In this deeply honest and nourishing conversation, Tina sits down with Yvonne Winkler — coach, writer, podcast host, and author of Freedom Seeker: Reclaiming Feminine Wisdom — to explore what it really looks like to come home to yourself after years of over-functioning, overworking, and living in survival mode.

Yvonne shares the powerful story of her life, from growing up in former communist East Germany, to navigating the pressures of achievement and performance in the West, to confronting burnout, addiction, emotional pain, and the deep inner reckoning that eventually led her back to herself.

Together, Tina and Yvonne explore the journey from urgency to exhale, from self-abandonment to self-compassion, and from external pressure to inner sanctuary.

This conversation is for any woman who feels like she has been carrying too much for too long. It is a reminder that stillness is not failure, softness is not weakness, and your life may not be falling apart — you may simply be standing at a sacred threshold.

In this episode, we explore:

• What it means to go from survival to sanctuary
• How burnout, overachievement, and emotional suppression live in the body
• Yvonne’s story of fleeing East Germany and how that shaped her nervous system and identity
• The role of addiction, courage, and radical self-honesty in healing
• How writing her memoir became a path to wholeness
• Why midlife is often a sacred threshold, not a crisis
• Emotional safety, nervous system healing, and the importance of rest
• Small, accessible ways to regulate your nervous system and come back to yourself
• Why the world will not fall apart if you take one minute to breathe

CONNECT WITH YVONNE WINKLER

Website: https://yvonnewinkler.com/the-way/

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

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

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

CONNECT WITH TINA:

Website: https://thesovereignsoul.co

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

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