Embody Your Empress

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Welcome back, beautiful Empresses, to another powerful episode of Embody Your Empress. Today Sarah is joined by intuitive business coach and subconscious strategist Stephanie Zito for a conversation that weaves together wealth, energetics, intuition, and soul aligned leadership.

Stephanie brings a rare blend of grounded wisdom and spiritual depth as she shares her journey of never quite fitting into the traditional mould. She talks about collapsing timelines, matching the frequency of abundance, clearing subconscious blocks, and leading with the truth of who you already are.

Together, Sarah and Stephanie explore what happens when spiritual women step into feminine leadership without performing, shape shifting, or following outdated models of success. They unpack how energetics, hypnosis, the Akashic Records and soul anchored strategy help mission driven women scale in non linear ways while staying deeply connected to their purpose.

This episode is a permission slip to stop dimming, stop waiting, and stop playing small. If you have ever felt like you see the world differently or know you are here for a bigger mission, this conversation will land straight in your soul.

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About the Guest: Stephanie Zito

Stephanie Zito is an intuitive business coach, subconscious strategist and the creator of The Luminary Method. Her work blends energetics, hypnosis, manifestation and soul aligned business strategy to help women collapse timelines, clear their inner static and embody who they already are.

For more than a decade Stephanie has supported visionary women to expand their impact and income through deep energetic alignment and embodied leadership. Known for her grounded and intuitive presence, she creates spaces where women feel seen, safe, activated and sovereign.

Connect with Stephanie Instagram: @_stephanie_zito Facebook: @steph.zito Website: www.stephaniezito.com

About Your Host: Sarah King

Sarah King is the host of Embody Your Empress and the founder of Empress Nation. She supports high achieving, spiritually aware women who look successful on the outside yet carry emotional heaviness, burnout, overthinking and disconnection on the inside.

Through powerful intuitive healing, emotional release, energetic alignment, and deep feminine guidance, Sarah brings women home to themselves so they can feel calm, clear and confident. Empress Nation is a sanctuary for women who are ready to step into their true power and rule their nation with presence, peace and purpose.

Connect with Sarah and Empress Nation Website: https://empressnation.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empress_nation_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@empress_nation_ Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Empress_Nation_

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From Survival Mode to Self Worth… Reclaiming Emotional Safety

If you are a high functioning woman who looks confident on the outside but internally feels exhausted, emotionally guarded, or stuck in survival mode… this episode is for you.

In this powerful conversation on Embody Your Empress, Sarah King sits down with Ben Milston to explore emotional safety, self worth, nervous system patterns, identity programming, and what it truly takes to come home to yourself.

Ben shares his journey through depression, anxiety, substance use, bullying, and the relentless pressure to achieve. Growing up feeling like he wasn't enough, he chased validation externally… through performance, environment changes, even moving countries… only to discover the real work was internal.

This episode dives deep into:

Survival mode patterns and how they form in childhood

Why high achievers often struggle with self worth and emotional regulation

How subconscious programming is like the language we grow up speaking

The psychology behind people pleasing, validation seeking, and emotional suppression

Judgement, comparison, and identity protection

Nervous system safety and why discomfort does not equal danger

How to rebuild confidence and emotional resilience from the inside out

Ben introduces the three pillars of rebuilding perceived self value:

Inner ownership… allowing your thoughts and experience to matter

Emotional legitimacy… giving yourself permission to feel without shame

Aligned action… making choices that honour your truth, even when it creates discomfort

This episode blends psychology, personal development, emotional healing, nervous system awareness, and embodied growth. It is grounded, real, and deeply validating for women navigating burnout, overthinking, perfectionism, and self doubt.

If you are working on healing, self love, boundaries, emotional safety, or reclaiming your identity beyond survival mode… this conversation will land.

Because your confidence is not missing.

Your worth is not broken.

Your emotional strength has always been there.

You are not here to survive your life.

You are here to embody it.

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Dancing With the Dark … Healing, Grief, and the Power of True Transformation

In this powerful and deeply grounding episode of Embody Your Empress, Sarah King is joined by Anni Eza for a conversation that speaks to the parts of us most people avoid … grief, darkness, surrender, and the profound wisdom that lives within them.

This episode is for the woman who has done the mindset work, the healing work, the spiritual work … and knows there is still something deeper calling her.

Anni brings a rare depth to the conversation, sharing from lived experience rather than theory. Together, Sarah and Anni explore healing as a cyclical, embodied process … not something to fix, rush, or bypass, but something to be met with presence, integrity, and courage.

This is a conversation about remembering who you are beneath fear, conditioning, and survival patterns … and learning how to hold both light and shadow without abandoning yourself.

✨ In this episode, we explore:

• Why true healing requires us to honour both darkness and light • The danger of love and light spirituality and emotional bypassing • Grief as a womb of transformation rather than something to escape • Why awakening is not a one time event, but an ongoing cycle • How control forms as a survival response and how surrender rewires safety • The emotional cost of suppression and quick fix healing culture • Why deep healing requires support, supervision, and integrity • What it truly means to embody Empress energy as shadow and light dancing together

This episode is raw, honest, and deeply human. Not here to make you feel good for five minutes … but to remind you of your depth, power, and inner authority.

🌑 About the Guest: Anni Eza

Anni Eza is a catalyst for transformation, master healer, ego-death doula, teacher, and co-founder of Seeds of Bliss.

After facilitating over 10,000 healing sessions and training in 10+ healing modalities, Anni created Awakening the Seeds™ … a deep transformational process guiding people to remember who they are beneath fear, conditioning, and survival-based identities.

Her work lives in the liminal space between life and death, light and darkness, where real transformation occurs. Anni supports people to meet their shadow with skill, presence, and integrity … not to bypass it, but to listen to it.

She believes true healing begins when we stop running from the shadow and allow it to become a source of leadership, creativity, sovereignty, and human evolution.

🔗 Connect with Anni / Seeds of Bliss

Website https://seedsofbliss.life/en/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/seeds.of.bliss

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/seeds.of.bliss/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SeedsofBliss

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@seeds.of.bliss

👑 About Your Host: Sarah King

Sarah King is the founder of Empress Nation and the host of Embody Your Empress.

She is an energetic healer, intuitive guide, speaker, and author devoted to helping high-achieving, spiritually curious women release emotional weight, reconnect to their inner authority, and return home to themselves.

Through powerful yet gentle energetic healing, intuitive guidance, and embodied leadership, Sarah supports women to feel calm, clear, and confident … so they can rule their nation with peace, power, and presence.

🔗 Connect with Sarah & Empress Nation

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

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@empress_nation_

Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing

Website https://empressnation.au

Linktree https://linktr.ee/Empress_Nation_

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In this powerful episode of Embody Your Empress, Sarah King sits down with Anu Verma for a real, heart-opening conversation about trauma… and the quiet ways it keeps showing up in our love lives, self-worth, boundaries, and nervous system.

This isn't a surface-level chat.

Anu shares her own lived story… from childhood trauma and the self-hate it created, to the relationship patterns that kept repeating, to the moment she realised she was here for more. Together, Sarah and Anu unpack how trauma doesn't always look like one "big" event… sometimes it looks like overachieving, people-pleasing, burnout, emotional numbness, or staying too long in dynamics that don't feel safe.

This episode is for the woman who's high-functioning on the outside… but exhausted on the inside.

It's for the woman who keeps asking "what's wrong with me?"… and is ready to ask the question that changes everything.

In this episode, we talk about…

How trauma can shape dating patterns, attachment, and the partners we're drawn to

Why self-hate can feel "normal" when trauma hasn't been processed

Overachieving as a trauma response… and how it leads to burnout and disconnection

The body's signals… weight, numbness, circulation, nervous system dysregulation

Why emotional safety is the foundation of healing

Why you don't heal alone… and why support is not weakness

How to begin shifting from "victim" energy into self-leadership

Powerful tools that support healing… Reiki, EFT tapping, gratitude, affirmations, hypnosis, and belief work

Values and boundaries… and why they often come later in the healing journey

This episode will leave you feeling seen… and more importantly… it will remind you that nothing is "wrong" with you.

There is simply something that happened… and it can be healed.

About Anu Verma

Anu Verma is a Trauma Coach, podcaster, author, and creator of the 12-Week Victim to Victor Coaching Program, supporting men and women whose past trauma continues to shape their love life, dating patterns, self-worth, and relationships.

Through postgraduate training in Psychological Traumatology, CBT, Emotional Regulation, NLP, Strategic Intervention Coaching, and Embodiment Work, Anu helps people break lifelong patterns, regulate their nervous system, and step into emotional safety, confidence, and self-leadership.

Anu's work is grounded, compassionate, and powerful… helping people move from survival to sovereignty, one layer at a time.

Connect with Anu:

Website/Program: https://victim2victor.net/

All links: https://linktr.ee/healing.journeyy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victim2victor_anuverma/

Email: [email protected]

About Sarah King & Empress Nation

Sarah King is the host of Embody Your Empress and the founder of Empress Nation… a space for high-achieving, spiritually curious women who are ready to feel calm, clear, and confident again.

Empress Nation is for the woman who's carrying too much… doing too much… overthinking too much… and craving peace, emotional release, and a deeper connection to herself.

Sarah's work blends powerful yet gentle energetic healing with grounded guidance, helping women come back home to themselves so they can rule their nation with peace, power, and presence.

Connect with Sarah & Empress Nation:

Website: https://empressnation.au

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

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@empress_nation_

Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO?si=lymkI1AcS0SmqHGJnXiuYw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Empress_Nation_

If this episode hit home… share it with a woman who needs to hear it.

And if you're ready to shift patterns, reclaim your power, and feel safe in yourself again… stay close, Empress 👑

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From Survival to Sovereignty… Healing Trauma Without Getting Lost in the Overwhelm

This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse, generational trauma, religious trauma, emotional and physical abuse, and healing from toxic relationships. Please listen with care and honour what feels right for you.

In this profoundly moving episode of Embody Your Empress, Sarah is joined by Canadian author Tina Djuretic for a raw, expansive, and deeply human conversation about trauma, healing, forgiveness, and reclaiming personal sovereignty.

Tina shares her lived journey through childhood abuse, a strict and fanatical religious upbringing, generational trauma, and repeating toxic relationship patterns… and how a spiritual awakening became the doorway back to herself. This is not a polished or bypassed healing story. It is honest, embodied, and real.

Together, Sarah and Tina explore what happens when we stop asking "what's wrong with everyone else" and instead gently turn inward. They speak openly about how unhealed trauma shows up in romantic relationships, the role of the nervous system and safety, ancestral and root chakra healing, boundaries with family, and why forgiveness is not about excusing behaviour… but about freeing yourself.

Tina also shares the soul led journey behind her books Finding My Sovereignty and her second release Lost In The Overwhelm… a practical, hands on workbook designed to support women through their own healing without drowning in it. This episode speaks to the woman who has done some of the work, but still feels heavy. The woman who is tired of spiritual pressure and wants peace, clarity, and truth instead.

This conversation is a reminder that healing is messy, sacred, cyclical, and absolutely worth it. That surrender does not mean weakness. And that sovereignty begins the moment you choose yourself.

About Our Guest

Tina Djuretic

Tina Djuretic is a Canadian author whose work centres on healing trauma, reclaiming sovereignty, and understanding generational patterns. Her debut memoir Finding My Sovereignty explores her journey from childhood abuse, religious conditioning, and toxic relationship cycles into deep self awareness, forgiveness, and embodied healing.

Her second book, Lost In The Overwhelm, is a practical workbook designed to support readers in navigating trauma in a grounded, accessible way. Tina's mission is to share her story with those facing similar experiences and to offer real tools for finding inner peace through personal transformation.

Connect with Tina:

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Sovereignty-Memoirs-Empath/dp/1068956402

Website https://www.sovereignandsage.com

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

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556884707274

About the Host

Sarah King

Sarah King is the founder of Empress Nation and the host of Embody Your Empress. She is an intuitive healer, speaker, and guide for high achieving, spiritually curious women who appear to have it all together but feel emotionally heavy, disconnected, or burnt out.

Through energetic healing, intuitive guidance, and grounded conversations, Sarah supports women to feel calm, clear, and confident again… bringing them back home to themselves so they can rule their nation with peace, power, and presence.

Connect with Sarah and Empress Nation:

Website https://empressnation.au

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

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@empress_nation_

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing

Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO

Linktree https://linktr.ee/Empress_Nation_

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Your support helps keep these soulful, honest, and empowering conversations flowing… covering production, hosting, and the energy it takes to bring this space to life.

Every coffee is deeply appreciated and received with gratitude.

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In this episode of Embody Your Empress, Sarah King is joined by the beautifully grounded and deeply honest Andrea Mondoux.

Andrea is a Transformation Coach, Speaker, four time best selling author, and the writer of the upcoming book Embody Bliss: Break Free from the Shoulds and Move Into More Joy. In this soulful, real, and expansive conversation, Andrea shares her personal journey from frontline mental health work and motherhood into embodiment, self trust, and living a life led by joy rather than expectation.

Together, Sarah and Andrea explore what it truly means to break free from the "shoulds" placed on women… how societal conditioning, people pleasing, and self abandonment keep us small… and why coming home to the body is one of the most powerful acts of healing and leadership a woman can take.

This episode is a gentle yet empowering invitation to slow down, notice the delights in everyday life, and reconnect with the calm, confident, embodied version of yourself. From nervous system regulation and self talk, to courage, visibility, and rewriting your inner narrative, this conversation will land deeply for women who are doing a lot… and craving more peace, joy, and authenticity.

You'll hear about Andrea's upcoming book, her embodiment based tools, and how bliss is not something we chase… but something we practise, moment by moment.

This episode is for you if you: • feel trapped in expectations and "shoulds" • want to reconnect with joy without burning your life down • are navigating motherhood, business, or personal growth • crave grounded wisdom without fluff or spiritual bypassing • want to embody confidence, calm, and self trust

About the Guest

Andrea Mondoux helps women rewrite their stories and rise into the fullest, most authentic versions of themselves. Known for her honesty, humour, and heart, Andrea reminds us that real growth begins when we show up exactly as we are.

Website: http://thebalancebliss.ca

Order your book here - Embody Bliss: Break Free From The Shoulds and Move Into More Joy : Mondoux, Andrea: Amazon.com.au: Books https://www.amazon.com.au/

About Your Host

Sarah King is the founder of Empress Nation and host of the Embody Your Empress podcast. Sarah is an intuitive healer, speaker, and guide for high achieving, spiritually curious women who are ready to feel calm, clear, and confident again.

Through energetic healing, embodiment, and intuitive guidance, Sarah supports women to release emotional weight, reconnect with their inner authority, and rule their nation with peace, presence, and power.

About Empress Nation

Empress Nation is a healing and embodiment movement for women who appear to have it all together, yet feel exhausted, disconnected, or emotionally heavy.

Through one to one sessions, group containers, workshops, retreats, and the Embody Your Empress podcast, Empress Nation helps women experience tangible relief, emotional release, and a deep sense of coming home to themselves.

Connect with Sarah & Empress Nation

Website: https://empressnation.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empress_nation_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO

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Hello hello hello my beautiful Empresses…

Welcome back to Embody Your Empress.

My name is Sarah King… I'm the host of this podcast and the founder of Empress Nation.

This is the space where we slow down… soften… and have real conversations that nourish the soul, expand perspective, and bring us back home to ourselves.

Today's episode is one of those conversations that stays with you.

I'm joined by two powerful women… Stephanie and J'Nai… the founders of Meraki Sacred Healing Co.

These women are devoted to helping others reclaim their health, energy, clarity, and joy… especially those who feel stuck, dismissed, or unheard within the traditional healthcare system.

Stephanie and J'Nai are registered nurses with over 35 years of combined experience across critical care, emergency medicine, mental health, hospice, and holistic wellness. But their work today was born from lived experience, not just clinical training.

Both women share their deeply personal journeys through chronic illness, autoimmune disease, Long COVID, burnout, and the moment they realised that traditional medicine was treating symptoms… not root cause.

From that awakening, The Meraki Way was created… an integrative healing approach that bridges science and spirit to restore balance in the body, mind, and soul.

In this episode, we explore what true healing actually looks like when the body is seen as a whole system… not fragmented into parts.

We talk about inflammation beyond the physical… stress beyond the mental… and how unresolved emotion, trauma, and survival mode live in the body.

You'll hear us speak into…

Hydration, sunlight, movement, and nature as foundations of health The heart and brain connection and why it matters Functional testing and treating the body as an interconnected system Food sensitivities and ancestral nutrition Nervous system regulation and emotional honesty Holographic memory resolution and stored pain Human Design as a tool for alignment and purpose Community, support, and being held through change

This conversation is warm… honest… expansive… and deeply human.

If you've ever felt like your body is carrying too much… If you've been pushing through exhaustion… If your intuition has been whispering that there must be another way…

This episode is for you.

Because when science meets spirit… and the heart leads the way… Healing within truly allows us to shine throughout.

About our guests… Stephanie and J'Nai

Stephanie and J'Nai are the founders of Meraki Sacred Healing Co. and the creators of The Meraki Way… an integrative healing method designed to restore balance across the body, mind, and soul.

Their work blends holistic nursing, functional medicine, neuroscience, somatic healing, intuitive guidance, and lifestyle transformation to help women and men reclaim energy, regulate the nervous system, release emotional blocks, and reconnect with purpose.

Connect with Meraki Sacred Healing Co…

Instagram… https://www.instagram.com/meraki_sacred_healing_co/

Facebook… https://www.facebook.com/people/Meraki-Sacred-Healing-Co-LLC/61574040034382/

About your host… Sarah King

Sarah King is the founder of Empress Nation… intuitive healer, podcaster, and guide for high-achieving, spiritually curious women who appear to have it all together… yet feel exhausted, emotionally heavy, or disconnected from themselves.

Through energetic healing, intuitive guidance, and grounded soul-led conversations, Sarah supports women to feel calm, clear, and confident again… releasing what they've been carrying and returning to their power so they can rule their nation with peace, presence, and purpose.

Connect with Sarah and Empress Nation…

Instagram… https://www.instagram.com/empress_nation_/

TikTok… https://www.tiktok.com/@empress_nation_

Spotify Podcast… https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO?si=lymkI1AcS0SmqHGJnXiuYw

Facebook… https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing

LinkedIn… https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/

YouTube… https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing

Website… https://empressnation.au

Linktree… https://linktr.ee/Empress_Nation_

Compassionate Healing, Somatic Wisdom & Coming Home to the Body with Victoria Duarte

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In this deeply nourishing episode of Embody Your Empress, Sarah King is joined by Victoria Duarte, a somatic and mindfulness coach and co-founder of the Healing Arts Center.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that healing does not need to be forceful, rushed, or formulaic. Together, Sarah and Victoria explore what it truly means to create safety within the body, honour vulnerability, and approach healing with compassion, discernment, and integrity.

Victoria shares the story behind the Healing Arts Center, a community-based sanctuary founded alongside her business partner Mark, a retired Navy SEAL. Inspired by the modalities that supported his transition out of military service, the centre was created to offer ethical, human-centred care that recognises healing is never one-size-fits-all.

Throughout the episode, we explore the emotional courage it takes to ask for help, the importance of being met by practitioners who genuinely care, and why sometimes the most compassionate act is acknowledging when a modality or practitioner is not the right fit.

This conversation gently unpacks vulnerability, grief, emotional release, and the way trauma often lives in the body rather than in words. Victoria explains how somatic work, mindfulness, creative expression, and nervous system awareness can support people who feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure of how they feel at all.

In this episode, we explore…

• Why healing should never make you feel broken or like you've failed • The vulnerability required to ask for help and how safety changes everything • Compassionate referral and ethical care in the wellness space • Reframing crying as regulation and emotional release, not weakness • Grief and why there is no correct way to process loss • Somatic healing beyond talk therapy • Reconnecting with a disconnected body • Nervous system safety, self-trust, and embodied discernment • How compassion becomes a daily practice, not just a concept

This episode is for anyone who feels emotionally tired, disconnected from their body, or quietly carrying more than they realise. It is a reminder that healing can be gentle, relational, and deeply human.

About the Guest | Victoria Duarte

Victoria Duarte is a somatic and mindfulness coach with more than a decade of experience supporting clients through stress, life transitions, and the quiet emotional weight that builds over time. Her approach is grounded, relational, and compassionate, supporting clients to listen to their body's signals, notice patterns with curiosity, and reconnect with their own inner discernment.

The Healing Arts Center in Virginia Beach is a thoughtfully curated space for integrative support that honours both courage and compassion. The centre brings together experienced practitioners offering mindfulness, somatic coaching, creative expression, Yoga Nidra, Reiki, and other complementary modalities. Their work is rooted in ethical care, emotional safety, and respect for the individual journey.

Guest Links

Website www.healingartsvb.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/healing_arts_center_vb/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/reikivb/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/healing-arts-center-2bb698292/

About Your Host | Sarah King

Sarah King is the founder of Empress Nation and host of the Embody Your Empress podcast. Sarah supports high-achieving, spiritually curious women, especially career mums and entrepreneurs, to feel calm, clear, and confident through intuitive guidance and gentle yet powerful energetic healing.

Her work helps women release emotional weight, regulate their nervous system, reconnect with their intuition, and come back home to themselves so they can rule their nation with peace, presence, and inner authority.

Empress Nation Links

Website https://empressnation.au

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

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@empress_nation_

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing

Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6hUQy0jpS5T22fdhw6PgDO

Linktree https://linktr.ee/Empress_Nation_

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There is something happening in the world right now.

Women are done shrinking… softening… explaining themselves just to fit into spaces they didn't create.

In this powerful and refreshingly honest conversation, Sarah King sits down with Brisbane based women's empowerment photographer Rachael Lord-Gavin to explore what it really means to be seen… not just in images, but in identity.

Rachael works with spiritual business owners and mothers who are done fragmenting themselves into roles to be taken seriously. With over 14 years behind the camera, her work goes far beyond photos. Her sessions are designed to reconnect women with trust in their bodies, their sensuality, and their presence.

Because the CEO… the mother… and the woman are not competing identities.

They are meant to exist together.

Inside this episode we explore:

• The moment women realise the woman in the photo is actually them • Why confidence is often still layered with performance • The real emotional shifts that happen during empowerment photography • How breathwork and grounding are now part of Rachael's process • Why visibility work is ripple effect work • The evidence building power of photos in your life story

Rachael is known for her truth telling approach and her refusal to participate in surface level empowerment that fades once the shoot ends.

This conversation is about identity… embodiment… and choosing to be seen without apology.

About Rachael

Rachael Lord-Gavin is a women's empowerment photographer based in Brisbane, Australia.

She works with spiritual business owners and mothers who are done splitting themselves into roles to be taken seriously.

With over 14 years of experience, Rachael helps women reconnect with trust in their bodies and their sensuality… not as something separate from success or leadership, but as something that strengthens it.

Her work creates lasting shifts in how women see themselves and how they show up in business, online, and in life.

Connect with Rachael: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachaellordgavin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachaellordgavinphotography

About Sarah King

Sarah King is the host of Embody Your Empress and the founder of Empress Nation.

Through intuitive healing, energetic recalibration, and grounded spiritual work, Sarah supports high achieving women who appear to have it all together but feel exhausted, disconnected, or emotionally heavy.

Her work helps women return to calm, clarity, and confidence so they can lead their lives and businesses with presence rather than pressure.

Empress Nation is not about fixing women.

It is about bringing them back home to themselves.

Connect with Empress Nation

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In this episode of Embody Your Empress, Sarah King is joined by Alison Reaume, a Whole Human Fractional COO and yoga teacher trainer who supports wellness entrepreneurs and high achieving women to build businesses that breathe.

This conversation is a grounding exhale for the woman who feels like she's constantly pushing, overriding her body, and trying to keep everything afloat.

Alison shares why traditional work life balance doesn't actually exist, and why what we really need is a more honest, humane approach to how we work, rest, and structure our days. Together, Sarah and Alison explore how nervous system awareness belongs inside our businesses, not just in our self care practices.

You'll hear why structure doesn't limit freedom, it creates it. Why pricing, boundaries, and delivery models matter more than we think. And how small, intentional changes like reclaiming a Friday afternoon or honouring your natural energy rhythms can radically shift how supported you feel in your life and business.

This episode is for the woman who is craving sustainability, clarity, and permission to do things differently.

And for the Empress who needs this reminder today…

You can change your mind on change.

In this episode, we explore

Why "work life swirl" is a more realistic and compassionate way to live

How nervous system dysregulation shows up in business and burnout

Why systems are not restrictive, but deeply supportive

The two ways to meet rising costs, and the one that protects your wellbeing

How to streamline your offerings so you're not leaking time and energy

Why your breath is your fastest nervous system check in

How to work with your energy rhythms instead of forcing productivity

Why you don't need everything set up perfectly before you begin

How intuition becomes clearer when your body feels safe

The freedom that comes from remembering you are allowed to change your mind

About the Guest

Alison Reaume is a Whole Human Fractional COO and yoga teacher trainer who supports wellness entrepreneurs to build businesses that breathe.

Her work bridges structure with soul, bringing nervous system awareness into the way we design systems, workflows, and daily rhythms. With a background spanning operations, leadership support, and yoga philosophy, Alison helps people create sustainable systems that support both growth and wellbeing.

She believes true freedom doesn't come from chaos or hustle, but from structure built to support our humanity.

Connect with Alison

Website https://www.alisonreaume.com

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

About the Host and Empress Nation

Sarah King is the host of Embody Your Empress and the founder of Empress Nation.

Empress Nation supports high achieving, spiritually curious women, especially career mums and entrepreneurs, who appear to have it all together but feel exhausted, emotionally heavy, and disconnected from themselves.

Through powerful yet gentle energetic healing, intuitive guidance, and grounded spiritual tools, Sarah helps women feel calm, clear, and confident again. The work is about coming back home to yourself, releasing what's been weighing you down, and learning how to rule your nation with peace, power, and presence.

Connect with Sarah and Empress Nation

Website https://empressnation.au

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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmpressNationSarahKing

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/empressnation/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@empress_nation-SarahKing

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