Sophie Messager bridges worlds that rarely meet. A former reproductive physiologist with a PhD, she traded her microscope for a medicine drum after experiencing the transformative power of an empowered birth. Her decade-long journey as a doula, birth educator, and author of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters deepened her exploration of the rhythms surrounding women's transitions.

Now a holistic life transition mentor, Sophie guides women through significant life thresholds—from birth to perimenopause and beyond. Her unique combination of scientific expertise and spiritual insight allows her to serve as a compassionate space holder for those seeking to harmonise their analytical and intuitive selves.

Her new book The Beat of Your Own Drum: the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for women’s wisdom, health and transformation is published by Womancraft Publishing and available everywhere now.

Her podcast The Wisdom Messenger

www.sophiemessager.com

We talked about:

Drumming as nervous system regulation

Drumming and birth

Bridging the intellectual and spiritual worlds

Wearing many hats

Intuitive drum and intuitive dance

Women’s life transitions

Reclaiming childhood joys

Neurodivergence and regulation

How we have lost regulation in contemporary patriarchal society.

For a deeper dive, join us for the Extended Episode – just $3/ month, exclusively on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce - where we discuss

Schuman Resonance

Microdosing – drumming and psylocibin.

Resources

The Beat of Your Own Drum

Burnout – Amelia Nagoski

Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski

Jane Hardwicke Collings

The Emerald – The Revolution will not be Psychologized

Jeff Strong

Peter Levine

Women Making Noise conversation series

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