Think about the last time you felt fully alive. Not happy. Not successful. Alive. For most of us, those moments are rare enough that we can count them.

This episode is about how to get more of those 'fully alive' moments.

I sit down with embodiment guide Heather Mazzei, who says aliveness isn't luck. It's a current you were born with — and most of us quietly turned it down a long time ago. She'd call that current sexual energy. Stay with it, because this conversation isn't about sex. It's about vitality, and what it costs you to spend your life performing the version of yourself other people approved of.

We get into the University of Rochester research on subjective vitality, June Tangney's work on the difference between guilt and shame, and Heather's personal journey from hiding the truest parts of herself to awakening as a burlesque dancer.

Heather is the author of the guidebook Spirit Sex. Find her at https://www.alternativelove.com/

 — she also writes on Substack at https://alternativelove.substack.com/ and is on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alternativelove.sf.

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And remember, the most dangerous thing is a made-up mind.
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Music Credits

"Bloom Within" by Maciej Wojcik

"Landing on the Ground" by Yehezkel Raz

"For The Broken Hearted" by Yehezkel Raz

"Infinite Dreams" by Out of Flux

"Venus" by Alton Perez

"Voices" by Open State

"Contemplative Question" by The Tennessee Pistols