What if your symptoms aren’t the problem?

In this fascinating conversation, Almira sits down with functional health practitioner and former pharmacist Monica Guirguis to explore what happens when we stop treating symptoms and start looking for the root cause.

After years working inside the healthcare system and then navigating her own chronic health challenges, Monica realized that true healing requires a completely different approach. One that looks at the body as a connected system rather than a collection of separate parts.

Together, Almira and Monica dive into functional medicine, hormones, insulin resistance, fascia, nervous system regulation, emotional health, movement, breath, spirituality, and why so many women feel exhausted, disconnected, inflamed, and like they no longer feel like themselves.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that your body is not broken. It is constantly communicating with you.

The question is: are you listening?

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Functional vs. Conventional Care: Shifting from symptom management to root-cause, whole-body healing.

• Metabolic & Hormonal Health: How chronic stress, insulin resistance, and menopause impact women’s bodies.

• Fascia & Movement: The role of fascia in pain, inflammation, and healing through techniques like Low Pressure Fitness.

• Nervous System & Emotions: Navigating stored trauma, emotional release, and the importance of regulation versus activation.

• Reconnection: Practical strategies for women to listen to their bodies and break free from cycles of exhaustion.

About Monica Guirguis

Monica Guirguis is a Functional Health Practitioner, former pharmacist, and founder of Full Body Pharmacy.

After witnessing firsthand the limitations of symptom-based healthcare—and navigating her own chronic health challenges—Monica dedicated herself to understanding the root causes of illness and healing.

Today, she helps people uncover the connections between their physical symptoms, hormones, nervous system, emotions, movement patterns, and lifestyle so they can create lasting health from the inside out.

Through her work, Monica empowers clients to move beyond symptom management and into true whole-body healing.

Connect with Monica

Instagram: @fullbodypharmacy

Website: https://fullbodypharmacy.com

TikTok: @functionalfarm

Resources Mentioned

• Full Body Pharmacy

• Low Pressure Fitness

• Fascia Therapy

• Rolfing

• Traditional Chinese Medicine

• EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)

• Hypopressive Breathing

About Your Host

Almira Bardai is a former multi-million-dollar PR agency owner turned Divine Light Energy Healer and Somatic Coach. She specializes in nervous system regulation, feminine embodiment, and helping women reconnect with their sovereignty and power.

She is the creator of Ascension Sanctuary, a high-frequency immersion for women ready to heal survival patterns and lead from wholeness.

Ascension Sanctuary was created for the high-achieving woman who, despite her many accomplishments, senses that a vital piece of her life is still missing.

This experience isn't about transformation into someone else; it is a profound remembering of your original self.

In her limitless feminine essence, she magnetizes and receives.

Beyond the Sanctuary, Almira provides personalized one-on-one Divine Light Energy Healing sessions.

By integrating somatic awareness, intuitive guidance, and energetic clearing, these sessions facilitate deep transformation across the mind, body, and soul through Divine Light Healing.

You can schedule a private Divine Light Energy Healing session by visiting the link located in Almira's Instagram bio.

Connect with Almira

Instagram: @almirab

Website: www.almirabardai.com

Ascension Sanctuary: https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary

It’s 8:00 AM.

Most people are reaching for coffee. Almira and Dr. Kaitlyn Goldsmith are talking about orgasms and the vulva.

Together, Almira and Kaitlyn explore how patriarchy, culture, and outdated medical systems have shaped women’s relationships with their bodies – and what becomes possible when women reclaim pleasure, self-knowledge, agency, and the fullness of their womanhood.

In this candid, educational, and surprisingly funny conversation, Almira sits down with Licensed Psychologist and women’s health expert Dr. Kaitlyn Goldsmith to unpack one of the biggest gaps in women’s wellbeing: the lack of education and open conversation around pleasure, desire, intimacy, and our own bodies. From sexual shame and painful sex to responsive desire, postpartum mental health, the invisible mental load, and the ways women have been conditioned to disconnect from their own pleasure, this episode shines a light on conversations women should have been having all along.

Because pleasure isn’t frivolous.

It’s health. And it’s the whole fucking point.

And every woman deserves access to it.

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Why women’s health remains one of the most under-discussed areas of medicine

• The lack of education and conversation around pleasure, desire, and intimacy

• Why many women never learn what brings them pleasure

• The truth about orgasms and female anatomy

• Understanding the vulva and why body literacy matters

• Painful sex – why it’s common but not normal

• The connection between intimacy, mindfulness, and the nervous system

• Sexual shame and the impact of cultural conditioning

• Postpartum depression, anxiety, and maternal mental health

• The invisible mental load women carry

• How unequal domestic labour impacts desire and intimacy

• The difference between spontaneous desire and responsive desire

• Why many women believe something is wrong with them when they’re actually completely normal

• The role of self-pleasure in self-discovery and empowerment

• Why scheduling intimacy may actually improve your relationship

• Reclaiming pleasure as a vital part of wellbeing

• How pleasure extends beyond sex and into everyday life

About Dr. Kaitlyn Goldsmith

Dr. Kaitlyn Goldsmith holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Psychologist. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UBC.

Dr. Goldsmith is passionate about women’s health and has a special interest in sexual health, peripartum, and postpartum mental health issues. She has published several scholarly articles and book chapters in the area of sexual health and well-being and has been featured in several well-known publications such as Glamour and Cosmopolitan magazines.

Website: www.kaitlyngoldsmith.com

Instagram: @drkaitgoldsmith

About Your Host

Almira Bardai is a feminine leadership mentor, energy healer, nervous system practitioner, and host of the POW’HER FULL Podcast. She helps women reconnect with their power, pleasure, intuition, prosperity, and authentic expression so they can create lives and businesses aligned with their deepest desires.

She is also the founder of Ascension Sanctuary, a high-level immersion for women who are ready to reclaim their womanhood, deepen their connection to themselves, and live and lead from a place of ease, pleasure, sovereignty, and feminine power.

Instagram: @almirab

Website: www.almirabardai.com

Learn more about Ascension Sanctuary:

https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary

What if perimenopause isn’t the problem…

but the wake-up call?

In this deeply honest and expansive conversation, Almira sits down once again with Andrea Jang of Peribloom to talk about the moment so many women quietly arrive at:

The realization that they’ve spent years caring for everyone else while abandoning themselves.

After Andrea’s mother suffered a traumatic concussion and brain bleed following a ski accident, Andrea found herself navigating the healthcare system, advocating fiercely for her mother’s care, and witnessing firsthand how deeply women are conditioned to minimize their pain, ignore their bodies, and put themselves last.

Together, Almira and Andrea unpack:

• Why women often wait until their bodies force them to slow down
• The hidden health crisis among high-achieving women
• Perimenopause, nervous system overwhelm & body changes
• Learning to listen to your body before it starts screaming
• The connection between mindfulness and physical health
• Why people pleasing becomes exhausting in midlife
• Boundaries, energy leaks & emotional burnout
• The importance of recovery, rest & nervous system regulation
• How women can redefine fulfillment, beauty & success in midlife
• Scarcity mindset vs abundance mindset
• AI, technology & creating more ease in modern life

This episode is a powerful reminder that health is no longer optional.

Your body is speaking to you every single day.

And perimenopause may be the exact moment that finally forces women to listen.

Connect with Andrea Jang of Peribloom

Instagram:

@peribloom

https://www.instagram.com/peribloom/

Website:

https://peribloom.com

Connect with Almira Bardai

Instagram:

@almirab

https://www.instagram.com/almirab

Join Ascension Sanctuary:

https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary

Your attention is one of the most valuable commodities on Earth.

And billion-dollar companies are fighting for it every single day.

In this wildly insightful, hilarious, and unexpectedly deep conversation, Almira sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, film executive, and founder of Sukha, Steven Puri, to unpack the modern attention war — and what Hollywood, tech, neuroscience, and flow states can teach us about reclaiming our lives.

Steven has worked as a studio executive and producer on films from Die Hard to Wolverine, raised over $21 million in venture capital, and built multiple startups. But after years inside high-performance environments, he realized something shocking:

Most people aren’t exhausted because they’re lazy.

They’re exhausted because the modern world is engineered to fracture their focus.

Together, Almira and Steven explore:

• Flow states and how they actually work

• How to reclaim your attention, creativity, and life force energy

• The neuroscience behind deep work

• Ritual, sacred work, and feminine flow

• Why most people feel like they’re “chasing their day”

This episode is equal parts wisdom, laughter, nervous system healing, and practical tools for creating a more intentional life.

Connect with Steven Puri:

Instagram: @stevenpuri

Website: https://www.thesukha.co/media

Explore Sukha: https://www.thesukha.co

Stay connected with Almira — find her on Instagram @almirab, step into The Ascension Sanctuary here, or send a love note to [email protected].

Ascension Sanctuary – a six-month feminine immersion to embody divine power, regulate your nervous system, and rise in ease, joy, and luxury.

Join Almira Bardai to live, lead, and receive differently.

https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary

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Motherhood changes you.

But somewhere along the way, many women stop asking themselves one very important question:

“What do I need?”

In this deeply honest and refreshing conversation, Almira sits down with Aarti Bhagat, founder of Always Mama, to talk about creating a version of motherhood that includes you too.

Not through more pressure.

Not through perfection.

Not through adding more to your plate.

But through intentionality, joy, freedom, community, and learning how to build yourself back into your life again.

Together, they unpack what it means to slow down, design a life that actually feels good, and stop waiting until retirement, burnout, or “someday” to finally choose yourself.

From creating beautiful environments and meaningful rituals to scheduling yourself onto your own to-do list, this episode is a reminder that motherhood was never meant to erase who you are.

It’s about becoming more of yourself.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• Finding yourself again after motherhood

Aarti shares the identity shift that came after becoming a mother and how she realized she wanted to feel joyful, present, and connected to herself again.

• Why small moments matter more than we think

From hot coffee to slow mornings, walks with the dog, music in the car, and meaningful conversations – this episode explores how joy often lives in the simplest moments.

• Building yourself into your day

A powerful conversation around scheduling yourself onto your own to-do list and creating intentional moments that support your nervous system and wellbeing.

• Curating and designing a life that feels good

Almira and Aarti explore beauty, environment, motherhood, freedom, flow, and consciously creating a life that supports who you want to become.

• Letting go of rigid wellness rules

This episode challenges the pressure to optimize every part of your life and offers a softer, more sustainable approach to self-care and personal growth.

• The importance of village and community

From motherhood friendships to shared conversations and support systems, the episode explores why women were never meant to do motherhood alone.

• Why joy is part of the healing

A reminder that fulfillment doesn’t always come from productivity – sometimes it comes from dancing in the kitchen, laughing with friends, or simply giving yourself permission to enjoy your life.

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About Aarti Bhagat:

Aarti Bhagat is the founder of Always Mama – a platform created to support mothers through joy, identity, intentional living, and community.

Through curated events, honest conversations, and spaces like the Always Mama Supper Club, Aarti is helping mothers reconnect with themselves and remember that they matter too.

Follow Always Mama:

Instagram: @itsalwaysmama

Always Mama Supper Club – June 4: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/always-mama-supper-club-tickets-1987972782106

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Connect with Almira Bardai:

Instagram: @almirabardai

Podcast Instagram: @powherfullpodcast

Explore Ascension Sanctuary:

https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary

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Thank you to our POW’HER FULL Podcast sponsor:

Head + Heart

Instagram: @headplusheart

Founder: Monica Krake

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Most of what you’ve been taught about healing is outdated.

And it’s keeping you stuck.

There are people right now working with frequency

in ways most of the world hasn’t caught up to yet.

Everything is frequency.

Your body isn’t just physical.

It’s electrical.

It’s responsive.

It’s constantly adapting to what it’s receiving.

But instead of understanding that…

most people are still trying to fix themselves.

Trying to force the body into healing.

And wondering why it’s not working.

Because the body doesn’t heal through force.

It responds to signals.

I’ve been using frequency armors.

Energy came back.

Grief lifted.

My body shifted.

I shifted in days.

No forcing.

No pushing.

Just alignment.

This isn’t mainstream yet. But it’s coming.

And once you understand it,

you start to look at healing very differently.

Guest – Hayden Tricker

Hayden Tricker is a healer, frequency practitioner, and leader in the emerging field of bioenergetic medicine. He helps individuals restore balance in their bodies and nervous systems through advanced energy diagnostics, biofeedback technology, and vibrational healing tools.

His work was born from his own journey through physical trauma, brain injury, and a profound spiritual awakening. Through that process, Hayden became devoted to understanding how frequency, energy, and consciousness influence both disease and the body’s innate capacity to heal.

Today, he works with clients around the world using bioresonance scans, Rife frequencies, quantum energy healing, and his signature healing armors to help the body return to regulation, coherence, and vitality.

Connect with Hayden:

Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/haydenlanetricker/

Instagram (Business): https://www.instagram.com/ht_frequency_healing/

Website: https://haydentricker.com

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Stay connected with Almira — find her on Instagram @almirab, step into The Ascension Sanctuary here, or send a love note to [email protected].

Ascension Sanctuary – a six-month feminine immersion to embody divine power, regulate your nervous system, and rise in ease, joy, and luxury. Join Almira Bardai to live, lead, and receive differently.

https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary

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What if your kid’s behaviour isn’t the problem… but brilliance waiting to be understood?

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Almira Bardai sits down with educator and founder of Better Path Coaching, Nadine Hope, to completely reframe how we see neurodivergent kids.

With over 25 years in education and more than a decade in special education, Nadine shares the truth most parents were never taught:Executive function skills like emotional regulation, planning, flexibility, and impulse control are not innate… they are learned.

And when they’re not taught, they show up as your kid’s behaviour.

You’ll discover how to:

• Understand what executive functioning actually is in simple terms
• Shift from frustration to compassion as a parent
• Support your child’s natural strengths instead of trying to fix them
• Use simple, practical tools at home that actually work
• Help your child build confidence, self-awareness, and independence

Nadine also introduces “Brainy” and the Brain Team – giving children a visual and empowering way to understand how their minds work.

Her brand new book, Brainy and the Case of the Frozen Brain, is now an Amazon Best Seller

👉 Order the book:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Brainy+and+the+Case+of+the+Frozen+Brain+Nadine+HopeConnect with Nadine:

Instagram: @better_path_coaching

Website: https://betterpathcoaching.com

Stay connected with Almira — find her on Instagram @almirab, step into The Ascension Sanctuary here, or send a love note to [email protected].

Ascension Sanctuary – a six-month feminine immersion to embody divine power, regulate your nervous system, and rise in ease, joy, and luxury.

Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review, screenshot it, and email it to [email protected].

In this deeply expansive and honest conversation, Almira sits down with Farzana Jaffer Jeraj – a meditation expert, speaker, and thought leader with over 40 years of experience – to explore identity, nervous system mastery, cultural conditioning, and what it truly means to choose yourself.

This episode moves between the spiritual and the real – unpacking the lived experience of being a woman of color, the power of self-awareness, and the reclamation of voice, worth, and inner authority.

It’s not just a conversation.It’s a remembering.

Farzana Jaffer Jeraj is a globally recognized meditation expert with over 40 years of experience and 27+ years as a motivational speaker. She is a 4-time best-selling author who has spoken at multinational corporations, TEDx stages, and leadership events around the world.

Often referred to as the “best kept secret,” Farzana works with elite performers across the NHL, NFL, FIFA, and PGA.

Her philosophy centers on the Constant of Self – the truth that beyond all thoughts, emotions, and external events, there is a steady, unchanging presence within you.

Connect:

Website: https://farzanajafferjeraj.com

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

What if the most powerful technology for your healing, your wealth, and your expansion… was already inside your body?

In this episode of the POW’HER FULL Podcast, I sit down with transformational breath master Tabatha DeBruyn to explore the truth about your nervous system – and why your breath is the gateway to everything.

Here’s the reality: one in two people are breathing incorrectly… and it’s silently impacting your energy, your emotions, your focus, your relationships – and your ability to feel safe in your body.

We go deep into the science, the somatics, and the soul of breathwork – and how something as simple as one conscious breath can shift your physiology, regulate your nervous system, and unlock a completely different way of living.

This isn’t just about breathing.This is about rewiring your body, accessing your subconscious, and reclaiming your power.

• Why most people are unknowingly stuck in fight, flight, or freeze
• The truth about “breathing correctly” and how to check your own patterns
• How one breath can instantly shift your heart rate, brain function, and state
• The connection between breath, trauma, grief, and stored emotional energy• How to use breathwork to heal, regulate, and expand your capacity for life
• The science behind the vagus nerve and feeling safe in your body
• Why you cannot think your way out of anxiety – but you can breathe your way through it
• How breathwork opens the subconscious mind (where 95% of your programming lives)
• The difference between activation vs. down-regulation breath patterns
• What true safety, alignment, and embodiment actually feel like

The POW’HER FULL Truth:

Your body is not the problem.Your nervous system is not broken.

It’s protecting you.

And your breath… is the key that tells your body it’s safe to live again.

Connect with Tabatha DeBruyn

• Website: https://tabatha.online
• Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/tabatha_debruyn
• Instagram (Breathwork & Nervous System): https://www.instagram.com/tabcollective

Free Resources (Highly Recommended)

Tabatha has gifted you three powerful breathwork experiences:

• A 7-minute cinematic introduction to 9D Breathwork
• A 5-minute nervous system reset
• A 7-minute guided morning routine

Access here: https://tabatha.myflodesk.com

Her Book

Ordinary to Extraordinary: An Inspired Guide to Living the Life of Your Dreams

A powerful guide filled with reflective prompts, mindset shifts, and practices to help you move from survival mode into an extraordinary life.

Stay Connected with Almira

Stay connected with Almira — find her on Instagram @almirab, step into The Ascension Sanctuary here, or send a love note to [email protected].

Ascension Sanctuary – a six-month feminine immersion to embody divine power, regulate your nervous system, and rise in ease, joy, and luxury. Join Almira Bardai to live, lead, and receive differently. https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary 

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What if healing didn’t require years of effort – but a shift in energy?

In this powerful conversation, Almira sits down with holistic healing practitioner Martine Kleissen, founder of Living Light Academy and creator of the Flourish Frequency Healing Method. With over 20 years of experience guiding thousands of people through transformational work, Martine shares how ancient wisdom traditions, sacred embodiment practices, and modern frequency technologies can help us remember our wholeness.

Together, they explore the profound power of Kundalini Dance as Sacred Movement Medicine – a somatic practice that moves energy, clears emotional blocks, and reconnects you to your life force.

You’ll also hear about:

• How Kundalini energy and sacred movement activate healing in the body

• Why pain can be a portal to deeper self-love and transformation

• The truth about frequency, abundance, and energetic alignment

• Light language, sacred geometry, and energetic grids for personal transformation

• What the Akashic Records are and how they reveal the blueprint of your soul

• How emerging frequency technologies and phototherapy may support self-directed healing

Martine’s work blends Indigenous wisdom, energy medicine, and embodiment practices to help people awaken their intuition, reconnect to spirit, and live in alignment with their soul’s design.

If you’ve ever wondered how to heal your energy, move stuck emotions, and reconnect to your inner wisdom, this episode is for you.

Connect with Martine Kleissen

Website:https://www.martinekleissen.com

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

Explore Martine’s offerings including Light Language sessions, Kundalini Dance ceremonies, and energy healing mentorship through her website.

Stay connected with Almira — find her on Instagram @almirab, step into The Ascension Sanctuary here, or send a love note to [email protected].

Ascension Sanctuary – a six-month feminine immersion to embody divine power, regulate your nervous system, and rise in ease, joy, and luxury. Join Almira Bardai to live, lead, and receive differently. https://almira-bardai.mykajabi.com/AscensionSanctuary 

Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review, screenshot it, and email it to [email protected]. Thank you so much for listening and supporting the show.