In this episode, I share 5 simple ways I calm my nervous system when I feel overwhelmed. These are gentle practices I use in everyday life to ground myself, release tension, and come back to my body when my mind feels all over the place.

If this resonates with you and you’d love more tools around nervous system regulation, feminine embodiment, and self-love, come connect with me on Instagram @yoniversityoflove. I’d love to hear your reflections and continue the conversation there

I recently received a very very beautiful compliment from an old friend (I'll share it in the episode :))

But this inspired the vibe of this episode: it is about self-respect, feminine confidence, and releasing the fear of being “too much.”

✨ We talk about:

✨ Building everyday confidence

✨ Speaking up without guilt

✨ Boundaries as self-love

✨ Self-advocacy with authority figures

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Camille shares her experience of moving to Germany during the pandemic—navigating isolation, a new culture, and a completely different rhythm of life. She takes us back to one of her biggest Kintsugi moments: a period of deep overwork and blurred boundaries that led to nerve inflammation and a moment when her body quite literally shut down.
With blurry eyesight and legs unable to carry her any further, Camille was forced to stop—and to change.

This episode is a reflection on illness as an initiation, the myth of “bouncing back,” and the slow, necessary work of rebuilding life with stronger boundaries and deeper self-protection.

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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camillejoon/

🎙️ Upcoming Podcast: Allô Cam

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This episode is inspired by a M🌝nday Muses reflection shared on Instagram — a gentle weekly pause to feel, notice, and listen inward.

We explore

💫 comparison, jealousy, and inspiration through an embodied, nervous-system lens.

💫 what does it really mean when another woman’s radiance triggers guilt, comparison, or heaviness?

💫 how does our inner state shape what we see?

I also share a personal story from my healing journey with disordered eating, movement, and rest, and how comparison became a mirror rather than a verdict.

This episode is an invitation to soften, listen differently, and let comparison guide you back to self-trust.

If this spaks to you and you want to Journey With Me 1:1 – Unfolding Rose is the space for you, a 3 months journey from pressure to pleasure.

• soften control and performance patterns

• rebuild safety in the nervous system

• reconnect with body wisdom and cyclical rhythm

• cultivate pleasure, presence, and self-trust

Lets connect on Instagram, my dm's are open :)

Bring your tea.

Let this be a pause. 🌹

this episode co-features a VERY alive puppy scratching my door at times ;)

If January — like the recording of this episode — doesn’t quite go as planned, or feels heavy, slow, or pressuring, this episode is an invitation to soften.

In this episode, we explore why not all beginnings are meant to start on January 1st — and how understanding different cycles can help you feel more grounded, embodied, and at ease with your own timing.

✨ In this episode, we explore:

• ✨ Why the calendar New Year often creates pressure and fatigue

• ✨ The difference between the Calendar, Lunar & Astrological New Year

• ✨ Feminine and masculine energy — and how the Moon prepares while the Sun initiates

• ✨ The transition from the Snake year (shedding, endings, inner work) to the Horse year (movement, vitality, aligned action)

• ✨ Why rest is not a delay, but a vital part of clarity and momentum

• ✨ How living in sync with your cycle can become medicine in a fast, overstimulated world

This episode is a gentle reminder that your body isn’t behind, your energy isn’t wrong, and your timing is deeply intelligent.

If this speaks to you and you feel called to reconnect with your body, your cycle, and your natural rhythm, my 1:1 program Unfolding Rose is a space for exactly this kind of work — coming back to your essence and unfolding your potential through embodiment and self-trust.

To connect, share reflections, or say hi, my DMs are open on Instagram at @yoniversityoflove.

Wherever you are, I wish you a beautiful day —
and remember: rest is productive too. 🌙

This past year — the year of the Snake — became a season of shedding.
Layer by layer, what no longer belonged fell away.
Not as loss, but as deepening.

Julia speaks to how Kintsugi moments — the breaks, the pauses, the undoing — quietly shaped her direction.
Not into someone new, but closer to who she has always been.

This conversation is not about becoming.
It is about remembering.
About how, when we let the layers fall, we return to our core —to the truth of who we are beneath the healing.

Connect with Julia:
🔗 Website: https://www.juliacobban.com/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliacobban/

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✨ Connect with me on Instagram:
@yoniversityoflove for more reflections, rituals, and embodied feminine wisdom shared in rhythm with the seasons.

In this year-closing episode of Birth of Venus, we enter the liminal space between the years — a sacred pause where dreams deepen, intuition becomes more audible, and the nervous system is invited to rest.

This episode explores:

• dreams as emotional truth, not logic

• how the nervous system processes the year during sleep

• why remembering dreams (or not) is closely linked to regulation and safety

• the subconscious as the bridge between dreams and intuition

• and how intuition is a felt, embodied knowing — not a mental voice

We also gently weave in the tradition of the Rauhnächte — the “nights between the years” — not as something to do perfectly, but as a remembrance of how humans have always honored winter: through listening, slowing, and turning inward. The Rauhnächte (Twelve Sacred Nights) are traditionally celebrated during the liminal time between the old and the new year.

There are two common timelines:

• Nature-based tradition: (my pick ;-)) beginning around December 21st/22nd, at the Winter Solstice — the longest night of the year, marking a moment of deep stillness and transition.

• Folk & Christian tradition: beginning on the night of December 24th to 25th, counting 12 sacred nights, each symbolically connected to one month of the coming year.

Many modern practices honor both — opening the ritual space at the Winter Solstice and consciously walking the 12 Rauhnächte from December 25th to January 6th.

This episode opens Kintsugi Stories,
a new storytelling series within the Birth of Venus podcast.

In this first part of my own Kintsugi story,
I share a moment when life cracked me open —
a goodbye I wasn’t ready for,
a love that asked to be released,
and the quiet strength it took to keep moving
into an unknown future.

This is a story about heartbreak, surrender,
and the fragile courage it takes to trust when everything familiar falls away.

Not healed overnight.
Not perfect.
But honest.
And birthing a new version of me

If you’re in a season of breaking,
this episode is for you.

✨ The gold comes later.

Join the @yoniversityoflove community here —
I’d love to connect with you and hear what this story stirred in you.

And if you’re listening with a tender, heartbroken heart
or standing at the edge of a new becoming:

Unfolding Rose is my 1:1 space for women
ready to gently rebuild from within —
to regulate their nervous system,
reconnect with their body and intuition,
and prepare themselves to receive more love, clarity, and life.

It’s for the woman
-who no longer wants to abandon herself,
-who is learning to soften without collapsing,
-who is ready to feel playful and joyful again —
-not rigid, not stressed, not in survival —
-and who feels called to embody the version of her
she knows is emerging.

If this resonates,
send me a DM and we’ll talk 🤍

It was pouring while I recorded this—
a true catharsis, a cleansing, a rebirth.

In this episode, I share the story behind Birth of Venus:
how this name arrived,
what needed to die for it to be born,
and the woman I am becoming through it.

A tender unraveling,
a shedding and a remembering.

If your body feels the pull,
come listen 🌧️🌹

Connect with me on Instagram @yoniversityoflove

In today’s free-flowing story time, we explore how the Universe meets you at the level of your energy — your inner WiFi. From tiny synchronicities to perfectly timed moments, this episode is a reminder of how powerful your internal frequency truly is.

✨ Little real-life manifestations
✨ Movement, meditation & attunement
✨ The magic of shifting your inner state
✨ New Moon intentions + journal prompts

Come say hi on Instagram @yoniversityoflove for more tools, reflections, and behind-the-scenes magic.