Naturally Empowered Living

17/11/2025

We all have parts of ourselves we had to hide…
parts that had to grow up too fast…
and parts that took on roles we never consciously chose.
▪️Shadow parts.
▪️Protector parts.
▪️Orphaned parts.
▪️Repressed and suppressed emotions.

Most of us are walking around carrying all of these without even realizing it.

This week’s episode is inspired by a listener who asked a question so many of us probably wonder:
“What’s the difference between shadow work, protector parts, orphaned parts, repressed parts, suppressed parts… and how do I know if I have them?”

Inside this conversation, I break down the layers of your internal world through an energetic, Root Cause Therapy, somatic, and trauma informed lens.. the subconscious protectors, the younger selves you tucked away, the emotions your body still carries, and the parts of you that once felt too risky to express.

And I’m breaking it all down in the clearest, most grounded way I hope resonates with you:
▪️What an inner “part” actually is
▪️Why these parts form
▪️How they show up in your reactions, tone, shutdowns & coping
▪️How your body reveals these parts before your mind does
▪️And how to gently recognize your parts without fear, shame, or judgment

If you’ve ever wondered:
“Do I have these parts?”
or
“What’s the difference between shadow work, protector parts, and repressed emotions?”
…this episode is your roadmap back to honoring and understanding that you make sense.

🎙️ Episode 160 of the Naturally Empowered Living podcast

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15/11/2025

THANK YOU to everyone who came to the mom market today. It was so amazing to see people I haven’t seen in close to 7 years, to make new connections, share the work I came here in this life to do, and do it in love and unity 🙏🏼🥰

10/11/2025

You know those moments when your patience is disappearing after trying to stay calm and grounded…..the meltdown is escalating, or another child starts to have big feelings too, or you’re rushing to get out the door… nothing is going anyone’s way.

Your heart starts pounding. Maybe your throat burning...
You can feel the tension rising.
The energy off…

And even though you may know what’s happening, you react in a way you wish you hadn’t after the fact…
Those are the moments that test every ounce of regulation we thought we had.
And they’re the moments that remind us..we’re still learning, too.

This week’s episode of Naturally Empowered Living is a listener’s submission, diving into how to stay grounded when big feelings take over [both ours and our children’s].

We explore what it means to approach those hard moments through the lens of trauma-informed parenting and self-regulation:
▪️how to recognize your own nervous system cues,
▪️how to pause before reacting,
▪️what co-regulation looks like in real life [especially when it feels impossible]
▪️how to repair after rupture,
▪️and how to model emotional safety even when it feels messy.

Parenting isn’t about getting it right every time [ we’re human too]. So let’s bring in awareness around noticing the patterns, understanding the why, and coming back to connection shall weeeeee...

🎧 Listen to Episode 159: Staying Grounded When Big Feelings Take Over | Trauma-Informed Parenting and Self-Regulation for Co-Regulation

07/11/2025

✨ Mark your calendars for the upcoming Mom Market! ✨
It’s going to be such a fun, heart-filled day connecting with local businesses and community..and I’ll be there as one of the vendors!

You’ll find me sharing about my healing services, selling gift certificates and my 3-Month Rituals Journal + Planner, and hosting a special giveaway for those who stop by.

Honestly… I’m anxiously, nervously excited [ is that a thing? 🤣]. This is my very first vendor fair! But I also know that every time I stretch myself in new ways, it’s a moment for growth and I can’t wait to connect with this beautiful community in person. Thank you so much Ally for leading from the front and setting this up!

If you’re local, I’d love to see your face, give you a hug, and chat about all things healing, energy, and self-connection. 🖤

🗓️ Event details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DG5wJ3Knt/
📍 Monroe Middle School
🕰️ 9:00a-3:00p

Come say hi, grab a journal, or enter the giveaway..and let’s make some magic together. ✨

03/11/2025

I am sure we’ve all heard it .. “your trauma is stored in your hips.” But what does that actually mean?

In this week’s episode, I’m answering a listener’s powerful question about how trauma gets stored in the body - and how to truly begin releasing it.

We explore what’s happening physiologically, emotionally, and energetically when the body holds unprocessed experiences… why the hips may be a place we feel it too.. and how to safely reconnect with the felt sense to begin softening what’s been compounded for so long.

We’ll unpack:
▪️Why trauma can imprint in the hips - and other parts of the body too
▪️How the body holds emotional and energetic imprints
▪️The difference between top-down and bottom-up healing approaches
▪️Gentle, embodied ways to support release
▪️Why every nervous system - and every processing - is beautifully bio-individual

You’ll also hear why this kind of work goes far beyond our cognitive awareness, and how attuning to your body is one of the most powerful ways to come home to yourself.

🎧Search Naturally Empowered Living on your podcast app or get the link in my bio or stories💫

29/10/2025

✨ Updated Service Hours ✨

Starting in November, I’m opening up one evening appointment each month - on the 2nd Wednesday, aligned with PEC Elementary’s half days - to better support those who need after-hours availability. You’ll find this new night slot available directly on my scheduler when booking.

Tuesdays remain virtual-only, with in-person and virtual sessions available Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00–3:30.

As always, if you’re needing a night or weekend session outside of these hours, please reach out as I’m happy to accommodate when possible. You can email me directly at hello@naturallyempoweredliving.com.

Thank you for being here and for allowing me to support your healing journey 🖤🫶🏽

27/10/2025

Your nervous system isn’t asking you to do more.. it’s asking you to be more you.

The most regulated version of you isn’t one that’s perfect, productive, or always calm.. it’s the one that’s authentic, present, and honest with what you feel. So often, what we call stress or burnout is actually unfinished energy - loops that haven’t been closed - moments your system didn’t get to process, express, or complete….compromising the safety of feeling and expressing you.

This week on the podcast, I’m sharing 9 tips for authentic nervous system regulation.. ways to gently help your body close those loops and return to its natural state of safety and flow.

You’ll learn how to slow down and listen, create space to feel what’s rising, and reconnect with your body through breath, movement, and stillness. Because when you meet yourself honestly, stress begins to dissolve naturally.

🎧 Listen to Episode 157: “9 Tips for Authentic Nervous System Regulation” on Naturally Empowered Living - streaming now on all platforms.

Feeling overwhelmed or disconnected? Your nervous system isn’t asking you to do more.. it’s asking you to be more you. Sometimes the missing link isn’t another routine or mindset shift.. it’s about learning how to close the loops - those energetic, emotional, and mental cycles that keep us i...

23/10/2025

Happy Scorpio Season, loves ☺️🖤

This girl is entering into my sun sign. ☀️ The time when the energy around us is calling for depth, honesty, and emotional rebirth. [ So me in all areas of life right 🤗 ] It’s a season of shedding old skins, getting intimate with our truth, and remembering that what feels heavy is often what’s ready to be seen.

You know the one thing that helps dissipate life’s stressors naturally?
👉 You being the most authentic, regulated version of you.

How ?
✨ Slow down enough to actually listen.
Find small pockets of silence - even minutes - to feel what’s coming up.
✨ Routinely ask, “What can I do to meet my needs in a nourishing way?” [ A bath, a walk, deep breaths, a good cry - whatever your body asks for, honor it. ] Or ask “What am I actually feeling in my body right now?” [ and return to tip one and just be in that ]
✨ Shut off your phone and tune back into your energy.
✨ Journal, talk, meditate, move, actually honor the time to feel through the emotions - anger, frustration, guilt - to process and discharge them out instead of holding them in.
✨ Practice breathwork. Box breathing or 4-7-8 breathing with a longer exhale.
✨ Sigh, stretch, shake, or place a hand on your heart and hum.
✨ End your day with gentle hug or a grounding body scan before bed.

Above all else.. trust.
Learn to trust yourself.
Learn to listen to yourself.
Learn what safety is within yourself.

Everything that’s been hidden or shoved under the rug will start to rise up for healing, and you of course always have a choice: work with it or resist it.

But I am here to tell you running only works for so long. Those shadows we keep avoiding will continue to come up until we give them the space to do so.

This season invites you to become the alchemist of your own evolution, stepping into your truth..

If your system is asking for gentleness… for someone to hold space while you untangle what’s been heavy..this is the work I do.

Root Cause Therapy and Energy Healing aren’t about fixing you. They’re about bringing safety back to your body, clarity back to your mind, and truth back to your energy.

When you’re ready, I’m here to walk with you. 🖤

20/10/2025

I could’ve talked to Dr. Anna Sitkoff for hours… and in this episode, I finally get to share her wisdom on medicinal mushrooms for women’s health..from hormone support and immunity to gut balance and energetic alignment. 🍄✨

Dr Anna Sitkoff is a naturopathic doctor, mushroom researcher, and co-founder of Lucidum Medicinals, and we dive into:
▪️Dr. Anna’s personal journey into naturopathic medicine and medicinal mushrooms
▪️How different mushrooms can support women at every life stage: puberty, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause
▪️The science behind mushrooms’ synergy with the body’s systems: hormone regulation, gut health, nervous system support, and immunity
▪️How to choose a quality mushroom supplement - and which species are especially supportive
▪️Practical ways to integrate medicinal mushrooms into your daily life with both intention and ease

I was nerding out the entire conversation..she’s incredible!

🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform
🍄‍🟫AND use code NATURALLYEMPOWEREDLIVING for 20% off at Lucidum Medicinals

Tag a friend who’s curious about holistic hormone support or just loves mushrooms as much as we do!

I could’ve talked to Dr. Anna Sitkoff for hours, and in this episode, I get to share her incredible wisdom on medicinal mushrooms for women’s health. Dr. Anna is a naturopathic doctor, medicinal mushroom researcher, and co-founder of Lucidum Medicinals. She blends science, nature, and intuition ...

16/10/2025

This Saturday is Rooted Collective 201 LLC’s customer appreciation event ! There will be door prizes, samples, tattoos, and you’ll be able to meet and mingle with various makers that contribute to the goods at the store. And I’ll be there too along with another special guest whom is already sounds dear to my heart by reading about her [ IYKYK I’m quite the crazy chicken lady 🤪🐔 ]

And also, down the road Bistro On Main and Bee Havens Flower Farm are having a wine and bouquet making gathering 💐

Sounds like the perfect Saturday to me 🙌🏽

15/10/2025

That first slide stop you? Well I’m glad it did because this was something that took me years into not only my personal journey but in working with others to understand….and I’ll try to break it down in this short caption. Or else to get a full 20 minute rundown of understanding trauma as a spectrum, listen to this last weeks pod epi.

Ok here goes..
Trauma isn’t a disorder..it’s an adaptation. Our body and mind learn to survive the best way they can with what they have in the moment.

Where the uniqueness comes in is the fact we are humans and all live our own experiences. But our nervous systems respond in the same way..survival.

And if something triggers our nervous system as a threat to survival: an event, unprocessed emotion, being chased by a lion…it’s going to remember and put us into that same survival mode state every time we are slightly triggered in the same way.

When we understand this, things may begin to shift. Maybe we can begin meeting ourselves with compassion instead of shame. Because the habits, reactions, or emotions we so easily label as “bad” or “broken” are often signs of your nervous system’s wisdom.

Healing begins when we bring curiosity and compassion to those patterns and cycles. When we bring the felt sense into the equation.

In my practice, we work with both the root and the energy ..
▪️Root Cause Therapy helps you create safety, feel, and close old trauma or stress loops through a somatic and subconscious process.
▪️Reiki Energy Healing creates space for your body’s natural healing abilities to come back online, align, and raise your capacity for that deeper integration and somatic embodiment.

Together, these sessions bridge past, present, and future.. helping you return to safety, clarity, wholeness, and alignment.

🎧 Dive deeper in this week’s episode-155-by getting the link in my bio.

A few other quick links in my bio:
▪️Free Clarity Consultation Call
▪️Free meditations to open curiosity to your embodiment in the present now
▪️Explore Root Cause Therapy and Reiki sessions
📍In-person sessions available Wednesdays & Fridays | Virtual sessions available Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays

Remember, you always make sense 🙏🏼

13/10/2025

So often we hear the word trauma and think it only applies to extreme situations… but what if we realize it’s something we all have?

Every experience that overwhelms your system - ‘big or small’ - can leave an imprint. Trauma isn’t something only a few people have… it’s part of being human.

And when we start seeing it this way, healing becomes less about fixing ourselves and more about understanding ourselves.

In this week’s episode, we explore what it truly means to understand trauma as a spectrum..and how both big and subtle experiences shape your nervous system, your reactions, and the way you move through life.

You’ll learn:
▪️Why trauma is part of the human condition
▪️The difference between ‘big T’ and ‘little t’ trauma, and why both matter
▪️How trauma adaptations shape our behaviors
▪️The role of the nervous system in trauma responses
▪️Practical steps to begin noticing and processing your own trauma responses.

This episode is a compassionate reminder that nothing about you is broken..you’ve simply adapted to survive.

🎧 Tune in to Naturally Empowered Living wherever you listen to podcasts.

🔗 Link below to listen + explore healing support.

When you think of trauma, do you picture only big life events? Or have you ever considered how trauma influences your life, often in ways you may not even realize? Join me as we explore the nuances of trauma, from the big events that shape our experiences to the subtle, everyday occurrences that can...