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Season 1

Episode 18
Ep. 18 · Feb 10, 2026

When Pain Won’t Sleep

Touchology & reflexology for midlife women, with Dr. Njideka Olatunde.

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Episode 17
Ep. 17 · Jan 27, 2026

Belonging in Your Own Body

Five Element Medicine & late-diagnosed autism, with Dr. Janice Campbell.

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Episode 16
Ep. 16 · Jan 13, 2026

From Survival to Sovereignty

The Pain Into Power Process, with Cassandra Love Lambert.

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Episode 15
Ep. 15 · Dec 23, 2025

Aromatherapy as Nervous System Medicine

Scent as regulation, with clinical aromatherapist Amy Anthony.

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Episode 14
Ep. 14 · Dec 5, 2025

Sound Healing to Release Old Selves

Grief & transitions through frequency and voice, with Celeste Barbier.

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Episode 13
Ep. 13 · Nov 4, 2025

Hot Flashes at Night? Breath as Medicine

Why breathwork settles the nervous system when sleep won’t come.

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Episode 12
Ep. 12 · Oct 21, 2025

Eating Feels Impossible?

3 food-environment fixes for perimenopausal neurodivergent women, with Michael Lawrence.

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Episode 11
Ep. 11 · Oct 7, 2025

Stop the Rabbit Hole

Autism & social media rules, with Dr. Temple Grandin.

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Episode 10
Ep. 10 · Sep 20, 2025

Autism Spectrum, Menopause & Beyond

The episode that gave the show its name.

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Episode 9
Ep. 9 · Sep 16, 2025

Emotionally Numb in Midlife?

Why so many women feel disconnected from their own bodies, and you’re not alone.

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Episode 8
Ep. 8 · Sep 2, 2025

Stop Starving Your Brain

Food, flexibility & burnout recovery, with Dr. Franklin.

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Episode 7
Ep. 7 · Aug 26, 2025

Still Burned Out? Light a Ritual

Small rituals that signal safety to the nervous system, with Tameka Tate.

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Episode 6
Ep. 6 · Jul 29, 2025

Paint to Remember

How abstract art anchors emotion, memory & ritual, with Ann Yakimovicz.

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Episode 5
Ep. 5 · Jul 12, 2025

Color Is a Reset

How to use color to calm your nervous system, with Dr. Stacey Denise.

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Episode 4
Ep. 4 · Jul 1, 2025

If You Feel Off in Your Body

It might be this, and it’s not what you ate.

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Episode 3
Ep. 3 · Jun 24, 2025

ERASED

How AI bias impacts beauty, identity & belonging.

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Episode 2
Ep. 2 · Jun 17, 2025

Own Your Image

Technocolonialism, AI beauty & sensory sovereignty.

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Episode 1
Ep. 1 · Jun 4, 2025

The Aesthetic Revolution You Didn’t See Coming

The conversation that started it all.

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Podcast trailer
Trailer · Jun 2, 2025

Welcome to the Podcast

A two-minute introduction to what this show is really about.

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Season 2 is Coming: Menopause, the Nervous System and Beyond.

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