In This Body

Alcohol can look like the problem, until you notice what it was solving. 
In this episode, Ailey is joined by writer and speaker Laura McKowen, founder of The Luckiest Club and author of We Are The Luckiest, for a conversation that begins with sobriety and opens into something deeper. Embodiment, shame, appetite, and the hidden intelligence behind the ways we cope.
We explore how alcohol can both numb and, at times, create access to sensation when the body feels out of reach. From there, we look at the quiet triangle many people live inside, moving between substances, food, and relationships in search of safety.
We talk about cross addiction and why removing the substance does not remove what is underneath. And we move into the tender terrain of relationships, where emotional sobriety asks how we stay connected without losing ourselves.
We also touch on writing as a tool for healing, and how giving language to our experience can support deeper integration.
If you are exploring sobriety, patterns of coping, or what it means to come back into relationship with yourself, this conversation offers a compassionate place to land.
In this episode: 
1:32 What Embodiment Means Here
7:39 The Story Behind We Are The Luckiest
18:07 Writing As A Way Back
23:09 Addiction And Embodiment Intertwined
32:57 Desire Shame And Addiction Language
41:25 Cross Addiction And Emotional Sobriety
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What if coming home to your body feels unfamiliar because you were taught to see it as something outside of you?
In this episode, Ailey sits down with somatic educator, author, and artist Abigail Rose Clarke to explore what embodiment actually is beneath the noise. Not a concept to master, but a practice of curiosity, presence, and relationship rooted in lived sensation.
We talk about what pulls us away from ourselves, from objectification to self surveillance, and the cultural belief that the body is something to fix. Abigail offers a powerful reframe: the body is not against you, the body is you.
From there, we expand into ecosomatics, exploring how connection deepens when we remember we are part of a larger living system. Through breath, sensation, and the senses, she offers grounded ways to return to the body.
We also challenge the consumer driven version of wellness and the idea that embodiment is about optimisation. Instead, this conversation invites a more relational and collective approach to being human.
If you are longing to feel more connected to yourself in a real and lasting way, this conversation offers a place to begin.
In this episode:
0:00 Welcome To In This Body
8:20 Returning Home After Disconnection
15:45 Ecosomatics And Earth As Home
24:01 Senses As A Way Back
33:42 Why Embodiment Is Political
37:06 From Self Optimisation To Liberation
40:08 The GROWL Method Explained
45:55 A Daily Grounding Practise
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What if Botox is not just changing how you look, but how you feel and connect?
In this episode, Ailey explores the quiet bind many women live inside, where beauty culture tells you your body is a problem to fix, and wellness culture tells you it is something to optimise. Both can sound supportive, yet both can pull you away from your lived experience.
Using Botox as an entry point, we look at research on facial feedback, emotional processing, and how expression shapes connection. She also shares clinical insights from somatic work, where micro expressions and co regulation are central to how we relate.
From there, we move into real life. Dating, friendships, and early attachment, exploring how reduced facial responsiveness may impact how we read and feel with one another. We also touch on objectification, interoception, and how self monitoring can distance you from your body long before any intervention.
This conversation invites you to step out of the cycle of fixing and into something quieter and more honest. Learning to listen. Learning to feel. Learning to be in your body.
In this episode:
0:00 Welcome To In This Body
2:25 The Beauty And Wellness Bind
9:54 Facial Feedback In Therapy
16:16 When Symptom Relief Hides Danger
18:47 The Research On Emotion And Botox
30:14 Objectification Cuts Interoception
35:34 Wellness Culture Rebrands Self Surveillance
40:51 Leaving The Loop Through Presence

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What if the reason you struggle to speak up in medical spaces is not weakness, but your body recognizing it is not safe?
In this episode, Ailey Jolie is joined by Dr. Tracy Shevell, a maternal fetal medicine specialist and women’s health advocate, to explore what happens when women enter rushed healthcare systems and leave unheard. Drawing from her experience as both a physician and a patient, Tracy shares how easily voices get lost, even when the stakes are high.
We talk about self advocacy, why women often freeze or fawn with authority figures, and simple ways to prepare for appointments so you can be heard. We also explore physician burnout and how broken systems impact care on both sides of the room.
From there, we expand into a more holistic view of health, one that includes emotional support, community, and nervous system awareness. Tracy connects the dots between trauma, chronic illness, and autoimmune conditions, and shares what trauma informed care can look like when dignity and choice are centered.
If you have ever left an appointment feeling dismissed or unsure how to advocate for yourself, this conversation offers both language and practical support.
In this episode:
2:27 Meet Dr. Tracy Shevell
4:40 Feeling At Home In Your Body
10:34 Self-Worth As Core Healthcare
14:26 How To Get More From Visits
19:20 Moral Injury Inside Modern Medicine
25:54 Spirituality, Ritual, And Miracles
36:12 How Birth Shaped Tracy’s Faith
42:19 Birth Fear, Extremes, And Isolation
47:58 Why Long-Term OBGYN Care Matters
51:51 Trauma-Informed Gynaecology That Respects You
1:02:22 Integration, Resources, And Closing
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What if the hardest moments in parenting are the ones pointing you back toward yourself?
In this episode, Ailey Jolie sits down with Dr. Genevieve von Lob, a clinical psychologist whose work weaves together trauma, mindful parenting, and embodied healing. She shares her journey back into the body, and the role that protection, not failure, plays in our patterns.
We explore the reality of parenting sensitive or strong willed children, how our nervous systems shape connection, and why authenticity creates more safety than trying to get it right. We also touch on shame, inherited patterns, and the importance of being witnessed in community.
If you are learning to meet yourself while raising someone else, this conversation offers a steady and compassionate place to land.
In this episode:
0:00 Welcome To Embodiment Work
3:45 Brief, Numbness And Coming Back
8:12 Why Parenting Starts In The Body
13:20 Triggers, Guilt And The Lost Village
18:18 Resonance, Congruence And Repair
26:17 Shame In The Body And Lineage
31:55 Collective Healing And Spiritual Intelligence
55:03 Closing Invites
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