School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward
Feminine Embodiment Coach Jenna Ward hosts conversations with emotionally empowered, sensually alive, and magnetic women about living, leading, coaching, and embodying their feminine nature. The podcast emphasizes deep, vulnerable living and explores the feminine as more than softness and light, including dark, messy transformation and intimacy with life's currents. It's aimed at women who want to embrace the full spectrum of experience.
Episodes
210. AI & WTF I'm Doing With All These Feels As A Mother, Provider & Human [Hear Your Body's Voice]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → ******* I've read the headlines about AI possibly ending humanity about a dozen times in the past few weeks. As a mother, a provider & a human I question… What do I actually do wi
209. How To Stop (Accidently) Repelling Your Desires [How To Hear Your Body's Voice]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → ******* What if the thing you're working so hard to create… is the very thing your body is quietly pushing away? If you have a desire you're thinking about, planning for & taking
208. One Word Is Standing Between You and Your Body [Hear Your Body's Voice]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → ******* There's one question I've banned from my coaching sessions. I've banned it from my own vocabulary, too. It's a question we ask ourselves constantly when something feels o
207. Six Simple Ways to Slow Down (in a World That Keeps Getting Faster) [Hear Your Body's Voice]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → **** What is your body trying to tell you that you're moving too fast to hear? We've never had more convenience. Yet most of us feel busier and more rushed than ever. Today, six
206. The Vulnerability You're Shying Away From Is Frozen Power [Hear Your Body Voice Series]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → ****** What if the thing you're most scared to admit is exactly the thing that liberates so much life force, you almost didn't recognize how powerful you'd become? Most of us
205. Stop Asking "What Do I Want?" (Ask This Instead) [Hear Your Body Voice Series]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → ******* Want to figure out your deepest desires & what you really want? While most of us can name (in precise detail) all the things that aren't working… it's not always as easy to di
204. The Essential Embodiment Foundation Nobody Talks About [Hear Your Body Voice Series]
This episode is part of the Hear Your Body Voice podcast series drawn directly from our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification program which is open now for our October 2026 cohort. Learn more here → ******* When did you last spend time formally cultivating your relationship with your body's voice? While feeling our deep emotion & knowing our desires is innate for kids. Mos
203. Spotlight: How to Hear Your Inner Wisdom with Kim Newing
Your inner wisdom hasn't gone anywhere - it's just waiting for you to tune back in. Today's episode is for anyone who's felt that quiet distance (from themselves) creep in lately. Today I'm joined on the podcast by Kim Newing, a 2024 graduate of our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert. Kim is an embodiment coach, meditation teacher and spiritual mentor who supports women to move from overthinking to
202. Spotlight: Talk Like a Lover: How to Be Heard by Your Partner with Christina Elaine
Want your partner to really HEAR what you're saying so you can develop stronger, more embodied communication & lean into intimacy together? Today I'm joined on the podcast by Christina Elaine, a 2022 graduate who has built a sold out coaching practice supporting both men & women to deepen their communication & intimacy. In this episode, we unpack: The 3 communication traps "awake" women fall i
201. Spotlight: The Achievement Trap: When Successful Feels Empty with Paige Fredrika
What if the exhaustion you're feeling isn't really about being tired… but about achievement that's stopped delivering anything on the inside (even while it still looks successful from the outside)? Today I'm joined on the podcast by Paige Frederica, a 2025 graduate of our Coaching Certification & a former professional dancer of 17 years, who now works with high-achieving women navigating exactly
200. Spotlight: The Safety Illusion & Erotic Power with Kate Mellis
What would it feel like to feel safe enough in your own body to claim the free, joyful second half of life you actually want? Today I'm joined on the podcast by Kate Mellis discussing the midlife portal so many women hit - that moment the body sends an urgent signal that the old script of self-betrayal has finally run its course. Kate's a 2018 graduate of our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert & a
199. Spotlight: Slow Drip: The Ritual of A Lubricated Life with Jasmine Kali
What happens when you go to the embodiment & pleasure 'gym'? While you might not leave with toned glutes… You will fill your sacred well & expand your pleasure (even when life's got you doing some heavy lifting). Today I'm joined on the podcast by Jasmine Kali, a 2021 graduate of our coaching certification, who built an embodied movement ritual that carried her through one of the most harrowing p
198. Spotlight: Creating A Coaching Livelihood with Robyn Gooding
Can you create a (thriving) livelihood as a coach? Yes, you can. BUT. You'll need to overcome these 3 hurdles first. Today, I'm joined on the podcast by Robyn Gooding, a 2023 graduate of our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert. Robyn is a business coach who helps women scale their business without losing themselves or the parts of their life they love the most. In this episode, we unpack: T
197. Spotlight: Embodied Separations & Reconciliation with Bella K
Are you contemplating a break up - or reconciliation - with your partner? Today on the podcast I'm joined by a woman who's been married (and divorced) twice. Only to reconcile with her second ex. After helping countless friends & acquaintances with this same dynamic, Bella graduated in 2024 as a Feminine Embodiment Coach & has built a thriving business supporting both men & women to move through
196. Spotlight: Beyond Surviving Corporate: Career Transitions with Nyam Adodoadji
Are you surviving your corporate gig (but secretly wishing for a transition to something more creative)? Today I'm joined on the podcast by Nyam Adodadji, a 2026 graduate of our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert who helps creative, curious leaders surviving corporate to access their inner wisdom during transitions & thresholds. During today's episode, we explore: Nyam's moment of facing the
195. How To Make Embodied Decisions: When Pros & Cons Don't Cut It
What to kick indecision to the curb & get clear on your next move, in the most embodied way? Me too. Which is why I love embodied decisions. Beyond a list of pros & cons, embodied decisions help us make slow, considered, felt decisions that sincerely get to the heart of what we value, how we want to feel & how we can step into more of ourselves. I've used embodied decision making countless
194. Coming Home to Worth: How I'm Dismantling the Stories Extractive Capitalism Built Inside My Body
If you want to embody deep worthiness that floats around you in an aura of constant, unquestioning I am enough… you just need to dismantle the scaffolding capitalism built inside your body. Capitalism has (without our consent) built stories inside our bodies that tell us we are what we own, what we produce and what we earn. So let's unpack those & dismantle this scaffolding! In this podcast Jenn
193. The Feminine Wisdom of Nature: 4 Life-Changing Lessons from Mother Nature
If you want to weave more feminine into your day, start taking lessons from mother nature. More than any other practice, book or teacher… Mother nature has taught me the most about what it means to embrace & embody more of my full spectrum feminine. This podcast with Feminine Embodiment Coach Jenna Ward dives into emotional intelligence, cyclical living & feminine wisdom. We explore what femi
192. Feeling Rushed or Disconnected? 5 Bite-Sized Embodiment Practices To Try
Want to shift from rushed → calm, and going through the motions → deeply connected (without going on a retreat or spending a week in meditation)? Me too!!! Most of us know what it feels like to go through the motions - ticking off the to-do list, getting from one task to the next, collapsing into bed and wondering where the day actually went. Not burned out exactly. Just... a little numb
191. [Best Of] The #1 Skill In Embodiment Is….
The single most popular podcast I've ever made is this one. After publishing 200+ episodes to 140,000+ listeners over years, there is one clear fave ep that still stands the test of time. So today I'm sharing it with you from the archives. Embodiment is a practice, devotion - and skill. We are born embodied - you only have to watch how effortlessly a young child inhabits & expresses themse
190. Info Session: Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert School Tour February 2026
How can we weave somatic skills into our client work? What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach? And what makes this style of coaching different to other somatic approaches? We answer these questions (and more) during our Information Session for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification. Join Program Founder, Jenna Ward to explore our philosophy, name the techniques great practitioners should ha
[Wise Body] Sacred Livelihood: Building A Career In Embodiment
In 2 weeks we kick off Orientation Week for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification. Some amazing humans have been stepping in & if you're feeling the call now's a perfect time to chat & make sure it's a good fit 📆Lean more here → Can you replace your income & earn a livelihood as an embodiment practitioner? The answer is YES. But instead of just giving you hype I'm going to get p
[Wise Body] Magnetic Woman: Call In Desires (& Clients)
In 2 week's we kick off Orientation Week for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification. Some amazing humans have been stepping in & if you're feeling the call now's a perfect time to chat & make sure it's a good fit 📆Lean more here → Today we're entering episode 5 on the Wild Body limited series podcast. Our domain is magnetism and we're exploring how to be the most magnetic woman
[Wise Body] Aliveness As Medicine: Pleasure & Flow Is How We Grow
We're kicking off our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification with a special Orientation Week. → We start 2 March 2026. → You can find all the details here → Transformation shouldn't only be heavy, painful or vulnerable (if it is you're missing half of the key ingredients). Many of us treat our bodies as the sum of our hurts. And when we're healed enough, whole enough, THEN we can feel
[Wise Body] Goals, But Make Them Embodied: The Structure Of Potent Somatic Sessions
We're kicking off our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification with a special Orientation Week. → We start 2 March 2026. → You can find all the details here → —------------ Want to learn the structure of a potent somatic session? When I was first working with clients it started with… have a chat, hope it worked! Each time I was drawing on my intuition & 🤞hoping we'd find the sweet spot (it
[Wise Body] The Architecture Of Breakthroughs - Vulnerability That Transforms
If you tune in today & feel I want to walk this path more deeply… We're kicking off our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification with a special Orientation Week. → We start on 2 March 2026. → You can find all the details here → —------------ If you're drawn to the embodied arts and feel called to support women in deepening into their body's wisdom - vulnerability is a KEY tool to get there. But
[Wise Body] Felt Sense First - Why Interoception Is the Heart of Embodiment
If you tune in today & feel I want to walk this path more deeply… We're kicking off our Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification with a special Orientation Week. → We start on 2 March 2026. → You can find all the details here → —------------ How do we shift ourselves (& our clients) from numbness to heart-tingling-ravishing-aliveness (without taking a 10-day silent meditation retreat)? This
EPIC COACHING SERIES: Retiring The Imposter & Embracing The Initiation
Who am I to do this? Who am I to claim expertise? Who am I to guide anyone here? If you've had a rich personal awakening that's sparked a deep calling to step into service & help others… that same calling might sometimes feel like it's kicking your ass. So how do we move past feeling like an imposter & instead embrace the initiation? Today we're exploring why our deepest devotional work often ki
EPIC COACHING SERIES: How To Coach Well During A Mental Health Dip
How can we do our best coaching, even if we're having a mental health dip? I'm hosting a 5-part podcast on how to step into your most potent practitioner era, letting your gifts and genius shine fully - so you can guide every client session with deep somatic impact & effortless confidence. Today we're exploring the natural season of high's & low's we all experience. Moments we're stretched, exha
EPIC COACHING SERIES: From Good to Great - 2 Unexpected Shifts That Up-Leveled My Coaching
Welcome back to our 5-part podcast series on how to step into your most potent practitioner era, letting your gifts and genius shine fully - so you can guide every client session with deep somatic impact & effortless confidence. Today we're breaking down what separates a good practitioner from a truly great one? There were 2 very unexpected shifts that took my own embodiment coaching from good to
EPIC COACHING SERIES: 2 Powerful Rituals to Elevate Your Coaching Sessions
I'm hosting a 5-part podcast on how to step into your most potent practitioner era, letting your gifts and genius shine fully - so you can guide every client session with deep somatic impact & effortless confidence. Today we're on day 2 & I'm sharing 2 rituals that make every session epic! Over the past few months, I've been doing everything from three-hour VIP sessions to short 45 minute coaching
EPIC COACHING SERIES: How to Charge More for Somatic Coaching Sessions & Step Into Your Value
How can we (fairly) charge more for our somatic coaching skills? I'm hosting a 5-part podcast on how to step into your most potent practitioner era, letting your gifts and genius shine fully - so you can guide every client session with deep somatic impact & effortless confidence. Welcome to day 1! If you're… Contemplating a career change into embodiment coaching, and wondering if you can
S15E2 - How I Became A Coach & Replaced My Income
Are you standing at the edge of a career change, craving something more purposeful, but quietly wondering can I really make a living doing what I love? That's exactly where I was over a decade ago. At the time, I was a hospital pharmacist earning a solid 120k a year. I loved being good at my job, but it was draining me. I wanted to do work that was more creative, flexible, and aligned with my bo
S15E1 - How To Be The Most Magnetic Woman In The Room
Want to be the most magnetic woman in the room? As a leader, lover, coach, or creative - entering the room & having all eyes turn to see you, hear you & value your presence is a useful way to walk through the world. Magnetism isn't about being loud or commanding attention. It's the quiet, radiant energy that draws people in. Magnetism exists in nature: the same energy that guides geese in migrat
S14E6 - Is the Embodiment Industry Too Full - or Just Getting Started?
Last week I was asked "I feel like everyone's an embodiment coach these days. Is the embodiment market saturated?" Valid concern if you're called to embodiment & want to earn a rich living steeped in service. I've seen this industry & market mature a lot over the past ten years. As an industry-leading training in the embodiment space, our school has a lot of insight into how the market has evolv
S14E5 - 6 Tips For Deeper Embodiment
Have you been feeling too caught up in your head … Constantly thinking about logistics, with that sneaky thought "what else needs to be done?" on repeat as you optimize every moment of the day … When what you really crave is a sense of connection & living more fully in your body? Today, I'm sharing 6 simple and delicious ways to reconnect with your body and embody more aliveness. So make sure y
S14E4 - BTS: How I Built My Biz Without Hustle
My first few years in biz as a practitioner & coach were a steep learning curve. First, figuring out how to work as a practitioner, then how to make a secure income. After two years of spending way too much time behind my computer, trying to figure it all out, I made a dramatic choice. I shut down my website. Closed my in-person practice. And went all in on more magnetic ways of working. I've ne
S14E3 - Aligning Your Business With Your Body: Create Income & Impact (Without Burning Out)
How can we align our business with our body, so we can create more impact (and income) without feeling caught in the busy-ness (you swore you'd avoid) & or the panic that "it's not happening fast enough" fueling our actions? If you're a new or existing practitioner or creative called to build a business of service, but want to center smart, strategic AND somatic ways of working into your day. To
S14E2 - Coaching v Facilitation: What's The Difference & The Key Ratio to Reveal Your Practitioner Type
Want to be the kind of practitioner that supports your clients to discover their own inner knowing (and avoid telling your clients what to)? If you're the kind of person (like me) who strongly dislikes being told want to do, and wants to avoid the 'know it all' coachy stereotype in their client work, there's one simple test you can apply… In this episode, we unpack: The "ratio" ninja trick th
S14E1 - Are You Too Ambitious To Be Feminine? Unpacking Productivity Wounds & Wanting More
Many of us (myself, and many of my clients)have a complicated relationship with ambition. We're high-achieving, smart women who know how to get things done. But often, that productivity comes at a cost. Burnout. Disconnection. Operating from hyper-masculine energy that pushes us past our limits. So, after burning out, we swing the other way. The feminine. The reclined, passive, soft energy. B
S13E6 - Coming Home to Yourself: Feminine Embodiment with Kate Mellis & Jenna Ward
In this week's podcast episode, I'm joined by my dear colleague and fellow Senior Coach & Teacher at the School of Embodied Arts, Kate Mellis. Kate shares raw and powerful insights from her own journey—from clinical psychologist pushing through a Master's degree while burning out, to a woman learning to trust her body's quiet messages… and choose a new way forward. "Safety only exists in the tissu
S13E5 - What Is Embodiment? How Embodiment Found Me (Jenna's Story)
How Embodiment Found Me (And Changed Everything) Embodiment has a way of finding us, whispering quietly and planting a curiosity inside us—often long before we even know what the word means. That was true for me. Back when I was a hospital pharmacist, I had no concept of "embodiment." But something in me longed for more. My body was trying to tell me that what I was living… wasn't it. I was sick—
S13E4 - Taste of Feminine Embodiment Coaching in Action, with Jenna Ward
Could Feminine Embodiment Coaching be the missing link to creating the somatic depth you're craving in your client work, the grounded confidence you yearn for in your practitioner skills, and the sustainability you need to create a rich livelihood of service…. (Even if you're brand new to coaching or still have further to go on the 'embodiment' path yourself) If you're yearning to move beyon
S13E3 - What I'm Willing To Pay For (& When a Library Card Will Do)
Want to know the secret to avoid adding (yet another) course to your 'never quite finished' shelf? We've all bought a training (or five) that didn't deliver. Perhaps… You lost interest halfway through The star-studded lineup of teachers turned out to be an incohesive mess The pricing looked too good to be true (and it was) The mentors had no vibe & couldn't hold a resonant space These experi
S13E2 - How To Take Your Clients DEEPER….
Looking to bring more depth to the clients you work with? This is one of the most common yearnings for practitioners we partner with. But how to do it? What are the ingredients for more depth? I'm breaking it down on today's podcast…. Whether you're a new practitioner, or already have 200 modalities under your belt, many of us sense there's deeper layers to access. We feel it for ourselves, and
S13E1 - The 4 Vulnerability Avoidance Styles
If you're craving more depth in your own embodiment or in the spaces you hold with clients, vulnerability is non-negotiable. It's the key that opens us up to real intimacy and true transformation. When someone shares vulnerably with me—whether it's a client, colleague or my child—I know we've reached the gold. We're no longer hovering on the surface. We're in rich, honest territory. But vulnerab
S12E12 - Navigating Political Change & Polycrisis in Embodied Ways
Why Feminine Embodiment is Essential in Times of Crisis We're living in intense times—so how can we navigate them in embodied ways? Whether you're navigating cyclones from climate change, destabilizing political regimens or something else closer to home, it's beyond heart breaking. So what does this have to do with feminine embodiment? (hint, the answer's everything). There has never been MORE o
S12E11 - WTF is the Feminine?
This energy, this force, this dimension that so many of us feel called to… but struggle to define. It's the missing piece, the thing we crave more of—yet, so many are also uncertain: Is the feminine harmful? Is it just some new-age fluff? And how do we navigate these gendered terms if we're not about old-school binaries? As an intersectional feminist, deeply committed to liberation for all b
S12E10 - Embodied Movement Stories: Intuition & Productivity with Yael Lagana
What kind of devotional practice can help you to validate your intuition, so you can be more productive & get more done? The answer is embodied movement practice. Despite the common belief that intuition or feminine depth has no place in business - our guest on the podcast today, Yael Lagna, finds weaving somatic practices into her work (and world) helps her to get so much more done. Yael Lagan
S12E9 - Embodied Movement Stories: From Flatlining to Fulfilled with Sarah Schülke
If you're one of those people who "doesn't feel much", a kind of flatline without much up or down happening within. Have you ever wondered… Is there truly nothing happening within me? … Or is that I just can't feel it? One day Sarah Schülke found herself wondering about this exact question. It sparked a journey out of her head, into her body, and onto the path of embodied movement practice
S12E8 - Embodied Movement Stories: Farewell People Pleasing with Christina Ryan-Stoltz
How do we drop the people pleasing tendencies & assumed identities we've taken on… so we contact our wild self? This is big, profound work. Yet you don't need 10 years of therapy or burning down your entire life/marriage/career to do it. Christina Ryan-Stoltz @she_skool joins us on the podcast today for an exploration of her experience of Embodied Movement Practice & how it's supported her to co
S12E7 - Graduate Spotlight: Working With The Raw Materials of Life, with Hanne-Lina Drott
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 bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources
S12E6 - Graduate Spotlight: From 1-1 to a Million Dollar Business with Anna Rova
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 Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how
S12E5 - Graduate Spotlight: Fitra & Feminine Embodiment - An Embodied Path for Muslim Women with Raja Avila
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 generations current, past and future. If you'v
S12E4 - Graduate Spotlight: Moving Beyond The Superficial with Laura Wiest
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 Certification. Today, 4 years later, Laura join
S12E3 - Graduate Spotlight: Embodiment & Black Gurlhood with DC Hill
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 systems like those that impact Black girls and women.
S12E2 - Graduate Spotlight: From Burnout to Magnetic Ease with Tertia Reigler
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. This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Au
S12E1 - Graduate Spotlight: Teacher Spotlight: From Obedience to Empowerment with Sharon Kaur
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 South Asian Woman… Sharon shares with us
S11E9 - Investing In Yourself
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-guess these kinds of investments, especially when t
S11E8 - AI Self-Coaching? & Will Coaches Be Replaced?
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 been illuminating, funny, and sometimes insightf
S11E7 - Can I Make A Sustainable Income? Profit Plans for Embodied Coaches
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 "embodiment coach" or feminine mentor.... It's
S11E6 - Embodied Parenting: Part 2
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 work. I'm a somatic educator & coach, but parenti
S11E5 - Embodied Parenting: Part 1
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 lots of thoughts on the topic that I'm so happy to
S11E3 - Is This The Worst Time To Become A Coach: Market Update
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 worse. On the podcast this week I'm sharing a
S11E4 - Info Session - Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert School Tour September 2024
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, take a tour of the school & get these questions (a
S11E2 - What Philosophy Underpins FEC?
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 with our simple, yet profound soma. This concep
S11E1 - Magnetism In The Everyday
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 any
S10E11- Somatic Ancestral Indigenous Reconnection with Rani George
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
S10E10 - Feminist Business: Marketing Practices That Shift Culture
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
S10E9 - Trauma & The Embodied Arts with Monique Pangari
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
S10E8 - Embodied (Witchy) Business with Rachael Maddox
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
S10E7 - ADHD & The Womb: How Hormones Impact Neurodivergent Women
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
S10E6 - The Epidemic of Dis-Embodiment in Dating, Career & Rites of Passage
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
S10E5 - Embodiment & Feminism - Where do they overlap? with Dr. Kimberly George
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
S10E4 - A Woman's Right To Pleasure: Ancient Erotic Text & Sensuality with Seema Anand
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
S10E3 - The Age of Embodiment
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 join
S10E2 - Embodiment & Joy As Social Justice with India Pierce
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 spoke with India as part of 'The Future Is Emb
S10E1 - Info Session - Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification
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
S9E10 - What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach & What Makes This Style of Coaching Different?
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
S9E9 - Embodied Ways of Working
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
