Dear Reader

I wanted to share something a little special with you today.

My conversation on the Let Go and Let’s Go podcast was just released, and I have to be honest — listening back to it felt tender.

There is something vulnerable about hearing yourself tell pieces of your own story out loud.

In the episode, Liliana and I talked about somatic work, women’s circles, embodiment, and the journey of coming back to yourself.

But really, the heart of the conversation was about the woman who has done everything “right”…

and still feels disconnected inside her own life.

The woman who has built the life she thought she was supposed to want.

The woman who has read the books, gone to therapy, listened to the podcasts, attended the workshops, gained so much insight…

and still feels like something essential is missing.

I know that woman because I was her.

There was a time in my life when, from the outside, everything looked fine.

More than fine, actually.

I had checked so many of the boxes I thought would make me happy.

But inside, I felt numb.

Lost.

Disconnected from myself.

And I remember one particular moment so clearly.

I was crying on my bathroom floor.

I stood up, looked at myself in the mirror, and thought:

Who is this woman?

That question undid me.

And it also began to open something.

Not all at once.

Not in some neat, polished, overnight-transformation kind of way.

But slowly.

Honestly.

Through my body.

Through feeling.

Through movement.

Through expression.

Through learning how to listen to the parts of myself I had spent years silencing, overriding, and performing over.

One of the things I shared in the conversation is that so much of our story does not only live in the mind.

It lives in the body.

In the breath.

In the muscles.

In the places we tighten, collapse, brace, or go numb.

And this is why thinking alone often doesn’t bring us all the way home.

Sometimes there comes a moment when the body has to be included.

A moment when we stop asking:

“What’s wrong with me?”

And begin asking something much more tender:

What am I feeling?

Where do I feel it?

What does this part of me want me to know?

We also talked about women’s circles, and why I believe so deeply in gathering together.

Because we are not meant to do this alone.

So much healing happens when we are witnessed without needing to perform.

When we hear another woman’s story and realize:

Oh… it’s not just me.

When we remember that our longing to feel alive, whole, and true is not something to be ashamed of.

It is something to honor.

If any of this speaks to something in you, I’d love to invite you to listen to the episode.

You can listen here:

​WATCH THE CONVERSATION HERE ​

​LISTEN HERE ON SPOTIFY​

​LISTEN HERE ON APPLE​

And after you listen, maybe take one quiet moment for yourself.

Place a hand on your body.

Take a breath.

And ask:

What in me is asking to be heard?

That one question can be a beginning.

Also, in the next few days, I’ll be sending you an invitation to something I’m really excited about:

Stop Performing. Start Living.​
​A free 60-minute virtual somatic movement workshop for women.

It’s for the woman who has been holding it all together, doing all the right things, and quietly craving a way back into her body, her truth, and her aliveness.

So keep an eye out for that email soon.

For today, I simply wanted to share this conversation with you.

I hope it meets you somewhere real.

With love,
Teresa