Dancing in the Mess

What is your soul longing to reclaim? What parts of yourself have you lost along the way that you're ready to reclaim? This is a 3-Day Embodied Transformation Journey for women to reclaim their fullest most alive self together in community!

Somewhere beneath the to-do lists, the responsibilities, the roles you play for everyone else... she’s still there.The real you. The soulful one. The one who laughs freely, feels deeply, and lives fully.This October, we’re returning to her… your most liberated & LIMITLESS self.

✨ THE RECLAMATION: A 3-Day Transformation Journey for WomenOctober 2–4 | Michigan City, IN

➡️ This is not a retreat from your life.

➡️ This is a reclamation of your SELF.

Over one powerful weekend, you will...

💗 Reclaim your body — soften, release, and make space to receive

💗 Reclaim your truth — no performing, no pretending. Just you, fully seen

💗 Reclaim your power — through breathwork, movement, and somatic healing

💗 Reclaim your light — laughter, play, and creative expression

💗 Reclaim your capacity — nervous system safety to expand

💗 Reclaim your confidence — embodied, aligned, and limitless

Your guides for this journey are Lina Midla (functional strength & breathwork coach @limitlesswithlina) and Jill Howell (feminine embodiment & nervous system rewiring coach @dancinginthemess) — two women who together bring the full spectrum of body and soul, strength and softness, movement and healing.

This is for the woman who is...

✨ Not looking to be fixed but is ready to reconnect with the version of herself who has always been there

✨ Longing to feel at home in her body and trust her intuition again

✨ Craving authentic sisterhood—to be deeply seen, supported, and reminded she doesn’t have to do life alone

✨ Ready to receive, believing that healing doesn’t come from doing more, but from coming home to herself with authenticity and permissionYou will not just feel renewed and awakened, you will feel found!

You're invited! Get info and register here: https://retreat.dancinginthemess.com/thereclamation

On episode 11, Katherine shares a piece of her healing journey including sexual abuse and how she disconnected from herself as a result of self-protection. Now, she intuitively helps women to start and grow soul-aligned businesses. She is known as the Mind Body Spirit Mama.

I truly loved chatting about energy and how we are co-creators of energy! I love how Katherine tunes into herself and others to really connect deeper on an energetic spiritual level. She inspires me to dig in a little deeper beneath the surface and trust my intuition.

About 40 mins in Katherine shares a beautiful guided practice to help you balance your chakras and attune to the energy being held there. Join in with us! And she also shares a link to her free chakra balancing guide as a gift for you!

Katherine’s FREE Chakra Balancing Guide: ⁠https://mindbodyspiritmama.myflodesk.com/chakraguide⁠

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ABOUT MY GUEST:

Katherine is a homeschooling boy mama, Intuitive Leadership Coach, Healer, Educator, Speaker, Retreat Host and founder of the Conscious Leadership Academy. She has devoted her work to supporting women along their paths of awakening their personal power from within to lead with confidence and SHINE THEIR LIGHT by starting and growing their Soul-Aligned businesses. Katherine has made it her mission to lead by example in living her ultimate intuitive lifestyle —proving that you can have the the exact life you desire by learning how to tap into, trust and follow your intuition.

Katherine’s Website: https://www.mindbodyspiritmama.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mind.body.spirit.mama/

Katherine’s podcast: TUNING IN on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction to Katherine + Her Healing Journey

08:05 Living From Trauma + Self-Protection

13:52 Understanding Energy + Co-Creation

20:13 The Wide Spectrum of Emotions

26:04 Exploring Chakras + Energy Flow

30:53 Connecting with Intuition + Energy of Others

40:54 Guided Practice: Balancing Chakras

54:13 Jill’s Response to the Guided Practice

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

On this solo episode, Jill discusses how the fullness of expression takes place in more forms than just words. She guides you through two practices to help you express some of the emotions and energy and move it through your body.

Guided practices: somatic tense + release practice and somatic shaking

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro to Suppression + Expression

01:28 Understanding Nervous System Dysregulation

5:15 Expressing Through Action + Movement

9:02 Definition of Emotion

11:50 Somatic Tense + Release Practice

17:27 Somatic Shaking Practice

23:30 Reparenting + Emotional Expression

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

This episode was a sweet honor to our younger parts and to both of us who happened to have nervous system storms that were actually happening around the same time about 5 years ago! I loved talking with Shenikka about reparenting the parts of us that have core unmet needs. This episode is about inner child healing and moving towards ourselves with love. I discovered that we both did the exact same training in somatic parts work. How fun is that? Parts work and inner child healing is a big part of both of our approaches to helping clients. I’m so grateful we could have this conversation together and that Shenikka graciously led a guided somatic practice at the end. It’s so amazing to me how every time I connect somatically like this I understand a part of me to a deeper degree. I hope you enjoy this opportunity to connect with yourself authentically.

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ABOUT MY GUEST:

Shenikka is a licensed holistic psychotherapist and transformational coach. She operates within a trauma-informed, culturally conscious, and anti-oppressive framework. With close to 20 years of experience, her personal journey with trauma and chronic illness has been my most valuable teacher, guiding me to appreciate the significance of nervous system regulation, somatic therapy, EFT (Emotion Freedom Tapping), and inner child modalities. This understanding has driven me to delve deep into holistic-based approaches. She is a wife and mother, but first and foremost, she is a fellow human being. She specializes in working with women and couples.

Find more info here:

www.instagram.com/the.healingvibe

Download your free guide to reparenting yourself at:

Www.thehealingvibetherapist.com

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Shenikka’s Healing Journey

02:54 Understanding Trauma + It’s Impact

05:56 The Role of the Nervous System

09:00 The Importance of Somatics

12:13 Reparenting: A Path to Self-Love

15:01 Connecting with Inner Child

17:59 Power of Self-Compassion

21:12 Power of Connecting with Our Parts

27:46 Guided Somatic Practice 

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

During this solo podcast episode, I am talking about moving from self-doubt, self-dismissing, and self-abandonment to self-compassion, self-love, and self-trust!

Around 14 mins into the episode I invite you into a guided 6 week group coaching program called "Embodied Self-Trust" where you can practice and learn this new skill of moving towards yourself in a loving, compassionate way that builds self-trust and confidence. It's about powerfully moving through emotions and triggers with more ease knowing you have the skills and resources to do so!

The healing journey is about connecting with your hurting, sad, scared, or angry parts and guiding yourself in new ways, inviting healthy expression of emotions, and responding to triggers with compassion and gentleness after years of repressing, dismissing, ignoring, and abandoning your core needs. It's about reclaiming your worth and becoming a confident guide of your nervous system!

You're invited to transform the relationship with yourself so that your relationship with others will also be transformed, too.

This 6 week coaching opportunity starts Oct. 17th, 2024. Get details + register here: https://courses.jillmariehowell.com/embodied-self-trust

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Embracing Mental Health Awareness

09:46 The Journey to Self-Trust

13:42 Invitation to 6 Week Feminine Journey of Healing + Embodying Self-Trust

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

On this episode I chat with Sarika about the roles of women in the Japanese culture, how she had to prove herself as a female, exploring her love for Sake, creating a sake balm, and exploring the benefits of face yoga! I just love Sarika's tenacity and her lighthearted joyful spirit of bringing joy!

Sarika shares the gift of a guided face yoga practice during this episode to help you bring more ease to your facial muscles, release stress, and add more joy to your spirit!

Enjoy her fun-loving spirit!

Jill

*You can see this episode in video format on the Dancing in the Mess Podcast on Youtube!

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ABOUT MY GUEST:

Sarika is a UN official turned entrepreneur, on a mission to spread JOY through Japanese Sake & Face Yoga to brighten people's face & spirits! (While supporting the 2000-year-old craft of Sake)

She is also the creator of the Sake Beauty Balm, a Sake-infused cosmetics brand, now shortlisted for the 2024 European Natural Beauty Awards. 

Find more info here:

https://www.instagram.com/sarika.sake/

https://www.thesarika.com

Download her free 12 Min Face Yoga Class to Release Stress- Free 12-min Face Yoga Class. Sarika Face Yoga to Brighten your Face & Spirit! — The Sarika.com

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro to Sarika + Her Journey

03:05 The Role of Women in Japanese Culture

06:05 Personal Experiences of Gender Inequality

09:01 Cultural Identity + Belonging

15:01 Her Entrepreneurial Journey

19:05 Sake Connection + Sake Balm

23:58 Face Yoga + Benefits

28:06 Guided Face Yoga Practice

38:51 Encouragement from Sarika

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

Join "Embodied Self-Trust"- a 6 Week Journey of Healing, Loving, + Leading From Within! Click here for more info!

In this episode I define what somatic means and share a 20 minute somatic tracking meditation. "Somatic" comes from the Greek word "soma" which means body. In short, somatic refers to the connection, awareness, and attunement of your body and the sensations it experiences.

This meditation is a great way to begin to connect with the wisdom of your body and guide you to increase your awareness of sensations and emotions held in your body. It is a loving compassionate way of connecting to the parts of yourself that are in need.

I hope it helps you come back home to your body!

Jill

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ABOUT JILL:

Jill Marie Howell is an emotional healing coach + a somatic practitioner who equips women to powerfully lead themselves thru stress, anxiety, depression, + other mind-body symptoms. She is certified in somatic parts work, sound healing, inner child healing, EFT tapping, and NLP. Jill has struggled with anxiety, depression, CPTSD, chronic pain, and other symptoms of nervous system dysregulation throughout her life. Her lived experience has brought her to this place where she equips women to awaken and restore inner peace. 

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Define Somatics and the Role of the Vagus Nerve in Healing

07:40 Guided Somatic Tracking Meditation

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

I'm so grateful that Pamela joined me on this podcast episode to talk about art therapy and how it helped her organically heal from chronic illnesses. After talking through her personal healing journey, she coached me and guided me through a therapy practice in real time, which you can also do on your own. All you need is paper, a sharpie, and coloring utensils of some kind. I was vulnerable and shared my reflections of the process.

I have always loved art and been drawn to creativity. It's pretty amazing how simple messy art can truly help you to connect to yourself and regulate your nervous system.

I hope this episode inspires you!

And I hope you follow along with the guided exercise to help you untangle whatever still needs untangling!

With light and love,

Jill

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ABOUT MY GUEST:

Pamela O’Brien is a Therapeutic Art Coach who struggled with chronic illness for 30 years. She has many diagnosis from POTS to mast cell activation disorder to chronic fatigue and internal jugular compression. It all came to a tipping point in 2017 when she became bed-bound and lost her job. It was a time of feeling very lost and isolated, but then she began to paint, even while she was still in bed and that was the beginning of a lot of good changes for her. Now she teaches others how to paint and create as a healing tool!

https://www.instagram.com/watercolorhealing

https://stan.store/Watercolorhealing

Click here for drop in Watercolor Wednesdays for only $5!

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Pamela's Journey with Chronic Illness

08:42 Discovering the Healing Power of Art

12:37 Therapeutic Art: Expressing What Words Can't

17:21 Guided Art Therapy Exercise

31:05 Symbols + Colors: Unraveling Emotions

32:41 Embracing Vulnerability

40:33 Transforming Anger into Empathy

44:33 The Power of Simple Creativity

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

Ohh this podcast episode is a touchy one. *Trigger Warning if you are sensitive to this topic.

I felt compelled to create an episode in honor of Suicide Prevention Month and CPTSD Awareness Month because I have experienced the darkness of living with CPTSD and suicidal ideation.

This episode is mostly intended for those who are struggling to help you feel more hope in the midst of your own journey…but also for those of you who have not struggled with anxiety or depression, to help you have a glimpse into what it feels like for those of us who have.

Listen to find hope that you are not stuck, you are not broken, and you do not need fixed! You just have unmet needs and emotional suppression that have exhausted your brain + body!

🎁 Free Gift: Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices Here

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ABOUT JILL:

Jill Marie Howell is an emotional healing coach + a somatic practitioner who equips women to powerfully lead themselves thru stress, anxiety, depression, + other mind-body symptoms. She is certified in somatic parts work, sound healing, inner child healing, EFT tapping, and NLP. Jill has struggled with anxiety, depression, CPTSD, chronic pain, and other symptoms of nervous system dysregulation throughout her life. Her lived experience has brought her to this place where she equips women to awaken and restore inner peace. 

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Personal Experience with CPTSD and Suicidal Ideation

02:42 Understanding Depression and Unmet Needs

04:19 Nervous System Regulation + Dysregulation

14:12 PTSD vs. CPTSD

15:07 Exploring Somatic Healing and Mind-Body Connection

18:41 Compassion and Seeking Support

22:16 From Suppression to Expression: Coaching Yourself Thru Healing

25:14 Finding Hope and Rediscovering Purpose

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching + Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠

I’m so grateful that Kathy Hart Wood shares in this episode about her discovery of connecting with the fear she was holding in her body that was limiting her from moving forward in a coaching session with me. She also talks about her experience of taking a Release + Restore Class. We discussed getting to the root of fear that her body was holding, developing more self-compassion for emotions, no longer fearing emotion in general, and moving forward with gentleness instead of a forceful grind. She shares that when you’re able to feel and process your emotions, it is a gift to yourself and others.

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ABOUT MY GUEST:

Kathy Hart is a Golf Mind Coach. She is a gifted certified life coach who simplifies mental golf so you can take more of your talent to the course.

Website: https://www.kathyhartwood.com

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

Podcast: Think Above Par- https://abovepar.buzzsprout.com/

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro to Being Coached by Jill

04:13 Discovering the Root Causes of Fear 

05:00 Connecting with 5 Year Old Inner Child Through Body Sensation

08:41 Developing Compassion for Emotions + Having No More Fear of Emotions

10:00 Somatic Parts Work

14:24 Release + Restore Class Review + Experience

18:30 Moving Through with Gentleness + Vulnerability

20:00 No More Grinding Through Life with Masculine Energy

23:15 Taking Your Power Back + the Gift of Feeling

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JILL’S RESOURCES:

💗 ⁠Download Jill's 5 Somatic Practices to Relieve Anxiety + Overwhelm From Your Mind + Body⁠

Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Facebook:⁠ www.facebook.com/dancinginthemess⁠

Linkedin: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jillmariehowell⁠

Email: [email protected]

Emotional Healing + Somatic Coaching Resources: ⁠www.jillmariehowell.com⁠