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S12E4 - Graduate Spotlight: Moving Beyond The Superficial with Laura Wiest

School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Release Date: 12/15/2024

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 great. I’m sharing them in today's episode. If you’re wanting to land more fully in your own unique genius as a practitioner - and bring more flavor to the way you work - this is a...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 calls. Before every single session I do these two rituals. They are short & sweet.  But most important - these rituals help me enjoy my coaching work more and help my clients...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 earn a livelihood as a practitioner….  A new or emerging practitioner wanting to move from session swaps to charging cash…  A seasoned professional...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 body and values  But I needed to make sure it could still pay the bills. In this week’s episode, I’m sharing the 3 key steps I used to make that transition & how you can start...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 migration or draws sea turtles back to their birth beach also lives within us. It’s a natural force of attraction between two points.  When we embody that energy, we tap into...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 have & take a tour of the school & get these questions (and more) answered. This podcast is a preview of our Info Session held in October 2025.    Resources...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 evolved & what that means for practitioners.  So we’re diving into today!  Is the market saturated? And what’s required to stand out and succeed right now?...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 you tune in! Embodiment isn’t about effort; it’s about falling back into what’s naturally yours, your innate aliveness, curiosity, and pleasure.  Whether you try...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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 never looked back.  In today’s podcast, I’m sharing a BTS of this journey & how I eliminated any type of hustle from my work.    In this episode, we explore: ...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

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.  Today’s podcast is for you.    In this podcast we explore:  The three core steps to aligning your business with your body (instead of pushing against it) How...

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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 joins us on the podcast to speak about the program & how it’s shaped her and her coaching work in the years since graduating. 

 

We also dive into Laura’s work now - supporting women to deepen their own embodied boundaries & Laura shares tips into how she’s retired her inner people pleaser & found more self honouring boundaries with herself, her mother & supports her clients to do the same. 

 

This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how our graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose. 

 

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