Jo Encarnacion is a lifestyle influencer and a relationship, sexual wellness and women’s life coach, who leads hundreds of women down a path of radical self acceptance. In 2018 she gained recognition by Global Founder & CEO of Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington, as one of the Top 20 Health + Wellness role models. Jo is a mother of two, a photographer and the founder of gofitjo.com, a blog dedicated to redefining health and wellness. She helps womxn release their stories of shame so they can be emotionally fit and sexually liberated.

In this episode, we discuss:

Jo’s upbringing and how she struggled with depression, anxiety and sexual trauma, self-esteem issues, and how her journey of overcoming these formed her current mission

Relationship models and norms passed down generationally in filipino culture that may affect in relationships we have today

We discuss this martyrdom we see of many filipino women in families, and how she must always be strong for everyone

to understand this, we dig into ancestral wounds, Go as far back precolonial Philippines, and look at the Babylans, the female shamans, the power and respect these filipino women had

Dismantling shame-based sex and empowering women with sexual agency

What sexual empowerment and liberation for women really means means

Questions to ask yourself in a relationship to make sure you’re  showing up as the purest form of yourself

Find her at:

IG @gofitjo | http://gofitjo.com