Podcasts about holistic life navigation

Luis Mojica is a somatic therapist, trauma nutritionist, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, where he teaches thousands of people around the world how to recover from stress and trauma. He uses whole foods, self-inquiry, and Somatic Experiencing as tools to find safety within yourself. Through Holistic Life Navigation, Luis offers online courses and webinars, in-person workshops and retreats, trauma-informed support groups, a monthly membership and newsletter, a weekly podcast, and a popular YouTube channel filled with insights and interviews. To find out more, visit holistic life navigation Embodied Preformer Reverence for Impulse Is an unscripted and unplanned podcast with me, Weena Pauly-Tarr and my brother Tim Pauly, both working in the worlds of somatics: exploring bodies and all they hold/do/feel. We start each guest encounter with a few minutes of meeting each other without words, through the language of our bodies, before we press record and bring it to a conversation. This is not a hard hitting agenda or getting to the bottom of things. It's about finding each other in the not-knowing. We're here for the spaciousness, the awkwardness, the silliness, the silence — from the dark insides of our bodies to the bright insights of our minds, we're excited to welcome people who's impulses we'd like to get to know. Intro Music by Annie Hart Weena's Website: weenapauly.com  Weena's IG: @weenapaulytarr Tim's Website: intheserviceoflife.com Tim's IG: @in.the.service.of.life

Imagine finding peace with food after decades of struggle—not through willpower or rigid restrictions, but by understanding the profound connection between your nervous system and eating patterns.In this episode of the Kick Sugar Coach Podcast, I sit down with Luis Mojica, somatic therapist and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, to explore how trauma, stress, and dysregulation drive disordered eating—and how somatic practices can help us heal at the root.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:✅ How trauma and stress get stored in the body—and show up as food cravings✅ Why diets and willpower alone don't work for long-term healing✅ The connection between sugar addiction and nervous system dysregulation✅ How to build true food freedom without strict rules or fear✅ Practical somatic practices to help you heal beyond foodFor so long, we've been told that if we just eat "clean," cut out sugar, or stick to a plan, we'll finally feel in control. But what if the real key to healing is learning how to feel safe in our own bodies?This conversation is eye-opening, deeply personal, and packed with insights that will shift the way you think about food, trauma, and recovery.Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts—share your feedback with us here!Florence's courses & coaching programs can be found at:www.FlorenceChristophers.comConnect with Florence on:FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

The four trauma responses are the brain's way of protecting us from threat, real or perceived. They are noncognitive, reflexive outputs that are deeply ingrained in those that have experienced trauma, which makes them incredibly difficult responses to rewire. In this episode, we explore the most dangerous F: fawn and sexual fawn response. To help us dive deeper into fawn response, we're joined by Luis Mojica, somatics practitioner and the founder of Holistic Life Navigation. Hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth have personally learned a lot from his teachings, including how the nervous system responds to fawn and the body boundary violations that occur with sexual fawning. During this episode, Luis goes over the concept of over coupling, specifically how fear merges with intimacy and threat with arousal because of developmental sexual trauma. Luis also touches on the difference between threat and trigger, how the body can be traumatized sexually without the presence of assault, and MORE. Tune in to learn how you can let go of shame attached to fawn response, recognize your fawn patterns, and start to heal! This conversation originally aired in Season E13. Thanks for joining us again!  Topics discussed in this episode:   The development of over coupling after developmental sexual trauma Fawn response from a neurosomatic perspective Shame as a protective mechanism and how to reframe it  How to become self-aware of your fawning Trigger versus threat Differentiation between sexual fawning and arousal Fawning and freeze as a hybrid response Lying as a trauma response Finding compassion during healing Body boundary violations in sexual fawning   Follow Luis Mojica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/ Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com   Get started on your 90 day journey training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer: https://www.rewiretrial.com   Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired   Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846   FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com     Trauma Rewired podcast  is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear.  We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being.  If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.  If someone's life is in danger, immediately call 911.  We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available.  We don't warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accurate or up-to-date information. It's very important to talk to a medical professional about your individual needs, as we aren't responsible for any actions you take based on the information you hear in this podcast. We  invite guests onto the podcast. Please note that we don't verify the accuracy of their statements. Our organization does not endorse third-party content and the views of our guests do not necessarily represent the views of our organization. We talk about general neuro-science and nervous system health, but you are unique. These are conversations for a wide audience. They are general recommendations and you are always advised to seek personal care for your unique outputs, trauma and needs.  We are not doctors or licensed medical professionals. We are certified neuro-somatic practitioners and nervous system health/embodiment coaches. We are not your doctor or medical professional and do not know you and your unique nervous system. This podcast is not a replacement for working with a professional. The BrainBased.com site and Rewiretrail.com is a membership site for general nervous system health, somatic processing and stress processing. It is not a substitute for medical care or the appropriate solution for anyone in mental health crisis.  Any examples mentioned in this podcast are for illustration purposes only. If they are based on real events, names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved.  We've done our best to ensure our podcast respects the intellectual property rights of others, however if you have an issue with our content, please let us know by emailing us at traumarewired@gmail.com  All rights in our content are reserved  

The amount of time and patience it takes to heal the body cannot be understated. Pushing our own personal boundaries to create a larger capacity to be witnessed and seen, can feel counterintuitive at times. However, if we can dig deep to understand how the nervous system attempts to protect us, even when it doesn't feel like it, we can come to a place of deep compassion for ourselves and others to allow our bodies to feel safe again.   In today's episode, our hosts Elisabeth and Jennifer sit down with somatic practitioner, podcast host, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, Luis Mojica, to discuss what it means to heal the body to live authentically rather than in a trauma response. In this conversation, our hosts and Luis unravel the complexities of somatic healing and how inflammation shows up in the body as a protective response. They also discuss how shame is actually stress and how that relates to our health, even in the most “optimal” health conditions, and how boundaries are the key to creating more connection with the self and others, and much more.    Healing is not linear, sometimes it feels as if things are getting worse before they get better, however when we are trying to create safety in the body after years of dissociation, or being in our F responses, it takes consistent effort along with a healthy dose of faith and hope that things can and will become easier the more we believe that healing is possible.   Join us to explore these topics and much more!    Topics discussed in this episode: Understanding your capacity in somatic healing Why embodiment does not mean peace Emotional neglect associated with childhood body boundary violation How trauma states cause inflammation in the body Inflammation is the body protecting itself The connection between somatics and nutrition Inflammatory response from prolonged stress from shame The deep healing that comes from being witnessed and witnessing others Fawning vs. Boundaries Supporting constriction in somatic healing Patience that is required in healing the body Connect with Luis Mojica by visiting the Holistic Life Navigation website here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/   Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site: https://www.rewiretrial.com   Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired   Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846   FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired   This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com Trauma Rewired podcast  is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear.  We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being.  If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.  If someone's life is in danger, immediately call 911.  We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available.  We don't warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accurate or up-to-date information. It's very important to talk to a medical professional about your individual needs, as we aren't responsible for any actions you take based on the information you hear in this podcast. We  invite guests onto the podcast. Please note that we don't verify the accuracy of their statements. Our organization does not endorse third-party content and the views of our guests do not necessarily represent the views of our organization. We talk about general neuro-science and nervous system health, but you are unique. These are conversations for a wide audience. They are general recommendations and you are always advised to seek personal care for your unique outputs, trauma and needs.  We are not doctors or licensed medical professionals. We are certified neuro-somatic practitioners and nervous system health/embodiment coaches. We are not your doctor or medical professional and do not know you and your unique nervous system. This podcast is not a replacement for working with a professional. The BrainBased.com site and Rewiretrail.com is a membership site for general nervous system health, somatic processing and stress processing. It is not a substitute for medical care or the appropriate solution for anyone in mental health crisis.  Any examples mentioned in this podcast are for illustration purposes only. If they are based on real events, names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved.  We've done our best to ensure our podcast respects the intellectual property rights of others, however if you have an issue with our content, please let us know by emailing us at traumarewired@gmail.com  All rights in our content are reserved  

Did you know that food can trigger a trauma response? Somatic educators like Luis Mojica help people feel more connected to their bodies through food, music, and slowing down to feel it all. Hear how he helps people unlock their pain, and how his life as an intersex person informs his understanding of all the ways a body can communicate. GUESTS:  Luis Mojica: Musician, somatic educator, and life coach based in New York State. He is the founder of Holistic Life Navigation where he teaches people to relate to themselves in new ways through whole food nutrition, somatic experiences, and self-connecting Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Satiated Saturday! My first memories of leaning on food to not feel takes me back to middle school. There were things going on at home that were way too much for such a young little girl to navigate and process. I was bullied at sleepaway camp and Hebrew School. I look back now and it makes total sense how my body guided me toward binge eating.Binging was never the problem. It became the answer when my body didn't know how to navigate the sadness, depression, and anger it was holding onto for me. This means that the healing journey was also never about getting comfortable and befriending the foods that had been labeled as bad or wrong to eat. This was about supporting my body in feeling safe to be here. What I've seen in my food healing path and those that I've worked with is that the safer your body feels to be here, the less your body will perceive food as a potential threat. It's not about making the food alright to eat first, it's about supporting your body in feeling safe so that food can be interpreted differently. My binging disappeared as a coping strategy when my body didn't feel like it needed that anymore. In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I talk with Luis Mojica, who is a Somatic Therapist, Nutritionist, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation about the somatic wisdom in binge eating behaviors, how you're drawn to specific foods for a nervous system reason, what somatic work is, and why it has grown in popularity over the past few years. You can also read the transcript to this week's episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/somatic-work-and-binge-eatingIf you're curious about exploring a somatic approach to your trauma based food behaviors, go to ​stephaniemara.com/learn​ where you can check out my two self paced courses. I'm here for you every step of the way on this adventure.With Compassion and Empathy, Stephanie Mara FoxKeep in touch with Luis here: Website: ⁠https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/Support the Show.Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafoxWebsite: https://www.stephaniemara.com/https://www.somaticeating.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafoxContact: support@stephaniemara.comSupport the show:Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/supportMy favorite water filter: https://www.pureeffectfilters.com/#a_aid=somaticeatingReceive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/discount/STEPHANIEMARA?rfsn=7433250.c99684Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensound.co...

Luis Mojica is a somatic therapist, trauma nutritionist, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, where he teaches thousands of people around the world how to recover from stress and trauma. He uses whole foods, self-inquiry, and Somatic Experiencing as tools to find safety within yourself. Through Holistic Life Navigation, Luis offers online courses and webinars, in-person workshops and retreats, trauma-informed support groups, a monthly membership and newsletter, a weekly podcast, and a popular YouTube channel filled with insights and interviews. In this incredibly insightful episode, Luis and I discuss: -What "Somatic Experiencing" is and how it relates to trauma. -How trauma lives and manifests in the body. -Luis guides us through a "feeling the now" somatic practice. -The neurobiology and somatics of anxiety and “addiction” to not feeling happy.   -Understanding your interpersonal triggers through a somatic lens and how to regulate them. -The radical and controversial act of being 100% responsible for our actions while being 0% responsible for how someone else feels, and why this is both liberating and truly compassionate.  -Why “safe spaces” are not actually safe and how to find safety in disagreement.   -How we are becoming more divided based on our narrowing bandwidth to tolerate disagreement and discomfort. -Co-dependence, aka “I need you to feel a certain way for me to feel safe.” -The act of being oppressive in pursuit of trying to end oppression and “shaming people into accountability” – how to step out of the trauma cycle instead.  -Relational dynamics in the context of the Israel/Palestine conflict. -How our behavior is affected by taking in negative news. -The role of nutrition in healing trauma. -And much more! Connect with Luis here: Luis' website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Holistic Life Navigation Podcast: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/podcast Luis on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@holisticlifenavigation/featured Luis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/?hl=en Have comments or questions on this episode? An idea for a future guest? I'd love to hear what you liked, agreed/disagreed with, and what you'd like to hear more of. Email: hello@the-middle-way.com Listen/Watch This Episode on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmga5Z4JdHziQjtCdnVhYuw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Let's connect: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://matthewgoodmanphd.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zen-prov! Improv Classes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zen-improv.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@matthewgoodmanphd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Consulting: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://the-middle-way.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support is a HUGE help and allows the show to continue reaching a wider audience. Please consider leaving a RATING, REVIEW, or SHARING this episode if you found the content useful. Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matthewgoodmanphd/support

On today's episode, the HLN Team talks about veganism. Luis recently shifted away from a purely vegan diet, and the HLN Team discusses their own personal experiences with diet, as well as with the associated identity that can come from dietary choices. They discuss: why Luis is no longer vegancentering what works for the animal body how veganism can be both a diet, as well as an identity and a political perspectivehaving flexibility to change, and to be honest, in group social situationsnavigating identity and expectationsYou can listen to the podcast episode Luis references here:[Ep. 155] When Identity Starts To Constrict You w/ Anne ConnorFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.comYou can join May's Addiction Circle here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/somatic-addiction-circle-1 You can read more about, and register, for the upcoming retreat here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/menla-retreat

On today's episode, the HLN Team talks about getting sick, and how embodiment can change the way we experience being sick.They discuss: prioritizing the body through resthow sickness increases our sensitivity to our own capacitysickness and the inability to bypasshow symptoms are the way the body communicatesthe wisdom of slowing downtending to capacity with restFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com

On today's episode, the HLN Team is joined by Thayer Case, and they highlight, with a little humor, some psychology terms that have entered into the world of pop culture and been misunderstood. They discuss "triggered," "safety," "gaslighting," and "narcissism." They also discuss fragility and preciousness, the binary nature of language, and the value of specificity.For more information about Holistic Life Navigation's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.comYou can read about Thayer, and Maverick Psychotherapy Group, here: https://maverickpsychotherapygroup.com/thayer-caseYou can find Thayer on IG: @thayer_kyusan_case & @traumanerds Read more about and register for the next Community Somatics here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/community-somatics You can learn more about the Library Membership, and sign up, here:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/membership-library

On today's episode, the HLN Team talks about medical trauma, including their personal experiences, and how prevalent it is.They discuss:the necessity of boundary breaks during medical procedureshow embodiment practices can in preparingtransactional vs. relational medical experienceshow clients and medical practitioners can be supported by diethow overcouplings can be triggered in exams and procedureshow shame can be present in and after examsYou can find the webinar on medical trauma here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/store/p/healing-medical-trauma-what-to-do-before-after-webinarFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com

On today's episode, the HLN Team discusses victim identity through the lens of somatics, and riff off an Instagram post Luis posted earlier in the year on the topic.They discuss:· living from the expectation of threat· the internal biology of oppression· the constriction that can come from over-identifying· overcouplings and how we carry the stories in our bodies· parts work, and how it applies to identity· how capacity relates to self-identity· co-regulation and co-dysregulationFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.com

On today's episode, Luis is joined by Kat Kruse, a somatic coach, writer, and practicer of Embodied Thinking.Their conversation began when Luis had said that “our thoughts [are] the most impersonal and unoriginal things,” during a Holistic Life Navigation meeting, and Kat immediately disagreed.Kat shares how conceptualizing the mind as an alienating, mean thinking machine is part of the problem, and what reinforces the negative concept of the mind.They discuss:inherited thoughts vs. the personal intimate experience of thoughtthe process of embodying thoughts how concepts have somatic consequencesthe role of the mind in the creative process For more information on Kat's work, visit: https://www.katrinkruse.com/en/ For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

The four trauma responses are the brain's way of protecting us from threat, real or perceived. They are noncognitive, reflexive outputs that are deeply ingrained in those that have experienced trauma, which makes them incredibly difficult responses to rewire. In this episode, we explore the most dangerous F: fawn and sexual fawn response. To help us dive deeper into fawn response, we're joined by Luis Mojica, somatics practitioner and the founder of Holistic Life Navigation. Hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth have personally learned a lot from his teachings, including how the nervous system responds to fawn and the body boundary violations that occur with sexual fawning. During this episode, Luis goes over the concept of over coupling, specifically how fear merges with intimacy and threat with arousal because of developmental sexual trauma. Luis also touches on the difference between threat and trigger, how the body can be traumatized sexually without the presence of assault, and MORE. Tune in to learn how you can let go of shame attached to fawn response, recognize your fawn patterns, and start to heal! Topics discussed in this episode:   The development of over coupling after developmental sexual trauma Fawn response from a neurosomatic perspective Shame as a protective mechanism and how to reframe it  How to become self-aware of your fawning Trigger versus threat Differentiation between sexual fawning and arousal Fawning and freeze as a hybrid response Lying as a trauma response Finding compassion during healing Body boundary violations in sexual fawning   Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer: https://www.rewiretrial.com Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source   Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired   Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846 Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren't serving you!   Follow Luis Mojica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/   Sign up for the Holistic Life Navigation LIVE 6-week course with Luis at https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com!     FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com  

Today I welcome Somatic practicioner Luis Mojica, creator of Holistic Life Navigation, to discuss love and relationships from a somatic lense.    In this epsiode you will learn about:  What somatic work is Somatic practices examples on how to understand your emotions Attachment theory from a Somatic lense Breath work  Childhood patterns  Trust  Coregulation Capacity Connection Trauma response Narcissism  Trauma Bonding Uncoupling  Safety vs Familiarity  Inner child work      You can find Luis Mojica here: Website Instagram  Youtube   And you can sign up for his course by clicking on this link.

On today's episode, Luis speaks with Sophie Strand, self-described writer, compost heap, and neo-troubadour animist.Together they explore identity as a strategy: sometimes useful, sometimes not, but never the truth. Often when there is low capacity for ambiguity, the identity is the strategy born from that, fueled by desire for stability.Luis and Sophie discuss:· not getting trapped in the idea of self, and leaving openness for fluidity and change· the mythical and animistic experience of nature and trauma· the restricting idea of “normativity”· the atomized self vs the communal experience of life· shifting focus from destructive to constructive behaviors, from isolation to relationYou can learn more about Sophie's work here:https://sophiestrand.com/You can learn more about the six week course, and sign up for the waitlist, here:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/courseFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

“Anti-racism without the body may be futile because it's just a concept, a performance, an identity. I can claim to not be racist. I can want to not be racist. But what about my body?” That was part of Luis Mojica's invitation to me to join him on his podcast, Holistic Life Navigation, to discuss the power of healing prejudice, racism, and discrimination through a somatic lens.We're diving into how shame leads to performative allyship and fawning, and why it's not possible or necessary to exorcise all of your unconscious biases.Find links to everything mentioned in this episode as well as Luis's work here: https://www.simonegraceseol.com/251

Welcome back to Luis Mojica of Holistic Life Navigation. In this episode we discuss the somatics of rage and the particularities of birth and postpartum as shock states. We also discuss: - rage vs anger - the role of community - healing as a feminine state, trauma as a masculine state - reconfiguring our experience by consenting to the things we didn't consent to - what men need to heal Find Luis online at www.holisticlifenavigation.com / @holistic.life.navigation

This is a bonus episode which features an interview with Luis and Jaguar Mary X.They had Luis on their program called Midday Medicine Journey. It's a live, public radio out of Kingston, NY. You can find the entire episode, and others, by visiting them here.In this episode, Luis leads a somatic experiencing demo with Jaguar Mary X around a traumatizing event they experienced, and they discusses the way the trauma response works.For more information about Jaguar Mary X, visit:https://www.kaliartproject.com/For more information about Emerald Light Sound Healing, visit:https://www.emeraldlightsoundhealing.com/For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

This second episode is featuring Luis Mojica. Luis Mojica is a trained somatic therapist, whole foods nutritionist, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation. He teaches people all over the world how to heal trauma by listening and relating to the body. Through Holistic Life Navigation, Luis offers a 6-week course, monthly membership, small groups, a free podcast, and a popular Instagram page. His teachings include whole food nutrition, self-inquiry, and Somatic Experiencing as tools to develop safety within the body.  Learn more about Luis Here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ Follow Luis on Instagram here. ______________________________ Reverence for Impulse is an unscripted, unplanned and (hopefully) unedited podcast with me, Weena Pauly-Tarr. Together with my guests, we're asking what is alive in this moment? We start each episode with a few minutes of meeting each other head-to-toe, through the language of our bodies, before we press record and bring it to a conversation. We start where we are.  This is not a hard hitting agenda or getting to the bottom of things, it's about being in the bottoms of things. Finding each other in the not-knowing.  I'm here for the spaciousness, the awkwardness, the silliness, the silence — From the dark insides of our bodies to the brightness of our minds, I'm excited to welcome people who's impulses I'd like to get to know. www.weenapauly.com

On today's episode, Luis shares his story of how a mold infestation propelled him out of his private practice, and into creating a podcast and his course.Luis and his family were suddenly and immediately forced to move because the infestation was such a health hazard. It was not only their living space they had to leave behind, but almost all of their belongings, and the room Luis' used as an office for private clients.Over the next few years Luis continued to build his capacity to be seen, and that work  allowed him to grow outwards, just as the mold itself had.For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

In this episode, Sarah and her guest, Sonya Strange, discuss why fawning and people-pleasing is a survival response caused by past trauma. This fawning response can affect every aspect of our relationships including sexual encounters. There is limited information available on the topic of fawning during sex, therefore this is an important episode to listen to and become educated on why fawning can lead to discomfort and shame after sexual assault and other sexual encounters. Please share this episode with your loved ones who have endured sexual trauma. They might gain great insight and learn what steps to take to further their healing. Sonya's website: https://www.sonyastrange.comSonya's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonya._.strange/Sonya's FaceBook: www.facebook.com/SonyaStrangeConsultingPsych Central article: https://psychcentral.com/health/fawn-responseLuis Mojica and Holistic Life Navigation: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/Online Book Club discussion of "The Art of Living" by Thich Nhat Hahn March, 27 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Email Sarah for details at sarah.vallely@tsdmind.orgImportant links:The Aware Mind blog: http://www.tsdmind.org/blogTSD Mindfulness Virtual Meditation Center http://www.tsdmind.orgSarah's Mindfulness Coaching website: http://www.sarahvallely.comThe Aware Mind on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/TSD_Mindfulness/This episode is a meditation for beginners, and mindfulness for beginners resource. Intermediate and advanced meditators will also benefit. The Aware Mind produces content that supports stress reduction, anxiety relief, better concentration and focus, and trauma healing.The Aware Mind is produced by TSD Mindfulness, a virtual meditation center, offering mindfulness classes, certifications and private coaching for people with past trauma, anxiety and depression disorders, business leaders, and people who work in the helping professions (i.e. counselors, healers and yoga and meditation teachers).

On today's episode, Luis & Yaya discuss what it was like growing up mixed race in the United States, and explore the medicine of being mixed. They discuss intergenerational trauma, and the stories get passed down through the body and through gestures.Yaya shares her life experiences, relational traumas, and how she navigates the burn-out that comes from being a self-employed practitioner. Taking time to slow down, prioritize, listen to the land, and practice self-care are her healing salves.You can learn more about Yaya's work here:http://www.activeculturefamily.com/about-acfFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

“Things come when they're supposed to come.”Luis is joined by Camille as she shares how she has been processing the high likelihood of her baby having heart issues and Down syndrome.The news triggered a freeze response, but rather than developing into a shock trauma, Camille returned to the information in a safe space, and used the "Tracking The Charge" exercise, and pendulation, to navigate the sensations and ideas that arose.They discuss the ways in which spirituality and somatic practices can support each other, and how being present can help release attachment and future expectations. Camille shares how the ongoing practice of somatic exercises have allowed her to increase her capacity, and how each of her children has taught her something about herself, and pushed her to meet her edge.For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

We welcome back the entire HLN team in this episode! Luis, Marika, and Camille first explore their learnings from the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In particular they share how this movie helped to spark their curiosity around things such as animism, human supremacy, and examining the world from different perspectives. They further explore the idea of human supremacy and its relationship to trauma -- how many of us can come to believe that we are too good to experience trauma or we are above trauma and how that refusal or inability to relate to various events in our lives can actually produce traumatized nervous systems. For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

Welcome Luis Mojica from Holistic Life Navigation! Luis shares his incredible story of coming to trauma healing from an estrogen-dominant male body and moving through the shock of puberty and a fractured cultural ideal related to masculinity and manhood. In this conversation, we discuss: The body initiation of puberty and sexual expression. The need for cultural holding around puberty and the specifics of testosterone dominant bodies. The body initiation of parenthood. Integrating the facts of our body with the limitless nature of our spirit. How caffeine impedes our capacity for trauma healing. Luis is leading a six week course combining Somatic Experiencing, Holistic Nutrition, and self-inquiry. Registration opens Jan. 12 Learn more about Luis here: Instagram - @holistic.life.navigation Website - www.holisticlifenavigation.com Spotify - Holistic Life Navigation Podcast

In this episode, Luis and Camille dig into the pros and cons of political correctness.Camille shares why she personally does not strive to be politically correct but instead seeks to understand.Luis and Camille also share their own experiences with safe spaces vs brave spaces, what it means to have a conversation vs. a debate, expanding capacity for conflict, and finding the beauty in rupture. For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

We welcome back the entire HLN team in an episode where Luis, Marika, and Camille explore several things that can trigger us including:Attuning to joy and/or the nowReleasing the StoryExperimentation, Mystery & AmbiguityEmpathy & UnderstandingRuptureThey share their own experiences with these triggers, what they witnessed in others, and their own practices for expanding their capacity to be with these triggers to the point they are no longer triggers. For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

We welcome back the entire HLN team as they explore what it means to break the rules.In previous episodes, we've explored cultivating disobedience. In this episode, we hear from Luis, Marika, and Camille how they built the capacity to break the rules, i.e. do what they aren't "supposed to", and how doing so has impacted their lives. They share with us how they released their story, others' expectations, the "should"s, and the "have to"s -- fundamentally, an ego death -- when it comes to their careers, familial obligations, social interactions, and more. For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

We welcome back the entire HLN team in this freestyle episode!Luis, Marika, and Camille explore a myriad of topics, including:The role of media Navigating Politics Judgement vs. CuriosityCapacity & TimeDeath as a TeacherDissociation vs. DetachmentAlso, we learn about yet another job Luis had in his past!For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

Luis is the founder of Holistic Life Navigation, a form of trauma therapy that integrates whole food nutrition, self-inquiry & Somatic Experiencing. He is a Somatic Therapist who specializes in trauma, addiction, and PTSD. He is also the Director of Nutrition and Detox Services at Samadhi, a holistic recovery center in Kingston, New York.My name is Luis Mojica (pronounced Lew-Eace {rhymes with peace} Mo-hee-ka). I teach people how to release stress and trauma through listening to their bodies.I am a trained somatic therapist, life coach, and whole food nutritional counselor. I show up to each moment with unconditional love and understanding.I'm not here to change you or judge you. I'm here to understand you so that you can understand yourself. From that comes a deep wisdom and love that can heal anything.I come to this work from a deeply personal experience with suffering and healing that suffering. The environment I create is incredibly loving and empathic. There is no judgment and there are no expectations. I'm a guide who helps you get in touch with your truest self - and from there, everything blossoms.In This EpisodeLuis' WebsiteThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5739761/advertisement

“Become a witness to yourself.” - Camille Leak   In Inclusive Life, we are continually looking at the ways in which we can reach across differences as a path to connection and liberation. We often explore the impediments to being with one another authentically such as defensiveness, perfectionism, guilt, and shame. Camille Leak brings this conversation even deeper. She brings us to what's beneath these obstacles to connection: trauma. Camille Leak is a DEI practitioner who believes that folks' inability to be with other people's differences is their fundamental lack of capacity to be with their own marginalization and trauma first. And what feels really new here is the way in which Camille deliberately and continually connects marginalization with trauma and trauma with marginalization. Because we've been taught--some more than others-- to “bypass and ignore our own marginalization and trauma for the comfort of other people,” Camille asserts that we will bypass and ignore others' trauma and marginalization. We cannot do for others what we cannot do for ourselves.  Awareness comes first. It helps to know what trauma responses are. We may have heard about the trauma responses fight, flight, freeze or fawn (appease), but can we recognize those responses as they show up in our bodies and in our behavior patterns? For example, flight can show up as chronic busyness. Fawning can show up in a tendency to inauthentically compliment or agree to stay connected and liked.  And this is where becoming a neutral witness to ourselves enters in. Can we witness ourselves in pain with curiosity and kindness rather than judgment and a desire to fix? According to Camille, this is often where DEI efforts shut down: we want to keep it comfortable. We especially do not want to deal with our own pain. Let's just do a bias training and keep it movin'. As Nicole points out, growing up requires increasing our capacity for discomfort. As kids, we experience bumps and bruises as we learn a new physical skill. We learn to wait our turn, to confront challenges without falling apart, and to win and lose gracefully.  And so the work of liberation requires us to exercise these same discomfort muscles as the stakes get higher and higher. We have to get in our reps, practicing staying with ourselves in discomfort. As we do that, we become better equipped to be neutral observers of others. Camille offers that we can begin to discern whether we are dealing with another person, or actually dealing with someone's trauma response. In the face of differences, there is the reality that one's marginalization has happened because of another's privilege. Can we develop the capacity to be with someone's marginalization that we are, on some level, perpetuating and benefiting from?  It's deep and necessary work that requires and generates empathy. And empathy is connection across difference. This conversation will make you pause and will invite you to look through the lens of trauma when approaching yourself, others, and all equity and inclusion work.  We encourage you to seek out the support and facilitation Camille is offering. It so beautifully complements the work of Inclusive Life.    In this conversation, Nicole and Camille discuss: How Camille's work in market research led her to her current work in DEI and somatics The problem: our inability to sit with other people's trauma What trauma actually is  Why organizations and their leaders want so desperately to avoid the discomfort The fallout that ensues when leaders won't get in touch with their own trauma What trauma is not The cost of not dealing with trauma and how it relates to white supremacy culture Trauma response as a visceral mechanism to ensure safety and position There's not necessarily more trauma, there's more willingness and ability to verbalize traumatizing experiences and systems How can we acknowledge varying degrees and layers of trauma in ourselves and others without playing “oppression Olympics”? The importance of relationship and how to begin to cultivate relationships across differences What it means for Camille to live her best Inclusive Life   About Camille Leak: Camille Leak (she/her) is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Practitioner, truth teller, and story teller. She often says, “I'm not doing my job if I don't do two things: 1) tell you how DEI impacts your bottom line, e.g., how it makes you money, drives growth, or increases relevancy and 2) make you really uncomfortable; being uncomfortable is the only way you know you are doing DEI right.” Via her practice, Real Talk & Brave Spaces, she provides group facilitation, workshops, and one-on-one coaching about a variety of DEI topics, cultivating spaces where individuals and groups can fearlessly confront the most uncomfortable elements of DEI. Additionally, Camille is the Community Manager of Holistic Life Navigation, a company and community that serves to support people as they release stress and trauma by listening to their bodies. She got into trauma healing, facilitation and community management because she loves asking people questions that help them reach that “a-ha!” moment. Camille was the DEI Learning & Development Program Manager for Amazon Web Services in which she supported the strategic direction of DEI by leading key initiatives across the enterprise, including Sponsorship/Mentoring Programs, Communication Strategies, and Learning & Development initiatives. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services, Camille was also the ID&E Manager at Altria, leading key initiatives across the enterprise, including Data Analyses, Communications, Employee Resource Groups, Self-ID Campaigns and Learning & Development programming. At Altria, Camille held previous roles in the Consumer & Marketplace Insights and Corporate Affairs functions. Prior to joining Altria, Camille was the Associate Head of Multicultural Insights at Kantar Futures, where she led the development and implementation of the annual Multicultural MONITOR and consulted with clients, offering actionable insights for engaging specific under-represented or marginalized consumers and an evolving general market that is increasingly diverse and requiring more of the companies and brand they choose to support. Camille earned her B.S. in Business Administration along with a minor in Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She later earned her MBA at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School with a concentration in Marketing and Strategy.   Find Camille Leak: Course Link: Real Talk & Brave Spaces: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable Website: Holistic Life Navigation LinkedIn: @camilleleak

In this episode, we learn more abut Marika Malaea, the Operations Manager of Holistic Life Navigation.Marika generously shares with us pieces of her own healing journey, including being adopted by a family of a different culture, the pressures and desire to conform to a Eurocentric standard of beauty, and how once she was able to be embodied, it actually did not feel good.She also shares with us how somatics have changed her relationship with politics and social media as well as how she navigates responding to emails after Luis has triggered people (which is quite often - lol).For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

One of my favorite conversations to date, not only because Luis Mojica, Somatic therapist, nutritionist, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, radiates beautiful calming energy, but his brilliant insights had me enthralled. Please join us as we discuss: Luis' insights on the four trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn his creation of Holistic Life … Continue reading Luis Mojica – Holistic Life Navigation: Self-Inquiry, Somatic Experiencing, and Nutrition for Healing →

With gratitude to Luis Mojica of Holistic Life Navigation. Karen C.L. Anderson is a master-certified life coach and author who's work is for women who wish to take care of themselves in the relationship they have with their mothers. Difficult mother-daughter relationships are her jam. Her coaching practice is trauma-informed and based on intersectional feminist principles. She recognizes that what's possible personally is what's possible collectively and that the Mother Wound is not actually about mothers but about systems and structures that oppress all women. She understands that adage "hurt people hurt people" but prefers to say "people who are unaware of their hurt sometimes hurt other people" while acknowledging that cultivating compassion and empathy doesn't mean you have to hang out with hurt people and that healthy boundaries (up to an including going "no contact" even if just temporarily) are at the heart of healthy relationships. Interested in learning more? Click here to schedule a free call with Karen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kclanderson/message

In this episode, we are joined by Eileen Knott. Eileen offers individual healing sessions for a variety of health concerns such as pain-both physical and emotional,  nightmares, obsessive thoughts, grieving, feeling stuck, and addictions. Eileen was also a student of the Holistic Life Navigation course last year.Eileen and Luis explore why healing in an ongoing, iterative process. Both share how and why "bad habits" persisted after having a magical or healing experience. They discuss how catharsis can actually be overwhelming for our bodies; however, time and embodiment practices allow our bodies to integrate that experience and learning.For more information on Eileen's work, visit: https://relaxandexpand.com/.For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

This week I spoke with a new guest, Nicole Celeste, whom is a 2nd generation ex-moonie who has since left the folds of the Unification Church. We speak on a range of topics from growing up in the Unification Church, deconstruction and healing through creativity and artwork, the history of Madison Square Garden 1982 mass wedding, Sean Moon in Japan, sexual health and development, dismantling purity culture, child abuse, unraveling from cultic control and so much more.  You can find Nicole's  at www.nicoleceleste.co.uk, and her instagram @Nicolecelesteart. Resource recommendations by Nicole for Blessed Child Podcast include; The Body Is Not An Apology https://thebodyisnotanapology.com The Wheel of Consent https://wheelofconsentbook.com/ The Black Trans Prayer Book https://theblacktransprayerbook.org/ Holistic Life Navigation https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/ RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) https://rainn.org The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ For people leaving the Unification Church you can find more by searching the hashtag #Queerexmoonie #Exmoonie or visit Itsoktoleave.org and How Well Do You Know Your Moon (tumblr.com) For a link to the episode referenced in the beginning please visit Faith and Capitol podcast Faith and Capital: Ex-Moonie Anti-Imperialism: Unification Church and the Assassination of Shinzo Abe on Apple Podcasts, Government contracts twitter thread . If you enjoy this podcast you can buy me a coffee at my Ko-Fi here.  https://ko-fi.com/renrobot or become a patreon  Take care of yourself and remember to trust yourself!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blessed-child2/support

I often talk about me and my partner and our regular day to day lives, because I know a lot of you are curious about what my life is like behind the episodes. The other day when we both went to this beautiful place in Delhi, Sunder Nursery, admiring the fabulousness of lush green trees in the middle of the summer. We halted at FabCafe and what followed was An Interesting Point of View! So many things that we enjoy and can learn from, come free in life, like:The best coaching is for free — Like for Trauma work, I listen to Holistic Life Navigation, for doing deep work I listen to Cal Newport or Youtube Channel - Ryan Daniel Moran. Kurzgesagt and Access Consciousness I don't see any of them being scared that if: I keep giving, I will run out of content. People will steal my content and start selling. In my paid programs no one will show up because I am already giving so much in my free resources. But then, a lot of people ask me about how I do business? And how do I create sales? They often want to know how I go about interacting with people. What do I tell them? How do I introduce my offer? And what exactly is the hook that I use to hook my audience? How do I convert? And all that... And my one single answer is: I give. I give everything away before time. I believe in creating a transformation 'way' before my clients have paid. Because I look at all the benefits of working with them when they come from that space. They are informed. They feel safe. They already know how it feels to work with me. They are able to trust the process and are able to measure their own commitment. I don't have to build things from scratch, work on their issues, thought errors or dysfunctional habits. Some of the work has already been done. Like people tell me that before they bought my program ATEPS, they had binged everything I produced. Why does that happen? This happens because of their prior experience with me. They know what they have received and are here to experience that energy and safety. The moment selling comes into the picture people always start feeling unsafe. This is because of the collective experience of selling - Which is desperate, anxious energy of lack. So the antidote is generosity. If you make generosity the driving force behind your marketing, people will keep showing up again and again and that will allow them to form a bond with your offer at a way deeper level. It may take time for such conversions, like it takes time for a baby to fully form in the mother's womb, but the bond begins with one cell embedded into the uterine cavity. And that is how post by post, solution by solution, content by content, with every single drop of it, the bond will grow and in the Long run your coaching business will have a solid foundation and a unique selling strategy: GENEROSITY To receive regular updates and free coaching calls on transforming your money and business reality join my Free Facebook Community You are Money If you enjoyed this episode, and want to tell me about how it shifted your money reality, come and join me on Instagram at @drgauravdeka Enjoy the Show? Don't miss an episode, follow on Spotify and subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or RSS. Leave me a review on Apple Podcasts. Join the conversation by leaving a comment below!

This Holistic Life Navigation's 100th episode! To mark this occasion, we pull back the curtains and we meet the entire Holistic Life Navigation team. Luis, Marika, and Camille share what brought them to trauma healing work, their perception of trauma healing as a business, and how their relationship with money has evolved over time. We also get to know a bit more about their past lives -- Luis was a real estate agent and Camille worked in corporate America! They share what they learned from those experiences and how it informs their approach to Holistic Life Navigation.For more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

Luis Mojica shares how cultivating a practice of healing centered on somatics can empower you to release a lifetime of pain, suffering, and trauma held within your body. You'll also hear about: Luis's experience of being intersex Music as a vehicle for the wisdom within  What is somatic therapy and how it can support you in releasing trauma, pain, and suffering held by the body ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Luis Mojica of Holistic Life Navigation is a trained somatic therapist, life coach, and whole-food nutritional counselor. He teaches people how to release stress and trauma through listening to their bodies, and he show's up to each client with unconditional love and understanding. Luis has been initiated into the wisdom of trauma through years of suffering. He learned that just as the body stores trauma, the body can release it. He believes that by using somatic techniques, whole foods, herbs, and connecting to the Earth, we are able to listen to our bodies and release stored trauma.  Also a musician and vocalist, Luis explores the nuances of androgyny, spirituality, and unorthodox male identity through his intuitive compositions and unique musical style. His new album Songs From the Land is a beautiful tapestry of guitar-driven songs that express, quite intimately, Luis' healing journey through shamanism, sex, pain, & ecstatic joy. Join the Earth Speak Collective membership to watch the replay of the Body Speak workshop at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective.   In this episode, we talk about: How memories, stories, and patterns are held within the body Healing from energetic patterns of trauma  Tending to the energetic expressions of your body Luis's experience of growing up intersex Self-healing through introspection Music as a tool for healing  Feeling safe to express our intuitive wisdom  Sensation as the language of the body  The body is wise, the body as the Earth Identifying as a person of the Earth Communicating with the more-than-human others  The life force of creative projects Luis's immediate success in music, and the story of how he began touring with the band Rasputina Luis guides us on an inquiry of noticing the difference between a fear response and intuition  Why you don't need a trauma story, to be traumatized  The nervous system as a highway Why trauma held within your body might be preventing you from witnessing your intuition  The most radical thing we can do for ourselves is to find safety in our own bodies  Creating a sense of safety in the body, through a regular practice of grounding and clearing Orienting to your now Cultivating sustainable confidence And so much more! Bonus Secret Episode! Get the secret episode with Luis Mojica on Humans as Vessels and Channels For Thought Forms and Magic at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Earth Speak Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Become an Earth Speak Sponsor and reach more of the people you're meant to serve www.earthspeak.love/sponsor  Support the Earth Speak Podcast and purchase our t-shirt  Support Earth Speak and make a donation  Anti-racism Resource https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUir-Huu2pEFwni1mFBF2biI3yteKqycZtK1wFGBgTE/edit?usp=sharing Join the Earth Speak Collective membership to watch the replay of the Body Speak workshop at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective. Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret Guest Links: Learn more about Luis' offerings at www.holisticlifenavigation.com  Connect with Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation // https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation   Listen to the Holistic Life Navigation podcast  Explore Luis' YouTube channel  Learn more about Luis Mojica's music at www.luismojica.com  Connect with Luis Mojica Music on Instagram @luis.mojica.music // https://www.instagram.com/luis.mojica.music/   References: Native Land https://native-land.ca/   Take the Body Speak workshop with Luis Mojica, by signing up to the Earth Speak Collective membership https://www.earthspeak.love/collective  Get the free anti-racism resource https://www.earthspeak.love/shopnow Somatic experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing  Peter Levine, founder of Somatic Experiencing https://somatic-experiencing-europe.org/   Joni Mitchell Doco https://apple.co/3dsLw68  Scott Cunningham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Cunningham Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs https://amz.run/3FpH  Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner https://amz.run/3FpG   Luis' successful Kickstarter campaign https://bit.ly/3gD94HK   Rasputina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputina_(band)  Byron Katie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Katie   Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists  Trauma Healing https://traumahealing.org/    ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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Today's episode is all about building capacity for difference: having the capacity to express our differences and having the capacity to receive the differences of others.Camille Leak is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Practitioner and the Community Manager for Holistic Life Navigation -- in these roles, she helps to facilitate uncomfortable conversations. She is also and a former student of  my 6-week course. Her approach to navigating difference really stood out to me during the course and I wanted to learn more about her journey and subsequently choose to invite her to join the team! In this episode, she shares a bit of her healing journey and how she maintains the capacity to explore things like bias, prejudice and discrimination on a regular basis. In particular, how leaning into curiosity helps us to work and communicate across difference. Camille's work focuses on honest discovery -- not saying the "right" thing or trying to change someone's mind.For more info on Camille's work visit: https://www.realtalkbravespaces.com/; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/camilleleakFor more info on Luis' work visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/

The first part of this episode is a deep dive in my (Britten's) world. I share my process of acknowledging and honoring that I am truly building the business of my dreams and what I'm learning about being a wild teacher and wild business woman. It's classic Moon to Moon. I speak from my cave space. To go straight to my conversation with my wonderful guest Natasha Levinger, skip to about 47 minutes in. Many listeners of M2M are no strangers to the Natasha's work. Natasha is my go-to teacher and healer for healing my inner child. She's also my dear friend and the one I call when I want to talk about being biz witches. We thought it would be fun and helpful to frame a conversation on inner child healing with the Aries archetype. Topics include: tantrums, triggers, reactivity, competition, judgment, and charge in the body. Several times we honor the work of somatic healer Luis Mojica of Holistic Life Navigation. Time sensitive! Natasha's life-changing Inner Child Healing course begins April 11. Join to the waitlist ASAP to get access to get signed up. For me, this is required coursework in being a human in a body. Natasha Levinger is an intuitive reader, inner child healing teacher & energy healer, whose goal it is to help you feel more self-love, clarity and connection to your true, powerful self. Natasha offers one on one sessions to help you get to the core of what you are going through, clear your energy and expand into who you truly are. Her inner child healing workshop is also at the core of her work, helping people to be able to better know themselves and feel self-love. Her book, Inner Child Healing, comes out in the Spring of 2023. Follow Natasha on IG. She is the Queen of Memes! Check out her podcast Magic Monday with Tess Whitehurst. +++ Work with Britten: I hold space for those at the thresholds of emergence. Like Moon to Moon? Get the workbook. Follow me on IG. Podcast art by Angela George. Podcast music by Jonathan Koe aka Nate Qi.

This week co-hosts Natasha Levinger & Tess Whitehurst are joined by somatic therapist, nutritionist and herbalist Luis Mojica of Holistic Life Navigation for a thoughtful, engaging and nuanced discussion on ecogrief.  In the this discussion they talk about viewing the earth no differently than our bodies, what if our reaction is the problem, how separation causes pain, the entitlement inherent in human supremacy, the contradiction of living in the modern world, moral judgement of natural events, obsession with survivals, the problem of hopelessness, wanting "the masses" to change. Plus, Tess thinks we're all such interesting monkeys! In the usual weekly segments, Natasha & online book launch for her new book, The Self-Love Superpower, hosted by East West Books.  Head over to tesswhitehurst.com to pre-order today or learn more. And... Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  Thanks to those who already have! It really helps spread the word about Magic Monday You can sign up for the Magic Monday newsletter if you want a little extra magic (and Tess & Natasha) in your inbox once a month.  Natasha has a page on Insight Timer.  You can listen to a free chakra clearing meditation, with more meditations coming soon.  We have a hotline, y'all!  Leave us a question on our voicemail at (828) 333-7181 and we'll answer it on air. Check out the Magic Monday Podcast Listeners facebook page for an active community of fellow travelers on the magic path. Goddess Provisions boxes are a great way to treat yourself.  If you choose to buy one, use this link to support the show!

Luis Mojica shares about releasing trauma from the body with sound and channeling music from the land. You’ll also hear about: Co-regulating with your environment The difference between being activated and being triggered How empaths attune to stress and trauma Plus! Listen to the end of the episode for a special treat, and hear a song from Luis new record   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Luis Mojica is a trained somatic therapist from Holistic Life Navigation. Luis was initiated into the wisdom of trauma through years of suffering. He learned that just as the body stores trauma, the body can release it. He believes that by using somatic techniques, whole foods, herbs, and connecting to the Earth, we are able to listen to our bodies and release stored trauma.  Also a pianist and vocalist, Luis explores the nuances of androgyny, spirituality, and unorthodox male identity through his intuitive compositions and unique musical style. His upcoming record, Songs From the Land, is a beautiful tapestry of piano-driven songs that express, quite intimately, Luis' healing journey through shamanism, sex, pain, & ecstatic joy. In celebration of the album and its intentions, Luis has put together a very special pre-order package that is limited to 100 people. The goal of this package is to fund the production of the album into vinyl, donate a quarter of the proceeds to a local Indigenous organization, and host a 2-hour virtual healing ritual via Zoom that begins the work to reconnecting to each of our unique indigenous roots and weaving that wisdom together in community. You can learn more about Luis’ music on his website.    In this episode, we talk about: Co-regulating with your environment Building the capacity to walk in your truth Luis leads us through a somatic relational meditation What is trauma, how do we express and experience it Luis demonstrates a somatic practice to move energy and release charge The power of vibration to activate and move charge in the body The difference between being activated and being triggered How being intersex is a threat to social norms Finding safety in the body Listening as an act of decolonization On channeling music from the land Being in relationship with sound Decolonizing your creative expression On decolonizing the way we see our bodies How empaths attune to stress and trauma Attuning your empathy to joy Our reciprocal relationship of nourishment with the Earth Tuning into food as medicine Expressions of colonization as scarcity and low capacity How capacity transmutes threat Shawna shares her story and how her understanding of her identity came from white supremacy The medicine of opposition On cultivating curiosity for your triggers On being othered by your family and loved ones Trauma stacking and uncoupling Luis shares a sneak peek into what we will learn in his upcoming workshop with Earth Speak Plus he shares about the release of his new album, on September 22nd Pre-order the album to participate in the ritual and receive some bonus goodies, including a bindle of mugwort! Listen to the end to hear a special sneak peek of a song from Luis' new album. The song is called ‘Call In’.    Secret Episodes! Get access to past Secret Episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret.   Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collectiveLearn more about Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret  Holistic Life Navigation  Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collectiveLearn more about Luis’s offerings at www.holisticlifenavigation.com Connect with Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation // https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/ Connect with Luis on Facebook @holisticlifenavigation Listen to Luis' Podcast Explore Luis’ YouTube channel Luis Mojica Music  Learn more about Luis’ offerings at www.luismojica.com Connect with Luis Mojica Music on Instagram @luis.mojica.music // https://www.instagram.com/luis.mojica.music/ Explore Luis’ YouTube channel Listen / watch Luis’ new song Pine Child October Ritual https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-ancestral-healing-package-vinyl      References: Luis Mojica episode 17 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/luis-mojica-17 Luis new album https://www.luismojica.com/music.html Luis Ritual Package https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-ancestral-healing-package-vinyl Join the collective to access Luis upcoming workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/collective The truth by Handsome Boy Modelling School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HW7nj-GUZY Fascia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia Somatic Experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing Somatic Psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_psychology Jurassic Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js1r7Urrw9Y Joni Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell documentary https://apple.co/3dsLw68 Intersex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex Pagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism Dr. Amber McZeal https://www.facebook.com/groups/817992224926466 Karine Bell https://www.karinebell.com/ Karine Bell, Somatic Abolitionism  https://www.rootedandembodied.com/ My Grandmother's Hands || Book https://amzn.to/3eFACNt Luis Mojica music https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/ Healing Ritual Pre-order Package https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-ancestral-healing-package-vinyl Braiding Sweetgrass || Robin Wall Kimmerer https://amzn.to/2QepP3v Lycopene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopene Iron Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age Roman Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Performative allyship https://bit.ly/33C84hR Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Dr. Daniel Foor https://ancestralmedicine.org/ Animist Psychology Course https://ancestralmedicine.org/online-course-animist-psychology Clubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/ Jim Crow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws One-drop rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

Luis Mojica shares about releasing trauma from the body with sound and channeling music from the land. You’ll also hear about: Co-regulating with your environment The difference between being activated and being triggered How empaths attune to stress and trauma Plus! Listen to the end of the episode for a special treat, and hear a song from Luis new record   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Luis Mojica is a trained somatic therapist from Holistic Life Navigation. Luis was initiated into the wisdom of trauma through years of suffering. He learned that just as the body stores trauma, the body can release it. He believes that by using somatic techniques, whole foods, herbs, and connecting to the Earth, we are able to listen to our bodies and release stored trauma.  Also a pianist and vocalist, Luis explores the nuances of androgyny, spirituality, and unorthodox male identity through his intuitive compositions and unique musical style. His upcoming record, Songs From the Land, is a beautiful tapestry of piano-driven songs that express, quite intimately, Luis' healing journey through shamanism, sex, pain, & ecstatic joy. In celebration of the album and its intentions, Luis has put together a very special pre-order package that is limited to 100 people. The goal of this package is to fund the production of the album into vinyl, donate a quarter of the proceeds to a local Indigenous organization, and host a 2-hour virtual healing ritual via Zoom that begins the work to reconnecting to each of our unique indigenous roots and weaving that wisdom together in community. You can learn more about Luis’ music on his website.    In this episode, we talk about: Co-regulating with your environment Building the capacity to walk in your truth Luis leads us through a somatic relational meditation What is trauma, how do we express and experience it Luis demonstrates a somatic practice to move energy and release charge The power of vibration to activate and move charge in the body The difference between being activated and being triggered How being intersex is a threat to social norms Finding safety in the body Listening as an act of decolonization On channeling music from the land Being in relationship with sound Decolonizing your creative expression On decolonizing the way we see our bodies How empaths attune to stress and trauma Attuning your empathy to joy Our reciprocal relationship of nourishment with the Earth Tuning into food as medicine Expressions of colonization as scarcity and low capacity How capacity transmutes threat Shawna shares her story and how her understanding of her identity came from white supremacy The medicine of opposition On cultivating curiosity for your triggers On being othered by your family and loved ones Trauma stacking and uncoupling Luis shares a sneak peek into what we will learn in his upcoming workshop with Earth Speak Plus he shares about the release of his new album, on September 22nd Pre-order the album to participate in the ritual and receive some bonus goodies, including a bindle of mugwort! Listen to the end to hear a special sneak peek of a song from Luis' new album. The song is called ‘Call In’.    Secret Episodes! Get access to past Secret Episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret.   Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collectiveLearn more about Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret  Holistic Life Navigation  Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collectiveLearn more about Luis’s offerings at www.holisticlifenavigation.com Connect with Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigation // https://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/ Connect with Luis on Facebook @holisticlifenavigation Listen to Luis' Podcast Explore Luis’ YouTube channel Luis Mojica Music  Learn more about Luis’ offerings at www.luismojica.com Connect with Luis Mojica Music on Instagram @luis.mojica.music // https://www.instagram.com/luis.mojica.music/ Explore Luis’ YouTube channel Listen / watch Luis’ new song Pine Child October Ritual https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-ancestral-healing-package-vinyl      References: Luis Mojica episode 17 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/luis-mojica-17 Luis new album https://www.luismojica.com/music.html Luis Ritual Package https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-ancestral-healing-package-vinyl Join the collective to access Luis upcoming workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/collective The truth by Handsome Boy Modelling School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HW7nj-GUZY Fascia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia Somatic Experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing Somatic Psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_psychology Jurassic Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js1r7Urrw9Y Joni Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Joni Mitchell documentary https://apple.co/3dsLw68 Intersex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex Pagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism Dr. Amber McZeal https://www.facebook.com/groups/817992224926466 Karine Bell https://www.karinebell.com/ Karine Bell, Somatic Abolitionism  https://www.rootedandembodied.com/ My Grandmother's Hands || Book https://amzn.to/3eFACNt Luis Mojica music https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/ Healing Ritual Pre-order Package https://luismojica.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-ancestral-healing-package-vinyl Braiding Sweetgrass || Robin Wall Kimmerer https://amzn.to/2QepP3v Lycopene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopene Iron Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age Roman Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Performative allyship https://bit.ly/33C84hR Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Dr. Daniel Foor https://ancestralmedicine.org/ Animist Psychology Course https://ancestralmedicine.org/online-course-animist-psychology Clubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/ Jim Crow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws One-drop rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It’s Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

In today's episode we speak with Luis of Holistic Life Navigation and discuss what trauma is and how you can begin your healing journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sweetestlittlelife/message

In today's episode we speak with Luis of Holistic Life Navigation and discuss what trauma is and how you can begin your healing journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sweetestlittlelife/message

The last in a series of episodes on the elements, this latest Moon to Moon episode holds teachings and conversation about working with the element of Earth in your life and in your magical offering to the world. My honored guest for this effort is Virgo Sun Luis Mojica of Holistic Life Navigation. For reasons that will be apparent when listening here, I knew that Luis would be my first choice for a contemplation on Earth as soon as I dreamed of having one. Luis's direct bio: "My name is Luis Mojica. I teach people how to release stress & trauma through listening to their bodies. I am a trained somatic therapist, whole food nutritional counselor, & herbalist. My work is a result of my own journey to heal complex PTSD & illness. We can connect to our bodies through listening, to the Earth through eating and feeling, and to ourselves through mindful awareness. From this place, we can heal anything." On so many levels, Luis is talking and teaching about the element of Earth: food / nutrition / eating, body listening / knowing / awareness, herbal medicine, somatic therapy, forest bathing, grounding practices, and connecting with the planet in relationship. As I share in the intro, working with Earth for me has been an important piece of my own healing process because I was once acutely disassociated from my body. My body was always a problem. Being here in this lifetime, being fully present with awareness and connection, deep listening to my body's needs: all of that used to be very scary for me, so I found safety in escaping. Because Luis's work and my own story involve healing trauma, please be advised and give thought to whether or not you have the capacity to receive this episode today. In my view, Luis has become something of a living Chiron, which we discuss in our conversation. To learn more about Chiron, I recommend starting with this Liz Greene article titled “Wounding & the Will to Live.” I also recommend my mentor Adam Sommer's episode on Chiron in Aries (the sign Chiron is currently in as well as my own writing on Chiron from the Living the Signs: Virgo book, a snippet of which you can find here. Follow Luis on Instagram at @holisticlifenavigation, check out his incredible podcast (start with episodes 1 and 2), and find out how to work with him at www.holisticlifenavigation.com where you can get on the waitlist for the next round of his Releasing Trauma class. +++ Join the waitlist for The Magician's Table: A Workshop Circle for Emerging Readers, which opens for application on Friday, March 12. Learn more about the experience at my website.

We don't need astrology to tell us that the coming four weeks will carry a LOT. We all feel it coming. If astrology offers us a reflection and contextualization of our lived experience, if this old ancient language can help us understand and move through this specific moment in time, then let us experiment with the possibility that studying the astrology of the moment can be nourishing, empowering, and resonant. Will you join me? This is by necessity brief. I could have covered so much more here. But I have done that elsewhere. For an in-depth look at Scorpio, please check out my 160-page workbook Living the Signs: Scorpio or my oral teachings on the sign in The Medicine of Autumn audio series. See also my previous episode with Lara Veleda Vesta, which is very Scorpionic in nature (even though astrology is never mentioned!). In the episode, I mention the excellent work of Danica Boyce and Luis Mojica. Please check out Danica's podcast Fair Folk and Luis's podcast Holistic Life Navigation to learn more about their teachings. Please reach out if you have any questions. Sending warm wishes.