We talk a lot about discipline, consistency, and hard work, but rarely about the energy that makes all of that sustainable. Pleasure isn’t the opposite of discipline. It’s the rhythm that keeps discipline alive. It’s how your body remembers safety, creativity, and trust — the quiet exhale that says, I’m safe now. In this episode, I unpack what it means to live from a regulated, pleasurable body, one that doesn’t need to burn out to prove its worth. You’ll learn why pleasure isn’t about indulg...
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We talk a lot about discipline, consistency, and hard work, but rarely about the energy that makes all of that sustainable. Pleasure isn’t the opposite of discipline. It’s the rhythm that keeps discipline alive. It’s how your body remembers safety, creativity, and trust — the quiet exhale that says, I’m safe now. In this episode, I unpack what it means to live from a regulated, pleasurable body, one that doesn’t need to burn out to prove its worth. You’ll learn why pleasure isn’t about indulg...
At 39: What This Year Taught Me About Big Emotions and Authenticity
The Magic Is In Your Mess
31 minutes
2 months ago
At 39: What This Year Taught Me About Big Emotions and Authenticity
Turning 39 has me reflecting on a year that cracked me open in ways I never saw coming. What I thought would be a season of grounding in Melbourne became a year of eclipses, ancestral grief, shadow work, back pain, and deep lessons in rest, authenticity, and radical self-love. In this episode, I share the biggest truths this past year handed me: ✨ Why grief isn’t just about loss, but how we metabolize change and integrate absence. ✨ How anger, when honored, becomes love’s guardian...
The Magic Is In Your Mess
We talk a lot about discipline, consistency, and hard work, but rarely about the energy that makes all of that sustainable. Pleasure isn’t the opposite of discipline. It’s the rhythm that keeps discipline alive. It’s how your body remembers safety, creativity, and trust — the quiet exhale that says, I’m safe now. In this episode, I unpack what it means to live from a regulated, pleasurable body, one that doesn’t need to burn out to prove its worth. You’ll learn why pleasure isn’t about indulg...
