Dealing with the expansion and contraction of our bodies around income can sometimes be overwhelming and confusing. That is why I am so thrilled to have three guest experts join us in this episode to explain and help us understand these cycles and share with us how to best approach it when it happens.
Christa Bevan, Shelby Leigh, and Renee Reese are entrepreneurs and coaches who help women further understand why nervous system regulation matters, how this impacts their lives, and how they can feel safe in their own bodies to earn, receive, and keep more profit in their online business. In this episode, our three guests all share about how the expansion and contraction in our bodies are normal and safe, and what we can do to manage it better.
[00:01 – 12:54] It’s About the Dynamic Partnership with Your Mind and Body
- Christa and her experience working with cycle breaker moms
- Going through the expansion and contraction cycle
- Expanding into a new reality
- Approaching things through a playful attitude and understanding
- Titrating changes in our body
- Expansion and contraction goes hand in hand
- Entrepreneurship takes a certain tenacity and grit
- Learning to be comfortable with discomfort
- Importance of resting and listening to our bodies
- Grant yourself permission to rest
[12:55 – 23:13] Learning to Connect and Approach Your Body with Curiosity
- Normalizing the expansion and contraction of our bodies with Renee
- Expansion and contraction comes in seasons
- Approaching your body with curiosity
- Taking the time to work with yourself
[23:14 – 37:46] Understanding Our Bodies and Allowing the Process to be Easy
- Shelby talks about helping people regulate their nervous systems
- Feeling safe with our bodies
- Expanding and contracting is normal and safe
- Understanding our bodies better
- Allowing the practice to be easy
Key Quotes:
“So much of your body is your subconscious mind. And so what we need to do is sort of incrementally start to open up our capacity to hold more. And when we do that there’s more room for expansion, and there’s more room for contraction, but you can’t have one without the other.” – Christa Bevan
“All our bodies are just telling us stories all the time, our bodies are just giving us signals and just sharing something with us.” – Renee Reese
“This is normal. We expand, we contract, we expand, and contract.” – Shelby Leigh
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Christa: www.instagram.com/theradicalmothervillage
Renee https://www.instagram.com/thereneereese/
Shelby https://www.instagram.com/fierceheart.shelbyleigh/
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