Secrets to Stop Self-Shaming and Find More Joy

Another solo episode sharing what's alive on my heart 💃
This week I continue to talk nerdy to you about the nervous system! I get into my own self shaming tendencies and share my personal experience currently thawing from a freeze response.  I explain why we need to stop looking at our nervous system with a binary lens and also discuss: 

• the importance of finding space for rest
• integrating slowness in your life to create space for joy
• understanding pleasure beyond sexuality 

The conversation highlights the importance of holding space for circumstances instead of trying to control, fix or micromanage.  This is an invitation to you to slow the f down and get curious about the symptoms in your body without judgment.
 
Questions to ponder: 

• How have societal pressures to perform or achieve impacted your self worth? 
• Have you ever found yourself believing that you have to work hard and endure suffering in order to experience pleasure and joy?
• How do you practice slowing down and creating space for rest in your own life? Are there any specific activities or rituals that you find helpful? Do you wait till it's too late 
• How do you personally experience the concept of intensity in your own life? Do you see it as a positive or negative?   

 
Books mentioned in this episode that I HIGHLY RECOMMEND 

1. The Healing Power of Pleasure: Seven Medicines for Rediscovering the Innate Joy of Being by Julia Paulette Hollenbery 
2. Call of the Wild by Kimberly Ann Johnson 

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