In This Body

What if your body is not betraying you, but asking for a different kind of relationship?

In this episode, Ailey sits down with Dr. Ann Saffi Biasetti, psychotherapist, yoga therapist, and mindfulness teacher, to explore what it means to stay connected to the body through chronic illness, pain, and uncertainty. Together, they unpack the grief of living in a culture that treats the body like a machine to fix rather than something to listen to.

Ann shares why the phrase “your body never meant you any harm” can become a doorway back to embodiment. The conversation explores body forgiveness, the power of language, and how certain narratives can either deepen connection or create more fear and distance from ourselves.

Ailey and Ann also discuss medical gaslighting, self advocacy, and the harm of reducing complex illness to trauma alone. Throughout the episode, Anne offers a gentler and more compassionate approach to healing rooted in consistency, relationship, and care.

If you are navigating illness, exhaustion, or a changing relationship with your body, this conversation offers a softer way back to yourself.

In this episode:

• 4:05 What Being In Your Body Means
• 9:29 The Phrase That Softened A Room 
• 15:28 What Body Forgiveness Really Is
• 20:52 Union With Body During Illness
• 38:39 Trauma Talk Without Self-Blame
• 53:27 Self-Compassion And The Trembling Heart
• 1:00:42 Language, Interoception And Closing

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What if somatic work is not failing you, but simply not the right approach for your body?

In this solo episode, Ailey explores how somatics has become a catch all term for healing, and why that can lead to harm when practices are used without context. As a somatic psychologist, Ailey has seen how well meaning embodiment work can overwhelm the nervous system instead of supporting it.

Ailey offers a clear map of different somatic therapy approaches so you can better understand what you have tried and why it may or may not have worked. We look at expression based methods, as well as slower, more regulated approaches that prioritize safety, awareness, and integration.

The takeaway is simple and relieving. If somatic work has not helped, you are not broken. You may have been given the wrong tool for your history.

If you are navigating healing or trying to understand your nervous system, this conversation offers a more informed and compassionate path forward.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome And Why A Somatics Map
• 3:48 When Somatic Work Makes You Worse
• 8:38 Lineage: The Missing Context
• 13:28 Soma Definition And Western Scope
• 19:38 Catharsis Lineage And Its Risks
• 32:03 Feldenkrais And Hakomi Slower Work
• 40:38 Woodman And The Body’s Story
• 46:38 Levine And Somatic Experiencing
• 51:38 Choosing Tools
  
  

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What if psychedelic healing is not just about the experience, but about what your body can actually integrate?

In this episode, Ailey sits down with Valeria, a counselling psychologist and depth practitioner, to explore the realities of psychedelic assisted therapy beyond the hype. We name the parts often left out of the conversation, including harm, power, and the complexity of what comes after.

We talk about harm reduction in a practical way, from dose and physiology to the importance of the guide’s worldview in shaping the experience. We also explore the gaps in training that continue to surface, especially around consent, somatics, and relational dynamics.

Ailey shares her own experience with MDMA assisted therapy, including the question of whether we can fully consent to something that may fundamentally change us.

We also look at integration as the real work, and why the period after a journey can be one of deep vulnerability without the right support.

If you are curious about psychedelic work, or navigating a meaningful experience, this conversation offers a more grounded and honest perspective.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Safety Notice And Show Premise
• 7:58 Psychedelics Can Heal And Harm
• 16:08 Sexuality Consent And Guide Vetting
• 20:53 Why Ritual Changes The Journey
• 29:32 The Consent Paradox In Practice
• 40:15 Power Individualism And The Guru Trap
• 52:57 Integration Takeaways Book And Closing

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A note: Ailey shares this conversation not as a recommendation but as information. Psychedelics carry real risks, psychological, physical, legal, and aren’t appropriate for everyone. If this is a path you’re interested in, please approach it with care, do your research, and seek appropriate support. This isn’t medical advice or advocating for psychedelic usage. These substances remain illegal in most countries; this is just one perspective in a much larger conversation.

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What if understanding your patterns is not the same as changing them?

In this episode, I’m joined by Rebekah Ballagh, a counsellor, somatic and nervous system coach, and author, to explore the gap between insight and real change. The place where the mind understands, but the body does not yet feel safe enough to follow.

Rebekah shares her experience with panic and illness, and how it revealed the limits of purely cognitive tools. We talk about intellectualising as a form of protection, and explore parts work through the lens of Internal Family Systems, especially the tension between the part that wants to heal and the part that resists.

We also look at the swing between anxiety and freeze, and how patterns that look like avoidance or laziness are often rooted in survival. From there, we unpack somatic practices, what actually works, and why regulation is not about being calm, but about building capacity to stay with what is real.

If you have ever felt stuck despite doing all the work, this conversation offers a more compassionate and embodied way forward.

In this episode:

• 3:53 What Being In Your Body Means 
• 9:45 When Therapy Training Helps And Hurts
• 16:17 Working With The Intellectualiser
• 21:00 Parts Work And IFS Made Simple
• 29:50 Somatics Online And Lost Nuance
• 39:41 Pendulation Titration And Minimum Dose 
• 47:23 Nothing Is Broken In You
• 49:16 Closing Reflections And Inbody Invitation

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Alcohol can look like the problem, until you notice what it was solving. 

In this episode, Ailey is joined by writer and speaker Laura McKowen, founder of The Luckiest Club and author of We Are The Luckiest, for a conversation that begins with sobriety and opens into something deeper. Embodiment, shame, appetite, and the hidden intelligence behind the ways we cope.

We explore how alcohol can both numb and, at times, create access to sensation when the body feels out of reach. From there, we look at the quiet triangle many people live inside, moving between substances, food, and relationships in search of safety.

We talk about cross addiction and why removing the substance does not remove what is underneath. And we move into the tender terrain of relationships, where emotional sobriety asks how we stay connected without losing ourselves.

We also touch on writing as a tool for healing, and how giving language to our experience can support deeper integration.

If you are exploring sobriety, patterns of coping, or what it means to come back into relationship with yourself, this conversation offers a compassionate place to land.

In this episode: 

• 1:32 What Embodiment Means Here
• 7:39 The Story Behind We Are The Luckiest
• 18:07 Writing As A Way Back
• 23:09 Addiction And Embodiment Intertwined
• 32:57 Desire Shame And Addiction Language
• 41:25 Cross Addiction And Emotional Sobriety

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What if coming home to your body feels unfamiliar because you were taught to see it as something outside of you?

In this episode, Ailey sits down with somatic educator, author, and artist Abigail Rose Clarke to explore what embodiment actually is beneath the noise. Not a concept to master, but a practice of curiosity, presence, and relationship rooted in lived sensation.

We talk about what pulls us away from ourselves, from objectification to self surveillance, and the cultural belief that the body is something to fix. Abigail offers a powerful reframe: the body is not against you, the body is you.

From there, we expand into ecosomatics, exploring how connection deepens when we remember we are part of a larger living system. Through breath, sensation, and the senses, she offers grounded ways to return to the body.

We also challenge the consumer driven version of wellness and the idea that embodiment is about optimisation. Instead, this conversation invites a more relational and collective approach to being human.

If you are longing to feel more connected to yourself in a real and lasting way, this conversation offers a place to begin.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome To In This Body
• 8:20 Returning Home After Disconnection
• 15:45 Ecosomatics And Earth As Home
• 24:01 Senses As A Way Back
• 33:42 Why Embodiment Is Political
• 37:06 From Self Optimisation To Liberation
• 40:08 The GROWL Method Explained
• 45:55 A Daily Grounding Practise

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What if Botox is not just changing how you look, but how you feel and connect?

In this episode, Ailey explores the quiet bind many women live inside, where beauty culture tells you your body is a problem to fix, and wellness culture tells you it is something to optimise. Both can sound supportive, yet both can pull you away from your lived experience.

Using Botox as an entry point, we look at research on facial feedback, emotional processing, and how expression shapes connection. She also shares clinical insights from somatic work, where micro expressions and co regulation are central to how we relate.

From there, we move into real life. Dating, friendships, and early attachment, exploring how reduced facial responsiveness may impact how we read and feel with one another. We also touch on objectification, interoception, and how self monitoring can distance you from your body long before any intervention.

This conversation invites you to step out of the cycle of fixing and into something quieter and more honest. Learning to listen. Learning to feel. Learning to be in your body.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome To In This Body
• 2:25 The Beauty And Wellness Bind
• 9:54 Facial Feedback In Therapy
• 16:16 When Symptom Relief Hides Danger
• 18:47 The Research On Emotion And Botox
• 30:14 Objectification Cuts Interoception
• 35:34 Wellness Culture Rebrands Self Surveillance
• 40:51 Leaving The Loop Through Presence

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What if the reason you struggle to speak up in medical spaces is not weakness, but your body recognizing it is not safe?

In this episode, Ailey Jolie is joined by Dr. Tracy Shevell, a maternal fetal medicine specialist and women’s health advocate, to explore what happens when women enter rushed healthcare systems and leave unheard. Drawing from her experience as both a physician and a patient, Tracy shares how easily voices get lost, even when the stakes are high.

We talk about self advocacy, why women often freeze or fawn with authority figures, and simple ways to prepare for appointments so you can be heard. We also explore physician burnout and how broken systems impact care on both sides of the room.

From there, we expand into a more holistic view of health, one that includes emotional support, community, and nervous system awareness. Tracy connects the dots between trauma, chronic illness, and autoimmune conditions, and shares what trauma informed care can look like when dignity and choice are centered.

If you have ever left an appointment feeling dismissed or unsure how to advocate for yourself, this conversation offers both language and practical support.

In this episode:

• 2:27 Meet Dr. Tracy Shevell
• 4:40 Feeling At Home In Your Body
• 10:34 Self-Worth As Core Healthcare
• 14:26 How To Get More From Visits
• 19:20 Moral Injury Inside Modern Medicine
• 25:54 Spirituality, Ritual, And Miracles
• 36:12 How Birth Shaped Tracy’s Faith
• 42:19 Birth Fear, Extremes, And Isolation
• 47:58 Why Long-Term OBGYN Care Matters
• 51:51 Trauma-Informed Gynaecology That Respects You
• 1:02:22 Integration, Resources, And Closing

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What if the hardest moments in parenting are the ones pointing you back toward yourself?

In this episode, Ailey Jolie sits down with Dr. Genevieve von Lob, a clinical psychologist whose work weaves together trauma, mindful parenting, and embodied healing. She shares her journey back into the body, and the role that protection, not failure, plays in our patterns.

We explore the reality of parenting sensitive or strong willed children, how our nervous systems shape connection, and why authenticity creates more safety than trying to get it right. We also touch on shame, inherited patterns, and the importance of being witnessed in community.

If you are learning to meet yourself while raising someone else, this conversation offers a steady and compassionate place to land.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome To Embodiment Work
• 3:45 Brief, Numbness And Coming Back
• 8:12 Why Parenting Starts In The Body
• 13:20 Triggers, Guilt And The Lost Village
• 18:18 Resonance, Congruence And Repair
• 26:17 Shame In The Body And Lineage
• 31:55 Collective Healing And Spiritual Intelligence
• 55:03 Closing Invites

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What if your biggest fear isn’t a flaw, but an echo from a story that began before you were born? In this episode, Ailey Jolie sits down with Mark Wolynn, author of It Didn’t Start With You, to explore how inherited trauma can shape our fears, patterns, and relationships.

Mark shares how intergenerational stress can be passed through families, why symptoms often appear around key life milestones, and how language can reveal whether a struggle comes from personal experience or generational roots. Together, we explore practical ways to heal even when family members are unavailable or unsafe, using imagery, photographs, and simple practices that help the body move toward safety.

If you’ve ever felt fear that seems bigger than your story, this conversation offers language, insight, and tools to help you meet what you carry with compassion and agency. If this resonates, subscribe, share, and leave a review.

In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome And Embodiment Frame
• 4:11 Introducing Mark Wolynn And His Work
• 6:53 What Being In The Body Means
• 15:03 From Mice To Humans: The Science Arrives
• 25:53 Defining Inherited Trauma Through Stories
• 30:48 Ages, Milestones, And Symptom Triggers
• 41:43 Healing Without Re-Entering Harm
• 46:43 Positive Experiences That Rewire
• 52:43 Blending Science And The Spiritual
• 56:28 The Core Language Approach In Practice

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