SensuAlchemy School Podcast with Kate Leiper

Despite the fact that both of us have been practitioners of embodiment for some time, today’s guest Mary Lofgren and I get super honest about our own struggles. We also acknowledge how refreshing it is to be reminded that everyone suffers with loss and absolutely none of us have our shit together.

Mary Lofgren is a certified feminine embodiment coach and the creator of Come To Your Senses: a podcast and global community of truth seekers and soulful savants who seek to live artfully and embodied.

Today, Kate and Mary go deep on:

+ Mary’s sense of loss over what she thought her life would be in her 40’s and reconciling living into “what actually is”

+ The question of our culture’s obsession with mental health pathology and whether much of what we struggle with as humans is down to our unacknowledged, unprocessed grief.

+ Mary’s deeply vulnerably share of a relationship breakdown that now she perceives differently, through the lens of grief and longing

+ How putting pressure on ourselves to grieve “right” or be “fully embodied” in grief can actually create more angst and what might be more helpful instead

+ What it looks like to channel grief and bring about relief through beauty and creativity

+ Some of the regrets that both Mary and Kate have, about what they prioritised in the early stages of grief - particularly in relation to boundaries

+ The healing balm of honest conversations with women who speak to the reality of having loads of training, tools and knowledge and STILL not having it all figured out

+ Plus so many other giggle-worthy moments like Mary’s suggestion for a SensuAlchemy School dating App, the “suckle medicine” we both love about each other’s work and how neither of us have any idea how to be human sometimes

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

At just 25 years old, Elle experienced the sudden and shocking death of someone incredibly close to her and this forever changed the trajectory of her life. Elle shares so much wisdom around what it's like to choose the path of apprentice to grief and how aliveness can be found in the most unexpected places and the most incredible ways.

Today, Kate and Elle weave together a conversation around;

+ Elle’s current relationship with loss and desire as she reconciles a new identity and chapter in her life after ending a long-term relationship

+ How at 25 years old, the sudden death of someone Elle loved dearly shaped her into the woman she is today and lead her to be an “apprentice to grief”.

+ Why it’s essential for Elle to welcome her grief when it knocks - even if it’s uncomfortable for those around her

+ Kate and Elle share stories about what it might look like to involve our dead in meaningful occasions and why it matters for healing

+ The power of embracing symbols as a path to honouring loss

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can also be found on Spotify.

We can learn so much about ourselves through exploring the myths and stories of our ancestors. Even more than that, when we can connect to the archetypal wisdom and power in these stories by engaging with them through a whole body experience, a whole new world of possibilities can open to us.

Today on the SensuAlchemy School podcast, I’m beyond thrilled to Welcome Jen Murphy to chat about her incredible work at the Celtic School of Embodiment. Jen takes us on a compelling journey into how she’s personally informed by her experiences of grief and supported by pleasure, and how she helps others gain access to their wholeness through the mythical body.

Today, Kate and Jen go deep on:

+ The grief of disconnection from our lineage - what Jen calls the ghost of loss around not knowing who we truly are

+ Understanding the body as “a place” holding ancestral memory and how Jen invites stories of her ancestors into her embodied practice as a way to come home to herself

+ Jen’s personal family story of loss and how it has influenced her leadership

+ The Irish myth of the Banshee as symbolic of how terrified we are of our own wild grief

+ The captivating story of Mis, that reveals the powerful transformations available to us when we can welcome pleasure as an antidote to grief (you don’t want to miss this story!)

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can also be found on Spotify.

According to today’s guest, the way we experience our menstrual cycle speaks to our relationship to our bodies, to our caregivers & the way we may have been guided & supported - or not. All kinds of wounding that we’ve experienced in our life can and will play out in the menstrual cycle.

I’m speaking with Charlotte Pointeaux, wild feminine cycle coach. We go to the depths in this chat - and get clear on what we gain as women when we learn to live in reverence to the cyclical nature of our body. 

Today, Kate and Charlotte discuss:

+ How has understanding her menstrual cycle impacted how Charlotte connects to the grief she carries?

+ How she (and so many of us) have internalised the deep imprint that our bodies aren’t to be trusted 

+ Why she is a devotee to the spiritual aspects of the menstrual cycle and how this work has changed her life

+ Becoming aware of the woundings that arise during our menstrual cycle and knowing how to support ourselves through them

+ The tension of holding desire to create and express with the pressures of mothering in ovulation

+ Her commitment to reclaiming ceremony and rites of passage and why this is a big deal for girls and women

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

Meet Robyn Gooding, an Embodied business Strategist who’s approach to supporting women changed dramatically once she found herself navigating a painful fertility journey and devastating miscarriage. Robyn shares openly and honestly about her dance with grief and the ways she’s learned to find gratitude in the struggle. She also speaks to her uniquely beautiful way to support her clients to reject prescribed shoulds of the coaching industry and towards an approach to business that feels embodied and aligned to who they are and the season of life they're in.

Robyn is a global business strategist, a certified life coach and currently certifying as a feminine embodiment coach. She works with feminine visionaries who are daring to rebel against rigid business practices and rather lean into their own intuition and wisdom, whilst also being supported by world class business strategy.

Her work is devoted to the economic mobility of women, who desire to no longer choose between parenthood and purpose outside of the home. She works with coaches, healers, holistic practitioners and service providers in the personal development and wellness space.

Today, Kate and Robyn discuss:

+ What loss and longing are alive in Robyn right now as a Mother, Partner and Business owner

+ How her flavour of Embodied Business Strategy differs from traditional business coaching

+ What major grief was the catalyst for Robyn to do away with pouring energy into vanity metrics in her business and towards pleasure over pressure

+ What Robyn’s emotionally challenging fertility journey has taught her about the way she wants to show up in service to her family and her clients

+ How Robyn dances between Grief and Gratitude on a daily basis (and how these rituals of devotion have changed her life)

+ How Robyn supports her clients to move away from following prescribed shoulds of the industry and towards an approach to business that feels embodied and aligned to who they are and the season of life they're in

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

I’m 40 in a couple of weeks and today I wanted to share something a bit different. I’ve realised that where I’ve absolutely accrued wisdom in the past 40 years of my life, with every new evolution of self that emerges, the more questions I have about who I am and the life I want to live. So, I’m stepping into midlife knowing that I know nothing for sure and *trying* to be totally ok with it. 

I want to share less wisdom and more intention. Today’s episode is a loving pledge to the 80 year old future me; about the woman I’m becoming, the work I’m devoted to and the ripple effects I hope to make.

I invite you to feel into what lands for you and maybe you might want to try this reflection and intention exercise! Enjoy x

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

There’s something all too-much women have in common, and that’s the discomfort they create for patriarchy. Today on the podcast, if you relate or you have a too-much woman in your life that you love, I want to share with you how and why it’s time we celebrate what it means to be too much and begin to see how the health of humanity and the planet requires us to take up space as leaders of this new frontier.

There’s a lot to be said for women playing an integral part in the healing of these ancient wounds to the feminine body and psyche. It’s us that ultimately need to get super real about how we might be keeping the stigma of the too-much woman alive in society by buying into pre-conditioned, outdated ideas that were designed to keep women controlled and quiet and obliging to the patriarchal objectives.

Here’s what I cover this week:

+ Who is the too-much woman and why have we been taught to despise her?

+ Why women claiming the fullness of their expression is a major threat to patriarchy (and why this is good news for everyone)

+ The 3 major themes that qualify a woman as “too much” in a society that seeks to tame her

+ The steps can we take towards owning and celebrating our too-muchness and supporting others to take up space in theirs

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

I believe that the more we pour energy into making ourselves “smarter” “better” and “more” to meet the social success narrative, we actually move further away from joy. After slogging my ass off at Uni for 8 years and then working clinically as a Psychotherapist, I began to recognise that I could no longer ignore the ways we’re imprisoned by cultural norms, the politics dictating women's bodies and the roles we’re conditioned to play. It became clear that the career path I was on felt so limited in light of the vision I held for women, myself included.

That was the beginning of my journey into a more embodied approach to working with women and the path of creative feminine leadership. Today, I want to share how you can find the confidence to deepen and expand into your leadership - even in a culture that would rather you stay in your box - in ways that feel more aligned and magnetic.

Here’s what I cover this week:

+ The insidious messages we receive from childhood that squash our natural curiosity and sense of self

+ The formula our culture enforces when it comes to achieving “success” and how this is both limiting and harming us

+ When I decided to really serve the empowerment of women instead of perpetuate the societal narratives that reject feminine wisdom (and how my work began to thrive)

+ Introducing the 9 Enigmatic Bodies: Devotional embodied gateways to go from numb to flourishing

+ How to deepen your own Creative Feminine Leadership through the 9 Enigmatic Bodies inside the Luminess Lair of Becoming (apply to join us here)

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

Welcome to 2023, sensual sorceresses… As we move into Season 2 of the SensuAlchemy School podcast, it feels fitting to begin with a tale of a Celtic shapeshifting underworld goddess and take a moment to imagine - through our sense of loss and longing - what this year may hold for us as women, leaders and creative beings.

Are you on the precipice of a personal rebirth? Has a significant loss led you to the gates of the underworld? If yes, then this episode is for you.

Here’s what I cover this week:

+ What many of us fear most about surrendering to grief in the process of personal rebirth

+ The myth of Celtic Goddess Cerridwen, and her tale of devastation, revenge, surrender and inspiration

+ How to pay attention to what your initiation into the underworld is here to teach you

+ Why your creative, service-oriented work will always feel “like there’s something missing” until you let the underworld have its way with you

+ Updated enrolment details for the 9 month Creative Feminine Leadership experience, the Luminess Lair of Becoming (kateleiper.com/luminess)

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.

Today, Kate shares some of the unexpected ways that grief and pleasure has reshaped her personally this year, in the hopes that maybe there’s something here for you, too.

In this episode Kate brings all the spicy details about what went down in 2022 for her, namely:

+ Why her cervix became Queen and her ultimate guidance system

+ How she understands the role of regret on the path to embodied healing and expansion

+ What life practices are now non-negotiable and why grief and pleasure made them so

+ What it means to prioritise being over doing according to the SensuAlchemy School philosophy

+ The one question to ask yourself each day to welcome all of life’s complex unfoldings in a fresh and transformative way

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Resources mentioned in this podcast:

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Find Kate on the following platforms:

Website: http://kateleiper.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kate.leiper

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

We hope you enjoyed today’s podcast. Please subscribe so you’ll be updated when new episodes drop! Also, if you have a few moments to leave some feedback, we’d be so grateful. Simply click on “ratings and reviews” then “write a review” on iTunes to get started. Your reviews are so helpful in ensuring this podcast hits the spot in just the right way. We’d also love it if you could share the podcast with anyone you think might enjoy these episodes. SensuAlchemy School podcast can als be found on Spotify.