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Rested. Rooted. Radiant.
Insight and inspiration on living unhurried lives, overcoming feminine burnout, reclaiming our radiance and self-sovereignty and embracing our brilliance.
The Power of Somatic Coaching: 6 Ways A Body-Based Approach Facilitates Deep Transformation
Are you finding yourself longing for more than just coping with the demands and pressures of life and wondering how to feel more deeply present and alive?
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, and looking to feel more anchored within yourself amidst the chaos?
Have you reached a point where you are tired of constantly feeling exhausted? Maybe you’re craving a way to feel more sovereign over your life, and to make choices that reflect what YOU need, desire and value most?
Perhaps you would like to envision new possibilities and horizons, and explore a life that reflects your deeper yearnings?
If any of this resonates, somatic coaching could offer a path forward.
From People-Pleasing to Sovereignty: A Guide to Setting Compassionate Boundaries
Have you ever felt the pull to say “no” but heard yourself say “yes” instead?
Are you familiar with that subtle moment of override - the moment where we ignore our inner voice and abandon ourselves to keep the peace or make others feel comfortable.
As a recovering people pleaser, I spent years overruling my needs, desires, energy and capacity - in service of ensuring that the needs, desires and capacity of those around me were honoured and met.
Somatic Practices to Support You When You Feel Drained, Flat, or Numb
Many of us experience moments in our lives when we feel drained, flat, or numb—disconnected from our bodies, our emotions, and maybe our sense of purpose.
This can feel heavy and unsettling, leaving us unsure of how to find our way back to a sense of presence and vitality.
During these times, somatic practices can be a lifeline. They can offer simple but profound ways to restore our energy, bring us back into our body, and help us feel present again.
In this blog post, we’ll explore what it means to feel somatically disconnected, and simple, nurturing practices to help you begin to reconnect with your body and restore your energy.
Leadership, Redefined: Why Feminine Leadership Is Powered By Rest
We live in a world that measures success by productivity, achievement, and the ability to keep pushing forward at all cost.
The more we do, produce, deliver - the greater our success, even if it means deprioritising our wellbeing, and abandoning our needs and sense of purpose as we climb ladders.
For women, this model of being and leading seems to ask that we sacrifice ourselves, conceal parts of who we are to fit into a mould that was never shaped for us, and that we chronically overachieve, overextend and overgive - often leading us to constantly hover over exhaustion or to oscillate between chronic stress (being ‘all on’) and burnout (being ‘all off’).
But what if we’re missing something crucial in the conversation about leadership?
What if true feminine power doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from resting deeper?
Resting into Wholeness: Yoga Nidra as a Journey Home to Who We Are Beyond The Exhaustion and Stress
So many of us live fast-paced, rushed and demanding lives.
Lives that our human nervous system hasn’t yet adapted to living, which means that we tend to spend a lot of time in sympathetic activation: what is known as the fight or flight response.
Even though actual threats to our survival might be relatively rare in our everyday lives, our nervous system frequently perceives threats or cues of unsafety: a car cutting us off in traffic, an email from our boss popping into our inbox, a difficult conversation with our partner, a challenging presentation we have to deliver to the board, ….
Overcoming Feminine Burnout: How to end the perpetual quest towards being enough
Over 10 years ago, I experienced a severe burnout. It left me feeling utterly broken, raw, cracked open - hanging on by a very fine thread. My sense of identity was shattered, I felt completely empty, and simply moving through each day was incredibly challenging.
I felt lost: I had no idea how to move forward, and my inner critical voice was relentless.
The Courage To Slow Down And Reclaim Sovereignty Over Our Life
The pace at which we live our lives seems to be constantly accelerating, and it’s easy to get swept up in the forward moving current that we are all swimming in.
It’s as though we are pulled by an irresistible urge to be doing more, moving ever faster, pushing ourselves further.
This forward motion is often driven by a desire to feel fulfilled, happy, and at peace.
The Truth About High Functioning Anxiety - And How It Causes Burnout In High Achieving Woman
High functioning anxiety is a sneaky type of anxiety. It often goes unrecognised, because of its high functioning nature.
On the surface, you appear together, grounded and in control.
You overachieve at work, and are often admired for your hard-work, commitment, and attention to detail.
You have a successful career and seem to have an incredible ability to juggle a high level role with the demands of everyday life.
You seem to 'have it all'.
But it comes at a cost.
The Missing Piece For Women To Feel More Rested, Radiant, and to Embrace Their Fullest Potential
Living ‘in our head’ and feeling disconnected from ourselves
We live in a society that leads us - particularly as women - to be orienting upwards and outwardly.
We spend a lot of time ‘in our heads’ caught up in thinking, planning, strategising, organising, analysing,....
These are really valuable skills, but we have practised them to such an extent that we tend to experience life through our thinking. We think about life, which takes us away from fully living it.
