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Join Gemma and Cori as they explore what it means to be a woman and find peace in your unique and beautiful body.  

In this episode, join Cori and Gemma as we explore the importance of coming home to your body with love and compassion, reconnecting with yourself and embracing who you truly are. We’ll explore self-love, healing, awakening, feminine energy, inner child work and what it really means to come home to yourself.

Gemma Louise is a Sound Healer, Coach and Mentor for Women, passionate about helping women reconnect with themselves, rebuild their self-worth and embrace who they truly are.

A former Occupational Therapist, Gemma’s own journey through grief, healing and spiritual awakening led her to explore sound healing, coaching, embodiment and personal transformation. Today, she brings together her professional experience and lived experience to create spaces for women to slow down, go deeper and reconnect with themselves.

Find out more about Gemma:

https://www.gemmalouisehealing.com

Join Aleksandra and Cori as they explore what it means to truly come home to your body and how reconnecting with ourselves can support greater self-awareness, resilience and personal growth.

Aleksandra identifies as a Certified Eco-Somatic Therapist and brings together body led and coaching practices to empower people to build a deeper, more trusting relationship with themselves. Her approach is trauma-informed and strengths-focused, creating space for curiosity, compassion and meaningful change.

With a passion for both personal and professional evolution, Aleksandra is dedicated to supporting people as they navigate growth, transformation, have more self-awareness and the journey back to themselves.

Come and join the conversation, slow down, tune in and discover what your body might be trying to tell you.

Find out more about Aleksandra:

https://www.aleksandra-wruk.online

Join Paul and Cori as they explore the importance of personal growth, building a business that feels truly aligned, and the power of sound and human connection.

Paul is the face of The Sound Bath Studio and passionate about bringing people together and creating supportive spaces where people can slow down, reconnect, and experience the benefits of sound.  

In this episode he shares his own life experiences and journey into the work he does now. His passion for his work and personal healing shines through. 

Find out more about Paul here:

https://www.soundbathstudio.co.uk

Join Pina and Cori as they explore the essence of tantra, living life with all its gifts and challenges and what it means to live with deeper presence in everyday life.

In this conversation, they reflect on embodiment, acceptance, and the power of coming back into the present moment. 

Pina shares from her lived experience as a  human and multifaceted practitioner.  She lives her life rooted in somatic awareness and a commitment to authentic living, offering insights into how truth can be felt and expressed through the body.

This episode invites listeners to consider how we relate to ourselves, how we meet experience as it arises, and what it means to live in alignment with who we really are.

Find out more about Pina here: https://www.instagram.com/thereisthemuse?igsh=Z3RuNXYwNXliZXZx

And

https://www.instagram.com/pinacrz?igsh=aG9mM3AwMGMxYW9w

Join Cori and Abigail Nelson as they discuss the power of working with the mind and body in creative ways.

Abigail is a qualified dramatherapist based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

With a background in arts and disability, she is passionate about ofering creative opportunities for all bodies, to express and explore.​  ​With an embodied, inclusive, unique appraoch, and enthusiasm for her work, Abigail is truly inspiring. 

How could drama therapy support your journey?

Find out more about Abigail: https://www.abigailnelson.co.uk/about-abigail-nelson

Join Cori and Hannah Mosing as they explore what it means to navigate trauma creatively and land in a place of love and hope. Hannah is a poet and author who writes authentically from the heart.  Her work inspires and moves.  

In this podcast you will meet Hannah’s 2 beautiful emotional support dogs and get a raw and reall insight into who Hannah is as human being.  Her journey reminds us that healing is possible and we can become the most beautiful versions of ourselves. 

May you all find as much joy in listening to Cori and Hannah celebrate their ADHD minds and smile when the dogs join them.

Find out more about Hannah:

https://www.hannahmosing.com

Join Cori for a guided compassionate mind practice exploring the three emotional regulation systems developed by Paul Gilbert as part of Compassion Focused Therapy. Through a trauma informed and somatic lens, this practice helps you understand how these systems shape your emotional responses and why cultivating balance in the nervous system is essential for developing more compassion.

In this podcast, Cori gently leads you through a meditative, body-based practice designed to support regulation, deepen self-awareness, and nurture a greater sense of compassion for yourself and others.

This podcast was recorded live on instagram and shared as a podcast. 

Resources: 

The Three Emotional Regulation Systems

According to Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), our minds work with three main emotional regulation systems:

🔴 1. Threat System (Protection)

• Focus: Safety and survival
• Feelings: Anxiety, anger, shame, inner critic
• Body: Tightness, shallow breathing, a frozen or reactive voice
  This system is not a problem – it is trying to protect you.

🔵 2. Drive System (Doing and Achieving)

• Focus: Goals, success, motivation
• Feelings: Excitement, urgency
• Body: Activated, energised
  Helpful, but it can lead to burnout if overused.

🟢 3. Soothing System (Safeness and Connection)

• Focus: Calm, care, belonging, groundedness
• Feelings: Contentment, warmth
• Body: Slower breathing, softer muscles, a steadier voice
  This is the system we strengthen through compassion-based practices.

You tube:

Emotional regulation systems: https://youtu.be/HX2N9Z6KKI8?si=qV7yLVGysohLb_7B

Compassionate other: https://youtu.be/JqlzIxxWSzg?si=EZx_NdPTRQmik4YH

The compassionate mind: https://youtu.be/ufK-0qANOd8?si=ldZTF40j4ZHhagDy

The window of tolerance: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DTNVlppGz0zM&ved=2ahUKEwjIr-HTpuWTAxU6dUEAHYXUOKcQwqsBegQIVxAB&usg=AOvVaw3aSXaWNGV7AU0TymwKR9MQ

People you may want to look up in the somatic world:

Bessel van der Kolk

Peter Levine

Arielle Schwartz

Tara Brach

Join me as I interview Dr Francesca Young Kaufman, founder of Beatha Coaching, as we explore the transformative power of acceptance and surrender in a world that constantly demands more. Working with high-functioning clients, Francesca brings a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based approach to supporting those navigating chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, and the hidden cost of always performing at a high level.

Together, we unpack what it really means to embrace all emotions, listen to your body, and meet yourself where you are. This conversation offers a gentle yet powerful invitation to soften, trust, and rediscover a more embodied, compassionate way of living and working.

Find out more about Francesca:

https://beathacoaching.org

Join me as I interview Rachel, the face of ShootSweet, a photographer who is passionate about empowering people to love their bodies. Based in Scotland, she oozes authenticity and powerful energy.  Rachel creates portraits and headshots for passionate people, creatives, and entrepreneurs, helping them see just how truly beautiful they are.

Find out more about Rachel:

https://shootsweet.co.uk/about/

Join Cori as she interviews Sharon Nielsen.  Sharon is a powerful woman with a passion for making her work inclusive and trauma informed.  In this podcast, Cori and Sharon explore how we have become more disconnected as a result of evolution and how important social connections are in the context of emotional and psychological wellbeing. 

Sharon is a mindfulness teacher, clinical hypnotherapist, business coach and a Regional Teacher Trainer for the UK College of Mindfulness Meditation.  Sharon discovered mindfulness meditation whilst working in a very demanding and stressful corporate environment.  At the time, after experiencing some challenges in her life, she chose to explore how mindfulness could support her with symptoms of stress and anxiety.  She describes mindfulness as changing her life and it is now her go to resource in moments of dysregulation.  With a corporate background and over 20 years experience in the field of wellbeing, Sharon approaches her work creatively and authentically.  Her approach is open and warm.

Find out more about Sharon and her work: 

https://www.wellbeingmind.co.uk

https://mindfulnessnow.org.uk/mindfulness-teacher-training-edinburgh/

https://mindfulhealthacademy.org.uk