💡 Episode Description

What happens when you stop trying to fix your emotions — and instead feel the raw energy underneath them?

In this episode, I'm joined by two brilliant colleagues and dear friends, Dr. Leslie Carr and Julia de'Caneva, for a grounded, powerful conversation about how life force energy moves through the body — and what becomes possible when we stop overriding, bypassing, or spinning in the mind, and instead partner with the nervous system to let it reorganize and transform.

We talk about everything from public speaking anxiety to cancer, trauma, and collective grief — and how even the most intense emotions can feel strangely good when met purely as sensation in the body. This is an honest, real-world exploration of what it means to stay with what's true, and allow the intelligence of your nervous system to do what it knows how to do.

🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways

• Why emotions are expressions of deeper energy — and why this is important

• How nervous system work helps you access clarity beneath mental loops

• The moment Leslie's public speaking fear suddenly shifted to aliveness

• Julia's experience of body-based presence after cancer

• Grief as sacred — and how it honors what was and what matters

• Why presence is the medicine that unlocks transformation

• How individual regulation supports collective change

🌀Meet Today's Guests

Dr. Leslie Carr Leslie is a psychologist and an expert in how trauma, stress, culture, and digital technology impact the mind. She's been active in mental health advocacy and public psychoeducation for over fifteen years, with work featured in The LA Times, Bustle, and Ask Dr. Drew. She's the host of the podcast The Nature of Nurture and an e-course on mindful tech use. → www.lesliecarr.com

Julia de'Caneva Julia is a certified holistic health coach, blending her intuition, professional certifications, and lived experience as a cancer survivor to help people build intentional, meaningful lives. She's the founder of If It's The Last Thing I Do and co-founder of elemental, a platform for reconnecting humans to Nature through mindful practice. → www.ifitsthelastthingido.com → www.experienceelemental.com

🌿 Nervous System Alchemy: Live in LA

Leslie and Julia are hosting a powerful in-person workshop on June 7 from 3–5pm at Laughing Frog Yoga in Los Angeles. This event blends nervous system regulation, breathwork, and yoga into a community-based space for deep release, integration, and grounded aliveness.

→ register here

✨ Free Mini- Series from Rachel: Moving Through Upper Limits

If you've ever found yourself hitting a ceiling — emotionally, financially, or creatively — even when you're doing all the right things, this 3-part video series will show you why your nervous system might be holding the brakes... and how to release the pattern at its root.

→ start your journey here https://rachel-hardy.aweb.page/p/aea708d2-874b-48ea-8f0f-74b606361daf

💌 Stay Connected

If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend. This work is meant to ripple — and your presence matters.

"Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.