnings, change, and inner pressure
How to respond to your mistakes with self-compassion, not self-judgment
This is a grounded, vulnerable, and expansive invitation to return to yourself when life feels uncertain and to meet the most tender parts of you with presence and grace.
Resources Mentioned:
Enneagram as a self-awareness tool
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Disclaimer: Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is intended to inspire, educate, and support you on your personal journey. It does not substitute for professional mental health advice. I am not a psychologist or medical professional. If you are experiencing distress, mental health challenges, or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified professional.

In this episode of Somatic Healing for Wellness-Focused Women, Rae shares a compassionate, nervous-system-aware framework for contributing to social change without bypassing your capacity or burning out.
Inspired by the recent events in Minneapolis and global unrest, Rae introduces the Social Change Ecosystem Map by Deepa Iyer highlighting 10 powerful roles we can each embody when contributing to justice, equity, and healing.
🎧 Tune in to explore:
How political unrest impacts our nervous system & capacity to respond
The 10 roles in social change: from Visionary to Caregiver to Disruptor
How to identify which role fits your nervous system, gifts, and season of life
✨ Whether you’re a healer, a frontline responder, a builder, or a storyteller there is no one right way to show up. This episode will help you find clarity, compassion, and sustainable alignment in your unique contribution to change.
Resources Mentioned:
The Social Change Ecosystem Map by Deepa Iyer
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Disclaimer: Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is intended to inspire, educate, and support you on your personal journey. It does not substitute for professional mental health advice. I am not a psychologist or medical professional. If you are experiencing distress, mental health challenges, or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified professional.