School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward
Emotionally empowered, sensually alive, and magnetic women discuss how to live, lead, coach & embody more of their feminine nature with Feminine Embodiment Coach Jenna Ward. This podcast is for women who demand deep, vulnerable living. To us, the feminine so much more than floral skirts, love & light. It's also about dark, messy, transformation & intimacy with all the currents of life that want to have their way with us.
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S14E2 - Coaching v Facilitation: What’s The Difference & The Key Ratio to Reveal Your Practitioner Type
07/28/2025
S14E2 - Coaching v Facilitation: What’s The Difference & The Key Ratio to Reveal Your Practitioner Type
Want to be the kind of practitioner that supports your clients to discover their own inner knowing (and avoid telling your clients what to)? If you’re the kind of person (like me) who strongly dislikes being told want to do, and wants to avoid the ‘know it all’ coachy stereotype in their client work, there’s one simple test you can apply… In this episode, we unpack: The “ratio” ninja trick that shows what type of practitioner you are Key differences between coaching vs. facilitation (they are oceans apart) Why most embodiment practitioners default to facilitation The two big reasons I believe coaching creates more transformation and more income How to shift from leading the session to holding space for deeper breakthroughs If you’ve been inviting clients into their body - using meditations, guided experiences, and doing a lot of talking…. But you want to help them find more of their own answers instead this podcast is for you! Resources mentioned in this podcast: - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S14E1 - Are You Too Ambitious To Be Feminine? Unpacking Productivity Wounds & Wanting More
07/14/2025
S14E1 - Are You Too Ambitious To Be Feminine? Unpacking Productivity Wounds & Wanting More
Many of us (myself, and many of my clients)have a complicated relationship with ambition. We’re high-achieving, smart women who know how to get things done. But often, that productivity comes at a cost. Burnout. Disconnection. Operating from hyper-masculine energy that pushes us past our limits. So, after burning out, we swing the other way. The feminine. The reclined, passive, soft energy. 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 my body? This episode dives into exactly that tension & how we can hold both. Because ambition isn't unfeminine. Success doesn’t have to cost us our wellbeing. Resources mentioned in this podcast: - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S13E7 - Info Session - Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert School Tour July 2025
07/10/2025
S13E7 - Info Session - Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert School Tour July 2025
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: - professional training Download the Curriculum Watch the full info session here (video & audio) Testimonials & Praise from past participants
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S13E6 - Coming Home to Yourself: Feminine Embodiment with Kate Mellis & Jenna Ward
06/23/2025
S13E6 - Coming Home to Yourself: Feminine Embodiment with Kate Mellis & Jenna Ward
In this week’s podcast episode, I’m joined by my dear colleague and fellow Senior Coach & Teacher at the School of Embodied Arts, Kate Mellis. Kate shares raw and powerful insights from her own journey—from clinical psychologist pushing through a Master’s degree while burning out, to a woman learning to trust her body’s quiet messages… and choose a new way forward. “Safety only exists in the 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 new direction How to listen to the messages from our body Why midlife is a time that will generally kick your ass Kate’s journey from clinical psychologist to embodied coach and teacher How tuning into the body opens the door to creativity, sensuality, and truth Unlearning heteronormativity, white supremacy & capitalist patriarchy Practical ways to begin listening to your body’s wisdom today Resources mentioned in this podcast: - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S13E5 - What Is Embodiment? How Embodiment Found Me (Jenna’s Story)
05/26/2025
S13E5 - What Is Embodiment? How Embodiment Found Me (Jenna’s Story)
How Embodiment Found Me (And Changed Everything) Embodiment has a way of finding us, whispering quietly and planting a curiosity inside us—often long before we even know what the word means. That was true for me. Back when I was a hospital pharmacist, I had no concept of “embodiment.” But something in me longed for more. My body was trying to tell me that what I was living… wasn’t it. I was sick—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 it yet, but what I was searching for was a different way of being. Personally & professionally. Something more vital, more heart-connected, more alive. That search led me into a personal and professional metamorphosis—and eventually into building a whole dedicated to Feminine Embodiment Coaching. Resources mentioned in this podcast: - Explore the Philosophy of Feminine Embodiment Coaching - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S13E4 - Taste of Feminine Embodiment Coaching in Action, with Jenna Ward
05/25/2025
S13E4 - Taste of Feminine Embodiment Coaching in Action, with Jenna Ward
Could Feminine Embodiment Coaching be the missing link to creating the somatic depth you’re craving in your client work, the grounded confidence you yearn for in your practitioner skills, and the sustainability you need to create a rich livelihood of service…. (Even if you’re brand new to coaching or still have further to go on the ‘embodiment’ path yourself) If you’re yearning to move 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 self to client sessions... And you know there is more depth, vulnerability & power available… somewhere inside the body. This session will invite you to experience how Feminine Embodiment Coaching works and taste it for yourself. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification: Download the Curriculum: Speak with the Teaching Team here: Testimonials & Praise from past participants:
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S13E3 - What I’m Willing To Pay For (& When a Library Card Will Do)
05/19/2025
S13E3 - What I’m Willing To Pay For (& When a Library Card Will Do)
Want to know the secret to avoid adding (yet another) course to your ‘never quite finished’ shelf? We’ve all bought a training (or five) that didn’t deliver. Perhaps… You lost interest halfway through The star-studded lineup of teachers turned out to be an incohesive mess The pricing looked too good to be true (and it was) The mentors had no vibe & couldn’t hold a resonant space These 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 experiences that suck and experiences that stick is… the opportunity for embodied learning. Most training has zero embodied learning built into their experiences. For those who are strong self-starters & want to do all the implementation themselves, this could work. But for those of us who want to venture into the unknown, who want to soften & be held. For those of us who want to do things faster by accessing community & on-demand help. Then embodied learning spaces are where it’s at. Resources mentioned in this podcast: - Explore the Philosophy of Feminine Embodiment Coaching - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S13E2 - How To Take Your Clients DEEPER….
04/28/2025
S13E2 - How To Take Your Clients DEEPER….
Looking to bring more depth to the clients you work with? This is one of the most common yearnings for practitioners we partner with. But how to do it? What are the ingredients for more depth? I’m breaking it down on today’s podcast…. Whether you’re a new practitioner, or already have 200 modalities under your belt, many of us sense there’s deeper layers to access. We feel it for ourselves, and 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 skilled practitioners have this yearning (despite already being skilled practitioners) Why these ingredients are left out of many transformational modalities How to find more truth & power that your client can tangibly access Some key strategies I use, including my own client examples Resources mentioned in this podcast: - Explore the Philosophy of Feminine Embodiment Coaching - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S13E1 - The 4 Vulnerability Avoidance Styles
04/21/2025
S13E1 - The 4 Vulnerability Avoidance Styles
If you’re craving more depth in your own embodiment or in the spaces you hold with clients, vulnerability is non-negotiable. It’s the key that opens us up to real intimacy and true transformation. When someone shares vulnerably with me—whether it’s a client, colleague or my child—I know we’ve reached the gold. We’re no longer hovering on the surface. We’re in rich, honest territory. But vulnerability can be confronting. It asks us to feel the tenderness, shame, or discomfort that many of us were taught to avoid. And so, we’ve developed clever strategies—mostly unconscious—to sidestep that feeling. In this podcast, I’m sharing the 4 avoidance strategies we use to avoid vulnerability, and how naming your style is the first step to doing something different. We also explore: How important vulnerability is for deeper connection Why so many of us see vulnerability as a weakness (rather than the gift it is) Why recognizing your vulnerability avoidance style is crucial to flexing your vulnerability muscle as a human (& practitioner) The 4 Vulnerability Avoidance Styles Why creating safe spaces for vulnerability is vital for growth. Resources mentioned in this podcast: - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E12 - Navigating Political Change & Polycrisis in Embodied Ways
03/24/2025
S12E12 - Navigating Political Change & Polycrisis in Embodied Ways
Why Feminine Embodiment is Essential in Times of Crisis We’re living in intense times—so how can we navigate them in embodied ways? Whether you’re navigating cyclones from climate change, destabilizing political regimens or something else closer to home, it’s beyond heart breaking. So what does this have to do with feminine embodiment? (hint, the answer’s everything). There has never been MORE of a need for feminine power on the planet. So how can we access it, and use it, in embodied ways? 💡 Hint: It all starts in the body. During the podcast, we’ll dive into: What power actually is & how it moves through the body Why personal empowerment is not enough on it’s own How to feel more resourced & stable in wild times, using somatic tools How to prevent feeling frozen or overwhelmed by the polycrisis’ that abound What these times ask of us as practitioners As a mother living with low grade anxiety about the state of the world my kids will inherit, this much is abundantly evident to me - if i don’t do something with my power, then it’s not real power. In the podcast we dive into what I’ve been doing about that. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Free Guide: Book: - the work of Dr. Resmaa Menakem Practice: Training:
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S12E11 - WTF is the Feminine?
01/29/2025
S12E11 - WTF is the Feminine?
This energy, this force, this dimension that so many of us feel called to… but struggle to define. It’s the missing piece, the thing we crave more of—yet, so many are also uncertain: Is the feminine harmful? Is it just some new-age fluff? And how do we navigate these gendered terms if we’re not about old-school binaries? As an intersectional feminist, deeply committed to liberation for all bodies (including from gender norms) I’ve been in this contemplation, too. For years. In this episode, we’ll explore: The heart of the feminine: what it really is, how we find more of it How to access it responsibly. I’ll share how I stumbled into this work and why it’s so deeply personal for me. We’ll chat about the 3 books that shaped my explorations My own ancestral ‘feminine’ roots We’ll touch on why patriarchy has silenced the feminine How capitalist systems have commodified it and Why we need this force now more than ever. The feminine is about the full spectrum of feeling, sensation, live-living-itself-ness. So if you’re ready to explore the wild, the untamed, and the transformational energy of the feminine, this episode is for you. Resources mentioned in this podcast: The Radiant Sutras by Lorin Roche - Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & The Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet by Meggan Watterson - If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of Women in the World - - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E10 - Embodied Movement Stories: Intuition & Productivity with Yael Lagana
01/15/2025
S12E10 - Embodied Movement Stories: Intuition & Productivity with Yael Lagana
What kind of devotional practice can help you to validate your intuition, so you can be more productive & get more done? The answer is embodied movement practice. Despite the common belief that intuition or feminine depth has no place in business - our guest on the podcast today, Yael Lagna, finds weaving somatic practices into her work (and world) helps her to get so much more done. Yael Lagana joins us on the podcast today for an exploration of her experience of Embodied Movement Practice & journey as an entrepreneur and abuse survivor. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Yael Lagana - - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E9 - Embodied Movement Stories: From Flatlining to Fulfilled with Sarah Schülke
01/15/2025
S12E9 - Embodied Movement Stories: From Flatlining to Fulfilled with Sarah Schülke
If you’re one of those people who “doesn’t feel much”, a kind of flatline without much up or down happening within. Have you ever wondered… Is there truly nothing happening within me? … Or is that I just can’t feel it? One day Sarah Schülke found herself wondering about this exact question. It sparked a journey out of her head, into her body, and onto the path of embodied movement practices. Today we’re speaking with Sarah to explore her experience with: Moving from an inner flatline - to an inner fulfillment by listening to her body Using embodied movement practice to figure out her path As well as navigating physical symptoms, sleep & feeling increasingly safe Resources mentioned in this podcast: Sarah Schülke - Sarah Schülke - | ) - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E8 - Embodied Movement Stories: Farewell People Pleasing with Christina Ryan-Stoltz
01/15/2025
S12E8 - Embodied Movement Stories: Farewell People Pleasing with Christina Ryan-Stoltz
How do we drop the people pleasing tendencies & assumed identities we’ve taken on… so we contact our wild self? This is big, profound work. Yet you don’t need 10 years of therapy or burning down your entire life/marriage/career to do it. Christina Ryan-Stoltz @she_skool joins us on the podcast today for an exploration of her experience of Embodied Movement Practice & how it’s supported her to 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 Resources mentioned in this podcast: Christina Ryan-Stoltz - Christina Ryan-Stoltz - - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E7 - Graduate Spotlight: Working With The Raw Materials of Life, with Hanne-Lina Drott
12/15/2024
S12E7 - Graduate Spotlight: Working With The Raw Materials of Life, with Hanne-Lina Drott
Today, 8+ years later, Hanne-Lina joins us from Sweden to speak about the program and how working with the “raw materials of life” has shaped her & her coaching practice. This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Hanne-Lina Hanne-Lina Hanne-Lina 🎁2 free months in the Garden of Aliveness Community - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E6 - Graduate Spotlight: From 1-1 to a Million Dollar Business with Anna Rova
12/15/2024
S12E6 - Graduate Spotlight: From 1-1 to a Million Dollar Business with Anna Rova
Today on the podcast we’re joined by to discuss how she went from “I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life” to working with over 500 clients. We also speak about why she’s chosen to close that business down & is in the midst of evolving her work in a new direction, backed by the same tools & methods. This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E5 - Graduate Spotlight: Fitra & Feminine Embodiment - An Embodied Path for Muslim Women with Raja Avila
12/15/2024
S12E5 - Graduate Spotlight: Fitra & Feminine Embodiment - An Embodied Path for Muslim Women with Raja Avila
In today’s conversation, Raja shares her personal journey of discovering embodiment as a way to reconnect with her feminine nature—moving from a life of overwhelm and overachievement to one of relaxation, receptivity, and trust in divine guidance. Through practices rooted in embodiment & her Islamic faith, she has found liberation and healing, for generations current, past and future. If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body, caught in cycles of “doing” rather than “being,” or longed for a closer connection to your inner nature and divine purpose, this conversation is for you. This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Raja - Raja - Raja - - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E4 - Graduate Spotlight: Moving Beyond The Superficial with Laura Wiest
12/15/2024
S12E4 - Graduate Spotlight: Moving Beyond The Superficial with Laura Wiest
In 2020 Laura Wiest was a highly sensitive woman & new coach wondering how she could find the ‘missing piece’ to move beyond the superficial with her clients... While she’d done all the ‘spiritual’ workshops, training and experiences… there was a glass ceiling she wanted to understand on a deeper level. Enter the 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 - 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 — showcasing how our graduates from the past 8 years have woven the into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Laura - Laura - Laura - - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E3 - Graduate Spotlight: Embodiment & Black Gurlhood with DC Hill
12/15/2024
S12E3 - Graduate Spotlight: Embodiment & Black Gurlhood with DC Hill
In this episode, I’m joined by the incredible DC Hill, a Gender & Sexuality Studies Professor we have the honour of working with in the for rich conversation exploring vulnerability, movement, and how we can connect deeper with our bodies We dive into how DC uses embodiment as a tool for challenging systems like those that impact Black girls and women. From hair policies in schools to deeper conversations about spirit murder and the embodiment of Black girlhood, DC shares powerful insights on how our bodies hold both oppression and potential for liberation. This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: DC Hill on Instagram - DC Hill on Bsky - Black Gurl Reliable: Pedagogies of Vulnerability and Transgression by Dominique C. Hill - - - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S12E2 - Graduate Spotlight: From Burnout to Magnetic Ease with Tertia Reigler
12/15/2024
S12E2 - Graduate Spotlight: From Burnout to Magnetic Ease with Tertia Reigler
Today we welcome past graduate to the podcast to share with us her journey into Feminine Embodiment, and how it’s shaped her coaching practice on the other side. Tertia Riegler specializes in supporting high-achieving women to step out of the stress spiral and into a life where achieving big goals doesn’t mean sacrificing yourself. This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Tertia - Tertia - Tertia - - free guide - at home embodiment practice - Discover more Feminine Embodiment Coaches here
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S12E1 - Graduate Spotlight: Teacher Spotlight: From Obedience to Empowerment with Sharon Kaur
12/15/2024
S12E1 - Graduate Spotlight: Teacher Spotlight: From Obedience to Empowerment with Sharon Kaur
Today we’re joined by Sharon Kaur, Master Feminine Embodiment Coach & Teacher here at the School of Embodied Arts to learn about her journey with embodiment. Sharon takes us on her journey… From breaking the spell of internalized program around being the obedient Indian daughter, to navigating complex PTSD and what it means to reclaim the body as a South Asian Woman… Sharon shares with us her journey of navigating into a felt experience of “I deserve to exist, and exist magnificently” In this conversation we explore: Sharon’s personal experience of leaving an abusive marriage & finding a way out What it means for different identities & different bodies to go on the journey Sharon’s passion around supporting South Asian Women to deepen their pleasure & sensual aliveness Wanting to help others, but feeling like you’ve “still got further to go” on your healing journey Sharon’s experience as a Teacher & Master Coach in the Coaching Cert This podcast is part of the Graduate Spotlight Audio Series — showcasing how graduates from the past 8 years have woven the into their bodies, their work & their purpose. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Sharon - Sharon - - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S11E9 - Investing In Yourself
11/15/2024
S11E9 - Investing In Yourself
Want to take the risk out of investing in your next bold move? Today on the podcast, we're diving into how to make successful personal investments — like gaining new skills, finding creative freedom, starting a business or making space for passions — that pay dividends in growth and satisfaction. Together, we’ll unpack why it’s so easy to second-guess these kinds of investments, especially when they don’t match up with traditional ideas of what “good” investments look like. We’ll dive into examples of my own investments across the years, explore navigating tough conversations with loved ones & explore the 2 key questions I ask before investing time or money. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ll explore: Why investing in yourself is worth the risk (& how to reduce the risk) Common internalized beliefs around what "smart" investments look like & how to rewrite them My personal investment journey, from small luxuries to career-defining decisions How to know if your investment will bring you real ROI Strategies for sharing your vision with loved ones who may have doubts Resources mentioned in this podcast: - live in November - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training
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S11E8 - AI Self-Coaching? & Will Coaches Be Replaced?
10/28/2024
S11E8 - AI Self-Coaching? & Will Coaches Be Replaced?
Will AI replace coaches? And how can we use AI to self coach us through everyday challenges? Lately a dear friend of mine, also an embodiment practitioner, & I have been joking about “AI Therapy”. We’ve had a few tricky situations, and have turned to chat GPT to channel advice in the tone of some of our favorite authors, mentors and coaches. It’s been illuminating, funny, and sometimes insightful. It’s gotten me thinking about the role of AI in replacing coaches. It’s also opened up some ideas about how we can use AI for self coaching… Today on the podcast I want to open up the conversation. In this episode we: First we discuss AI replacing coaches I share both my thoughts & the insights ChatGPT provided (naturally) We dissect the role of a coach & which parts AI might be able to replicate We then dive into Self-Coaching, we define what it is I share some AI prompts I’ve been using lately (with various levels of success) And I share some free you can use at home Resources mentioned in this podcast: - free guide - at home embodiment practice - professional training by Gay Hendrix
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S11E7 - Can I Make A Sustainable Income? Profit Plans for Embodied Coaches
10/17/2024
S11E7 - Can I Make A Sustainable Income? Profit Plans for Embodied Coaches
Can I translate somatic coaching skills into a profitable business & sustainable income? If you (or your loved ones) have been asking this question, today’s podcast is for you. This line of thinking is VALID. In the age of the “Instagram Coach” who… with no valid experience or informed ways of working, can update their bio every 5 minutes to be an “embodiment coach” or feminine mentor.... It’s valid to wonder if you can truly earn a livelihood as an Embodiment Coach. So let’s break it down. In today’s podcast we dive into: The 2 distinct skill sets you need The difference between practitionership & entrepreneurship We look at 3 different business models & calculate both income & hour worked We dive into the common challenges & worries like “who will pay this” and “can anyone afford this” We speak about investing in yourself, when everyone else around you thinks it’s a wild and risky move… Resources mentioned in this podcast: Find the profit plan Jenna mentions on this podcast at - professional training
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S11E6 - Embodied Parenting: Part 2
10/03/2024
S11E6 - Embodied Parenting: Part 2
Catch Part 1 of this 2-part series . Raising kids the embodied way is an experiment I’m in the midst of. I have a 5 year and 8 month old who are both stubborn, intelligent, creative, brilliant kids. I’m constantly exploring how I can employ emotionally intelligent values in the way I parent. To be clear, this isn’t my speciality, or body of work. I’m a somatic educator & coach, but parenting isn’t my zone of mastery. Today’s podcast came about from a listener's request and it’s something I’m so happy to shed some light on. Today I’m sharing 10 strategies I use with my kids. Specific little techniques, tricks, approaches or resources I do. This is moreso with my 5 year old, but the principles and some of the practices still apply for my baby. If you have old kids, most of these will still be relevant. Resources from today’s podcast - at home embodiment practice
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S11E5 - Embodied Parenting: Part 1
09/26/2024
S11E5 - Embodied Parenting: Part 1
How can we support our kids to be the most embodied, emotionally intelligent generation ever? I recently received a request from a podcast listener to speak about embodied mothering. I’m not an expert in this area, but as a Feminine Embodiment Coach & international founder of a somatic school of training AND parent to two little humans… I do have lots of thoughts on the topic that I’m so happy to share. Parenting isn’t my body of work. It’s not the space of genius I’m here to contribute to the world. So I haven’t analyzed my parenting in depth to give it language, structures or frameworks (unlike somatic coaching, which I do love to dissect in fine detail!). Also, I’m a parent to a 8 month old and 5 year old, so there’s a certain level of emotional and physical maturity that my kids have, which might be different if your kids are older, or hold different genders or identities. Personally I want to be the one to teach my children their values & an embodied culture in how they relate to themselves, others and the world. In Part 1 (this episode) we’re diving into embodiment for yourself as a mother or parent. In Part 2 (coming soon) I’m sharing 10 approaches I use to parent my kids. We’re doing it in this order because you can’t foster deeper embodiment with your kids if you’re not practicing it yourself. The person you are BEING is the clearest teacher for your child. I’m not an expert in this area, but as a Feminine Embodiment Coach AND parent to two little humans… I do have lots of thoughts on the topic that I’m so happy to share. Resources from today’s podcast: - at home embodiment practice
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S11E3 - Is This The Worst Time To Become A Coach: Market Update
09/12/2024
S11E3 - Is This The Worst Time To Become A Coach: Market Update
Is it a good time to become a coach? You might be thinking of changing careers, or specializing in embodiment coaching. Yet at the same time there’s talk of a recession. Record rates of inflation, cost of living crisis. It’s valid to wonder, are these conditions creating the worst time to become a coach? Because times are a-changin. But not for the worse. On the podcast this week I’m sharing a market update & some insights into the maturing Coaching Industry. In this episode we explore: Reflections on the global coaching industry What a busy market place means What buyers are looking for How competition factors in If you’d like to dive into mapping your signature journey & define the unique magic you’re here to bring a coach, there’s never been a better time… Sharon, Kate & I from the FEC Teaching Team are hosting a virtual immersion exclusively available to our community to support them map their signature journey. If you’d like to chat to us about the program & our special immersion…
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S11E4 - Info Session - Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert School Tour September 2024
09/11/2024
S11E4 - Info Session - Feminine Embodiment Coaching Cert School Tour September 2024
How can we weave somatic skills into our client work? What is a Feminine Embodiment Coach? And what makes this style of coaching & school different? We answer these questions (and more) during our Information Session for the Feminine Embodiment Coaching Certification. Join Program Founder, Jenna Ward & the teaching team to explore our philosophy, take a tour of the school & get these questions (and more) answered. This podcast is a preview of our Info Session held in September 2024. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Watch the full info session (video & audio) Speak with the Teaching Team from past participants
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S11E2 - What Philosophy Underpins FEC?
09/09/2024
S11E2 - What Philosophy Underpins FEC?
My kids are the most embodied people I know. They are effortlessly, fully, deeply IN their bodies. Feeling and EXPRESSING their inner sensations moment to moment. They remind me embodiment isn’t something we DO to the body. Somatic work isn’t about imposing or doing MORE. It is instead the process of peeling back what isn’t sincere, so we’re left with our simple, yet profound soma. This concept is a bit of a head fuck because so much modern therapy, development & personal growth is about doing or applying something TO the body. Modulating it. Hacking it for better performance. So if somatic work is more akin to stripping back, what’s the philosophy that supports it? If you’re hungry to dive into the schools’ of thought that underpin Feminine Embodiment Coaching, this podcast explores our technical approach to the world of somatic coaching. In this conversation, we discuss: The impact of late-stage capitalism on our bodies Trauma therapy and the work of Peter Levine Polyvagal therapy and the neurobiology of embodiment Feminist & spiritual influences, including a powerful essay Where the intellectual property of ‘Feminine Embodiment Coaching’ comes from The difference between coaching & therapy Our influences as a school are wide & diverse. From the realm of Embodiment, Somatics, Dance & Movement Therapy, Coaching, Polyvagal Theory, Trauma Theory, Feminism, Somatic Abolitionism and more. Resources from this podcast include: Peter Levine - Audre Lorde Essay -
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S11E1 - Magnetism In The Everyday
08/29/2024
S11E1 - Magnetism In The Everyday
Want to banish hollow action & replace it with potent, magnetic doing throughout your day? In today's episode, I share tips on turning on magnetism in everyday, mundane moments. Centering magnetism in the way I work has been a game-changer. It means… ✅Getting more of what matters done ✅Having those actions work to their fullest potential ✅Avoiding busy work that keeps me busy but doesn’t DO anything Turning on your magnetism is a (happy) side effect of embodiment. The more we contact the deep currents of aliveness within us, the more we can attune those currents to the object of our desires. Check out these resources from the podcast: Embodied Movement Practice -
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