Shamarie's Body & Mind Therapies

12/12/2025

Hook:
Have you ever been told “Everything is normal” while your body is quietly screaming, “Absolutely not”? 😒
In this episode of Journeys Beyond with Shamarie, we walk through how women’s bodies have been medicalised and misunderstood – from “hysteria” and wandering wombs to “it’s just your hormones” and “all your tests are fine”.
We explore what happens when the medical system is built around the male body as the default, and why so many midlife women end up feeling like they are the problem. Then we start to reclaim a different story:

My body makes sense.

🎧 Listen in and let me know in the comments: have you ever doubted your own experience because a test came back “normal”?
https://tinyurl.com/4r9hbrz6

11/12/2025

Today’s a big day… BOB has arrived. 💜📚

AKA - The Discreet Device, A Gentlewoman's Guide to Private Joy

This book has been brewing for a long time. It’s part humour, part truth-telling, and part gentle rebellion for women who quietly know:
They’ve been carrying too much
They’ve been asking for too little
And it might be time to rewrite the rules
If you’d like something that will make you smile, think, and maybe feel a little less alone in it all:😂😉

✨ BOB is now available – you can find him here:https://tinyurl.com/bde6vv5c

11/12/2025

✨ BOB launches tomorrow ✨

This book might look cheeky on the surface (and yes, there’s plenty of humour)…
but behind the scenes, it has been responsible for a lot of inner growth in one person I know very well – me.

Creating BOB has meant:

naming things women are usually asked to keep quiet about

questioning what we’re told we should settle for

and finding a way to talk about it all with honesty and playfulness.

Whatever happens after launch day, that inner shift is already done.
If you’d like to meet BOB for yourself, you’ll find him here: https://tinyurl.com/bde6vv5c

10/12/2025

Mothers, daughters, aunties, besties…
If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at “how things are supposed to be” in the bedroom or in marriage, BOB is your new conspirator. 🤭📚
I didn’t write BOB for the shock-value crowd.
I didn’t write it as a how-to manual.
I wrote it for the woman who:
– did everything “right” and still feels like something essential went missing
– has a rich inner world but edits herself in public
– is tired of being the object of other people’s gaze and is ready to become the origin of her own choices
– laughs a lot… often so she doesn’t cry
BOB is how I chose to talk to her.
With humour. 😂🤣
With honesty.
With that slightly feral grin that says,
“You’re not crazy.
It really is that absurd.
And no, it’s not too late to reclaim yourself.”
If you recognise yourself in that, you may be one of BOB’s people.
👉 BOB – A Not-So-Serious Book About Seriously Important Things launches 12 December. Everyone who purchases before 31 December is invited to my live “Beyond the Red Door” Reader Circle in January – a women-centred Zoom gathering to talk about bodies, pleasure and power in midlife (with plenty of humour). 😂❤️
https://evolvecourses.shamarie.com.au/signup
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09/12/2025

Why I chose humour to talk about women’s bodies, pleasure and power in midlife, and how BOB opens a different kind of conversation about objectification, sovereignty and women’s own jokes. And possibilty why The Discreet Device AKA BOB will be the most you have laughed for years.
https://evolvecourses.shamarie.com.au/blog/why-i-am-letting-humour-lead

08/12/2025

“Men’s humour. Women’s humour. Same clown nose, different punchlines. 🤡
Apparently you’re never too old (or too grown-up) to be ridiculous with someone you love.”😂🤣
Men’s humour vs women’s humour
Today I went to ask Facebook a question.
I typed “men” and one of the suggested pages was “men’s humour.”
Of course it was.
So I tried the same thing for women.
“Women.”
“Female.”
“Women’s humour.”
Nothing equivalent popped up.
Apparently men’s humour is a thing.
Women’s humour… not so much.
Which amuses me, because I’m about to launch a book where I do something mildly outrageous: I use humour to talk about women’s bodies, pleasure and power in midlife.
Not to trivialise our experience.
But because sometimes the only sane response to double standards, objectification and “good girl” conditioning is a perfectly aimed, slightly wicked joke.
Humour doesn’t mean I’m not taking it seriously.
It’s how I make room for the truth to land without swallowing us whole.
👉 BOB – A Not-So-Serious Book About Seriously Important Things lands 12 December. Early readers who buy before 31 December are invited to my live “Beyond the Red Door” Reader Circle in January.
https://evolvecourses.shamarie.com.au/signup

08/12/2025

The Discreet Device - AKA BOB release date is fast approaching, I thought I would write blog about the history of BOB when he was a medical proceedure

From “hysteria” to “it’s just your hormones”: how medicine still sidelines women’s bodies, and what happens when we listen instead.

05/12/2025

There’s nothing “trivial” about laughing so hard you snort – especially when the topic is women’s bodies and pleasure. 😏

Body (adapted short description):
In this episode of Journeys Beyond with Shamarie, I follow the trail from my sister’s “retired BOB” to something much deeper: why humour around taboo topics is powerful nervous system medicine.

We talk about the slightly naughty, oh-my-god-did-we-just-say-that kind of laughter, shame that thrives in silence, and what happens when women can finally name and laugh about the things we were told to keep behind closed doors.

BOB might be discreet, but the liberation he points to is not. 💛

🎧 Listen now and tell me: do you have a “BOB story” or a moment where laughter cracked something open for you?
https://tinyurl.com/2d7k5td6

05/12/2025

Women know their own bodies.
Women know their own pleasure.
BOB is just the cheeky backup singer. 🎤😎
He’s here to remind us that our bodies aren’t debate topics – they’re ours.
Tag a friend who’s done with being told how her body “should” work.

04/12/2025

Remember that little post about BOB that caused a stir?
Well… he’s arrived. 😏
For privacy reasons, this exclusive interview with my Battery Operated Book was recorded in a very discreet location.
In it, BOB shares his thoughts on midlife women, pleasure, and why liberation absolutely has to make it as far as the bedroom.
👉 Be the first to know when BOB lands in the world (and get launch-only bonuses) – add your name to the BOB waitlist. https://evolvecourses.shamarie.com.au/signup
Or you can read my blog of how BOB arrived here
https://www.shamarie.com.au/the-story-of-o-a…-it-matters-here/
😀🤣
🎧 Turn sound on to meet him.
💬 Tell me in the comments: should I interview him again?

04/12/2025

Remember that little “BOB is coming” post that caused a stir?
Well… he’s arrived. 😏
For privacy reasons, this exclusive interview with my Battery Operated Book was recorded in a very discreet location – behind closed doors and far from curious ears.
In this short chat, BOB shares his thoughts on midlife women, pleasure, and why liberation absolutely has to make it all the way to the bedroom – not just the boardroom
You can read how BOB came into existence here https://www.shamarie.com.au/the-story-of-o-a…-it-matters-here/
👉👉 Be the first to know when BOB lands in the world (and get launch-only bonuses) – add your name to the BOB waitlist. https://evolvecourses.shamarie.com.au/signup
🎧 Turn sound on to meet him.
💬 Tell me in the comments: should I interview him again?

03/12/2025

We grow up being rewarded for being “good girls”:
✅ Pleasant
✅ Helpful
✅ Not too much
✅ Not too needy
Somewhere along the way, many of us slide into O-mode — shaped by others’ expectations, performing for approval, slowly disappearing inside our own lives.
In my world, BOB isn’t just a discreet device.
He’s an archetype of self-sourcing:
🔋 “I can know myself without waiting for you to understand me.”
🧭 “My desire is a compass, not a problem.”
👑 “My body belongs to me.”
This is the deeper thread in my new blog, “The Story of O → The Story of BOB.”
If you’ve ever felt like a side character in your own life, this one is for you.

👉 Read it now – https://www.shamarie.com.au/the-story-of-o-a…-it-matters-here/