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S12E8 - Embodied Movement Stories: Farewell People Pleasing with Christina Ryan-Stoltz

School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Release Date: 01/15/2025

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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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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Want to be the kind of practitioner that supports your clients to discover their own inner knowing (and avoid telling your clients what to)?  If you’re the kind of person (like me) who strongly dislikes being told want to do, and wants to avoid the ‘know it all’ coachy stereotype in their client work, there’s one simple test you can apply…   In this episode, we unpack: The “ratio” ninja trick that shows what type of practitioner you are Key differences between coaching vs. facilitation (they are oceans apart) Why most embodiment practitioners default to...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Many of us (myself, and many of my clients)have a complicated relationship with ambition. We’re high-achieving, smart women who know how to get things done.  But often, that productivity comes at a cost.    Burnout. Disconnection. Operating from hyper-masculine energy that pushes us past our limits. So, after burning out, we swing the other way. The feminine. The reclined, passive, soft energy.  But even in that softness, we start to wonder… Can I still want things? Can I still be ambitious and stay feminine?  Can I burn with desire for something and still honour...

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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 July 2025.   Resources mentioned in this podcast: -...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

In this week’s podcast episode, I’m joined by my dear colleague and fellow Senior Coach & Teacher at the School of Embodied Arts, Kate Mellis. Kate shares raw and powerful insights from her own journey—from clinical psychologist pushing through a Master’s degree while burning out, to a woman learning to trust her body’s quiet messages… and choose a new way forward. “Safety only exists in the tissues of my body when I prioritize my own needs and honoured myself in ways that I had not been for decades.”   In This Episode, We Explore: How to find the safety to choose a...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

How Embodiment Found Me (And Changed Everything) Embodiment has a way of finding us, whispering quietly and planting a curiosity inside us—often long before we even know what the word means.  That was true for me. Back when I was a hospital pharmacist, I had no concept of “embodiment.” But something in me longed for more. My body was trying to tell me that what I was living… wasn’t it. I was sick—literally—Monday through Friday. I did all the tests, took all the medications, but the nausea wouldn’t go. My body knew. I was sick of the system I was part of. I didn’t know...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Could Feminine Embodiment Coaching be the missing link to creating the somatic depth you’re craving in your client work, the grounded confidence you yearn for in your practitioner skills, and the sustainability you need to create a rich livelihood of service….   (Even if you’re brand new to coaching or still have further to go on the ‘embodiment’ path yourself)   If you’re yearning to move beyond mindset tools & get to the root of what’s holding you (& your clients) back… If you’re called to service, but sense you’re not (yet) bringing your most potent...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Want to know the secret to avoid adding (yet another) course to your ‘never quite finished’ shelf?  We’ve all bought a training (or five) that didn’t deliver. Perhaps… You lost interest halfway through  The star-studded lineup of teachers turned out to be an incohesive mess  The pricing looked too good to be true (and it was) The mentors had no vibe & couldn’t hold a resonant space  These experiences are a rite of passage. We’ve all been there, as we figure out how to discern the meaningful experiences from the mediocre ones.  The difference between...

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School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

Looking to bring more depth to the clients you work with?  This is one of the most common yearnings for practitioners we partner with. But how to do it? What are the ingredients for more depth? I’m breaking it down on today’s podcast….  Whether you’re a new practitioner, or already have 200 modalities under your belt, many of us sense there’s deeper layers to access. We feel it for ourselves, and we want to share it with our clients.  In the podcast we’re diving into:  The 3 key ingredients to bring more depth to your client sessions  Why so many highly...

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How do we drop the people pleasing tendencies & assumed identities we’ve taken on… so we contact our wild self? 

This is big, profound work. Yet you don’t need 10 years of therapy or burning down your entire life/marriage/career to do it. 

Christina Ryan-Stoltz @she_skool joins us on the podcast today for an exploration of her experience of Embodied Movement Practice & how it’s supported her to contact the self she always knew was there… but wasn’t sure how to access. 

In this personal retelling Chrstina shares with us: 

  • The primal, wild woman within that surfaced through embodied movement 

  • Not taking up much space in marriage - to finding more equal partnership 

  • Body image issues & how these held Christina back from inhabiting her body 

  • Why shaking, releasing energy through movement & vocalizing can feel “weird” and how we can overcome of hesitations to do it

 

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