This is the final free workshop offered by me for the foreseeable future—and it’s a potent one.

In this session, we dive into the often-overlooked survival strategy of fawning at work—where you overextend yourself, blur boundaries, and people-please in the name of job security, approval, or stability.

You’ll learn:

What workplace fawning looks like (and why it’s not your fault)

How it’s connected to your nervous system, safety, and family dynamics

Grounding practices to reconnect with your body and your “no”

How to recognize urges and somatic cues before burnout hits

Practical tools to start setting boundaries without sabotaging your livelihood

This episode includes real participant shares, somatic exercises, and honest conversation about the cost of chronic overgiving at work—and how to begin to build a new pattern from the inside out.

If you want to go deeper, I also share details about SHED, my 6-month live somatic program for people who intellectually understand the fawn response but don’t know how to stop doing it.

🌀 To learn more and register for SHED, click the link below:

https://kalisomatics.com/SHED

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What happens when you spend your life reading everyone else’s emotions but feel disconnected from your own? What’s the cost of peacekeeping at the expense of your truth?

In this episode of the Your Own Medicine Podcast, I sit down with licensed psychotherapist Meg Josephson, whose new book Are You Mad at Me? comes out August 5th. We explore the fawn response—the lesser-known survival strategy characterized by overthinking, chronic conflict avoidance, and compulsive people-pleasing.

Meg shares her personal story, including the impact of growing up with a rageful father and a mother with Alzheimer's, and how these shaped her fawning patterns. We also discuss:

Anger, grief, and nervous system healing

The pressures of self-disclosure in a digital world

Boundaries that feel good in the body

Writing about trauma with integrity

Why fawning is more than just “being nice”—it’s a trauma response

This is an honest, grounded, and tender conversation about what it means to reclaim your needs, your body, and your voice—especially when you’ve been wired to abandon them.

📖 Preorder Are You Mad at Me?: https://megjosephson.com

🎧 Learn more about my current offerings: https://kalisomatics.com/SHED

In this special workshop replay, I guide you through the somatic foundations of sexual fawning—why it happens, how it shows up, and what to do with the shame, confusion, and disconnection that often follows.

Whether you’re a recovering fawner or just beginning to realize how often your body says “yes” while your mind says “no,” this episode offers a grounded space to reflect and reconnect.

We explore:

• Why sexual fawning is not about being manipulative—but about safety

• How trauma responses can show up in “safe” relationships

• The subtle and overt ways we override our boundaries for connection

• How to begin reclaiming your inner no (and your real yes)

🧠 Want to go deeper? Join my 6-month somatic program SHED. We start August 27th : https://kalisomatics.com/shed

🌿 Join me in Greece, May 2026: https://kalisomatics.com/greeceretreat

⚠️ TW: This episode includes mention of sexual trauma, coercion, and dissociation. Please care for your body and nervous system as you listen.

Dr. Ingrid Clayton is no stranger to the complexities of trauma. A clinical psychologist with over two decades of experience, she’s worked at the intersection of psychology, addiction recovery, and trauma healing—long before those words became buzzwords.

But her work got deeply personal with the release of her memoir Believing Me, where she named, for the first time, the covert abuse and emotional enmeshment that shaped her nervous system. It was raw, unflinching, and revolutionary in how it gave language to experiences so many of us carry but can’t name.

Now she’s back with Fawning: The Trauma Response We Don’t Talk About—a book that goes deeper into the trauma pattern she knows all too well. Not fight, not flight, not freeze. But fawn. The survival response that looks like being “easygoing,” “helpful,” or “good,” while your body quietly braces for impact.

In this episode, we talk about:

How Fawning builds on the foundation of Believing Me

Why fawning is so often missed—even by therapists

The biology of appeasement and what it costs over time

What it means to stop being “the good one” and start being real

And the long road from trauma bonding to boundary setting

Ingrid doesn’t just write about trauma. She brings a level of clarity and honesty that cuts through the noise—no posturing, no sugar-coating, just deep clinical insight and lived truth.

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Connect with Kallie on social media at @kali.somatics

Kallie's signature program, VENOM: https://kalisomatics.com/venom

To learn more about Kallie's Greece Retreat in May 2026

https://kalisomatics.com/GREECERETREAT ____________

Connect with Dr. Ingrid Clayton on social media at @IngridClaytonPhD

Pre-order her new book at:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779579/fawning-by-dr-ingrid-clayton/

Ever gone from smiling sweetly through discomfort… to fantasizing about slapping someone in the face?

Yeah. Same.

In this episode, I break down the people pleaser to rage pipeline—what happens when your body has been stuck in a fawn-freeze loop for years, and then finally starts to thaw. Spoiler: it’s not always cute. Sometimes, it’s loud, messy, and full of backlogged “no’s” that come out all at once.

I share my own story of how learning French (and drinking cheap wine) unlocked a rage I didn’t even know I was holding—and what it taught me about the biology of fawning, freeze responses, and unexpressed boundaries.

We also get into:

* Why rage is a natural part of recovery from people-pleasing

* Why cathartic rage practices (like screaming or punching pillows) aren’t always trauma-informed

* How to work with anger in a way that’s titrated, embodied, and safe

* The power of translating somatic cues into real-life boundaries

If your body has been whispering “I’m not okay” for years—this episode is your permission slip to start listening.

💥 Want to dive deeper into somatic anger work?

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My signature on-demand course VENOM has two full modules on anger + boundaries. Check it out via the link in my bio 🐍

Connect with Kallie on Instagram + Tiktok at @kali.somatics

Kallie's signature program, VENOM: https:// kalisomatics.com/venom

To learn more about Kallie's Greece Retreat in May 2026

https://kalisomatics.com/GREECERETREAT

In this engaging conversation, Rachel Leviss shares her recent transformative experiences at a sound healing retreat in Mexico. She discusses the profound impacts of sound healing, the importance of using one's voice, and how she has transitioned from a chaotic environment to a life of healing and self-fulfillment. Rachel also opens up about overcoming the challenges of being misunderstood and the journey to authenticity. Dive deep into the therapeutic aspects of sound healing, the significance of supportive communities, and the empowering process of setting and maintaining boundaries.

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Connect with Kallie on Instagram + Tiktok at @kali.somatics

Kallie's signature program, VENOM: https://kalisomatics.com/venom

To learn more about Kallie's Greece Retreat in May 2026

https://kalisomatics.com/GREECERETREAT

Connect with Rachel on Instagram at @RachelLeviss

Ever feel like you weren’t allowed to ask for what you needed?

Like your desires got buried under being “easygoing,” “nice,” or “low maintenance”?

This episode is for you.

In this recorded workshop — The Body Remembers What You Forgot to Ask For — we explore how unmet needs don’t just vanish. Your body holds onto them. And if you’ve spent years silencing your voice to keep the peace, this is your chance to start rebuilding that connection.

Inside, we cover:

Why your body stores unmet needs (and how to actually listen)

Somatic tools for reconnecting with buried desires

What embodied repair looks like — giving yourself what was missing

Practical rituals to rebuild trust between your body and your voice

This is somatic work for people who’ve been told they’re “too sensitive” or “too much” — and learned to shut themselves down to stay safe.

🎧 Listen now and take what you need. Your body’s been waiting for you.

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You can sign up for Kallie's next free workshop at the following link: https://stan.store/kalisomatics

Kallie's signature program, VENOM: https://kalisomatics.com/venom

To learn more about Kallie's Greece Retreat in May 2026

https://kalisomatics.com/GREECERETREAT

Stop Burning Your Own Witch is a free somatic workshop for recovering people pleasers who are ready to stop exiling their “bad” parts and start building real nervous system safety around their bigness, their bitchiness, and their truth. We’ll explore how shame shows up in the body, why it keeps us stuck, and how to finally stop self-abandoning—one curious breath at a time.

🖤 What to Expect

A guided somatic exploration of how shame lives in your body

The protective purpose of shame + how to interrupt the cycle

Parts work + IFS: why we fragment, and how to meet those parts with love

A somatic meditation to soften around your exiled parts

A live Q&A to deepen your practice and get support

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You can sign up for Kallie's next free workshop and explore all her current offerings at the following link:

https://stan.store/kalisomatics

Ever wonder why you can’t say “no” without feeling guilty? Or why you always end up playing the peacekeeper even when it’s costing you your sanity? It might be because all that anger you’ve been taught to swallow is screaming for some boundaries.

In this episode, we’re unpacking:

• The biology of anger and why it’s actually a protective mechanism

• How chronic people-pleasing and fawn responses bury that anger deep

• Somatic practices to safely access your anger and honor the boundaries your body craves

• Real-world strategies for setting boundaries in social situations without all the guilt

• A live Q&A where we answer your burning questions

This isn’t about becoming “less nice” or “more assertive.” It’s about getting real with yourself and letting your body lead the way.

Ready to get fierce about your boundaries?

Hit play and let’s get into it.

To learn more about VENOM: https://kalisomatics.com/venom

To inquire about 1:1 sessions: https://kalisomatics.com/venom

To learn more about the Bali Retreat (2 spots left!):

https://kalisomatics.com/baliretreat

Sebastian Conelli is a New York-based improviser, comedian, and actor known for his work with the Upright Citizens Brigade and his endearing and hilarious podcast Loud About Nothing.

In this episode of the Your Own Medicine Podcast, Kallie and Sebastian unpack self-discovery, masculinity, and the unfiltered truth about personal growth. From navigating societal norms to using comedy as a mirror, they dive deep into:

✔️ The hidden cost of traditional masculinity

✔️ Why vulnerability is the ultimate power move

✔️ The art of comedy as truth-telling

✔️ How relationships reveal the rawest parts of ourselves

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To connect with Sebastian on social media: https://www.instagram.com/sebastianconelli/?hl=en

His podcast, "Loud About Nothing": https://www.instagram.com/loudaboutnothing/?hl=en

To connect with Kallie on social media: https://www.instagram.com/kali.somatics/

https://www.tiktok.com/@kali.somatics

To learn more about Kallie's Bali Retreat: https://kalisomatics.com/baliretreat

To learn more about Kallie's signature program, VENOM: https://kalisomatics.com/venom