60 acast.com Ground Floor: on vaginismus, vulvodynia, and other ways we brace https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ en © 2026naomigale Naomi Gale Pelvic health was never designed for permanent survival mode Women's bodies were never designed for permanent survival mode. Reasonable women have done the therapy, the books, the pelvic floor work, and still do not feel a sense of home and belonging in their bodies.


Vaginismus and vulvodynia are one example: a vagina that closes involuntarily. At the same time, vaginismus is just one way women brace.


This podcast is for women who still feel numb, perform, over-function, hold it all.


Hosted by Naomi Gale, a pelvic health educator, mother and author. Each episode moves between real conversations, named myths corrected with the evidence behind them, and the deeper question underneath: what happens when a woman stops trying to fix herself and starts trusting what her body's been saying all along.


This isn't a conversation on self-help; it's a return to you: a reasonable woman in an unreasonable world. Naomi is the author of Ground Floor and The Reasonable Woman, published by nomestia.

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]]> Women's bodies were never designed for permanent survival mode. Reasonable women have done the therapy, the books, the pelvic floor work, and still do not feel a sense of home and belonging in their bodies.


Vaginismus and vulvodynia are one example: a vagina that closes involuntarily. At the same time, vaginismus is just one way women brace.


This podcast is for women who still feel numb, perform, over-function, hold it all.


Hosted by Naomi Gale, a pelvic health educator, mother and author. Each episode moves between real conversations, named myths corrected with the evidence behind them, and the deeper question underneath: what happens when a woman stops trying to fix herself and starts trusting what her body's been saying all along.


This isn't a conversation on self-help; it's a return to you: a reasonable woman in an unreasonable world. Naomi is the author of Ground Floor and The Reasonable Woman, published by nomestia.

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]]> true Naomi Gale info+69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2@mg-eu.acast.com 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 fanny-chat https://feeds.simplecast.com/rpaZBIQ5 episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2/1787566385286-4fd96f4c-a93b-4b95-8bb6-121b21dc0fe2.jpeg https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ Ground Floor: on vaginismus, vulvodynia, and other ways we brace https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 <![CDATA[When Rest Doesn't Restore: Why the Pelvic Floor Braces Under Chronic Stress]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:19:24 GMT 33:37 6a290ffc6642088a10f874ef true https://shows.acast.com/fanny-chat/episodes/when-rest-doesnt-restore-you 6a290ffc6642088a10f874ef 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 when-rest-doesnt-restore-you Delayed ovulation, painful sex, and period pain-what your pelvic floor is bracing against full If your period pain has gotten worse, your cycle's shifted, or sex doesn't feel the way it used to, your nervous system might be the reason. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why chronic stress and hypervigilance show up in the body as literal pelvic bracing with delayed ovulation, flare-ups of period pain, changes in arousal, lubrication, and discharge, even leaking, and walks through her own experience of catching this in real time, mid-hypervigilance, living in a van across Morocco and Spain. Why "just rest" doesn't work when your nervous system doesn't feel safe enough to receive it, and what actually helps instead.


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  • What is your body's default setting when you finally stop?
  • When you land in rest, do you feel relief, numbness, or something else?
  • What actually brings you back into your body?
  • What would your body need in order to truly receive rest?


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]]> If your period pain has gotten worse, your cycle's shifted, or sex doesn't feel the way it used to, your nervous system might be the reason. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why chronic stress and hypervigilance show up in the body as literal pelvic bracing with delayed ovulation, flare-ups of period pain, changes in arousal, lubrication, and discharge, even leaking, and walks through her own experience of catching this in real time, mid-hypervigilance, living in a van across Morocco and Spain. Why "just rest" doesn't work when your nervous system doesn't feel safe enough to receive it, and what actually helps instead.


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  • What is your body's default setting when you finally stop?
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]]> Quietly Furious: What Resentment Is Doing to Your Pelvic Floor Quietly Furious: What Resentment Is Doing to Your Pelvic Floor Thu, 14 May 2026 06:22:34 GMT 19:48 6a056a2ad58f9c365b671e56 true https://shows.acast.com/fanny-chat/episodes/resentment-is-information 6a056a2ad58f9c365b671e56 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 resentment-is-information Resentment, invisible labour, and the pelvic floor bracing underneath it full Resentment isn't a character flaw instead it's a signal. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why so many "fine, functioning" women are quietly furious, and why that resentment so often shows up as bracing in the pelvic floor rather than as something named out loud. Through the story of Claire: a composite of women Naomi's worked with we discuss what happens when a body that's been gripping and holding for years is finally asked what it's actually carrying. This isn't about Kegels or a quick fix; it's about what gets released once resentment is acknowledged instead of managed.

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]]> Resentment isn't a character flaw instead it's a signal. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why so many "fine, functioning" women are quietly furious, and why that resentment so often shows up as bracing in the pelvic floor rather than as something named out loud. Through the story of Claire: a composite of women Naomi's worked with we discuss what happens when a body that's been gripping and holding for years is finally asked what it's actually carrying. This isn't about Kegels or a quick fix; it's about what gets released once resentment is acknowledged instead of managed.

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]]> Why Analogue Feels Like Mothering Myself Why Analogue Feels Like Mothering Myself Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:10:18 GMT 32:37 e9e601c6-3cbf-481d-bc50-f1fe8eb72886 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa2b71c054a39cc53f 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 why-analogue-feels-like-mothering-myself full 54 Naomi on the link between digital overwhelm and a nervous system stuck on high alert: flip phones, paper books, Swatch watches, and why she quit Instagram all recorded from a beach in Morocco mid-van-life. The deeper thread: what "analogue" actually does for a body that's been bracing for years, and why healing sometimes looks like less, not more.

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]]> Naomi on the link between digital overwhelm and a nervous system stuck on high alert: flip phones, paper books, Swatch watches, and why she quit Instagram all recorded from a beach in Morocco mid-van-life. The deeper thread: what "analogue" actually does for a body that's been bracing for years, and why healing sometimes looks like less, not more.

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]]> <![CDATA[You're Surrounded By People: So Why Do You Still Feel Alone?]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:57:16 GMT 28:58 e29fed25-2ee6-40ee-9475-e0e1f8a17670 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa385e8d5e30bee140 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 youre-surrounded-by-people-so-why-do-you-still-feel-alone full 53 It's 2026. We understand the solutions so why aren't we living what we already know? Naomi challenges the idea that women actually want the community they say they want, through the story of "Sophia" (a composite of women she's worked with) surrounded by people, full conversations, a full life, and still lonely, and a real account of a friendship that fell apart mid-van-life the moment the conversation went past small talk. Real community isn't a location problem, Naomi argues, it's a courage problem: what happens the moment someone stops performing "I'm good" and says the actually true thing instead.

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]]> It's 2026. We understand the solutions so why aren't we living what we already know? Naomi challenges the idea that women actually want the community they say they want, through the story of "Sophia" (a composite of women she's worked with) surrounded by people, full conversations, a full life, and still lonely, and a real account of a friendship that fell apart mid-van-life the moment the conversation went past small talk. Real community isn't a location problem, Naomi argues, it's a courage problem: what happens the moment someone stops performing "I'm good" and says the actually true thing instead.

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]]> Meet Jenna: A Body That Closes, a Body That Says No Meet Jenna: A Body That Closes, a Body That Says No Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:55:18 GMT 24:22 109e912a-8509-4674-b8be-5ad88827dba6 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa2b71c054a39cc545 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 meet-jenna-a-body-that-closes-a-body-that-says-no Vaginismus, the freeze response, and what the body is actually protecting you from full 52 Meet Jenna, 35: she lives with vaginismus, where the vaginal muscles involuntarily contract, making penetration painful or impossible. This is a fictitious client profile, one of an ongoing series built from a decade of real work with women, showing what actually helps when someone's done the therapy, read the books, and still feels like nothing has landed.

TW: this episode discusses sexual assault and its lasting effects on the body.

Vaginismus isn't a malfunction, it's a protective mechanism, and often a clever one. For Jenna, the pain was the trigger, not the cause: an assault she never told anyone about because it left no visible scars, held instead in her body. Naomi walks through why the presenting pain is almost never the real story, what it means to work with a nervous system stuck in freeze, and what changes when a woman's body finally gets a space to speak instead of being fixed. (NHS has basic information on vaginismus if you want a clinical starting point). Naomi's own experience is that even smear-test clinicians often don't fully understand the term.

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]]> Meet Jenna, 35: she lives with vaginismus, where the vaginal muscles involuntarily contract, making penetration painful or impossible. This is a fictitious client profile, one of an ongoing series built from a decade of real work with women, showing what actually helps when someone's done the therapy, read the books, and still feels like nothing has landed.

TW: this episode discusses sexual assault and its lasting effects on the body.

Vaginismus isn't a malfunction, it's a protective mechanism, and often a clever one. For Jenna, the pain was the trigger, not the cause: an assault she never told anyone about because it left no visible scars, held instead in her body. Naomi walks through why the presenting pain is almost never the real story, what it means to work with a nervous system stuck in freeze, and what changes when a woman's body finally gets a space to speak instead of being fixed. (NHS has basic information on vaginismus if you want a clinical starting point). Naomi's own experience is that even smear-test clinicians often don't fully understand the term.

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]]> The Hidden Dissatisfaction of Mothers Who “Did Everything Right” The Hidden Dissatisfaction of Mothers Who “Did Everything Right” Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:51:59 GMT 31:38 dbb12892-a2b0-4c2f-b911-c53abadfe486 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86a6385e8d5e30bee04a 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 full 51 Meet Sofia: the 'right' education, the 'right' career, two children, a life that looks complete by every visible measure. She's not in crisis. She's in integration pressure: she already has the language, the therapy, the self-awarenes, and none of it has actually landed. This is a fictitious client profile, one of an ongoing series drawn from a decade of one-to-one work. Sofia's trigger to seek this space wasn't a life falling apart: it was sex that had started to hurt, quietly, with no one around her saying that wasn't normal. Naomi on why pain in the body is so often a signal about pace and integration elsewhere, and what it means to look for evidence rather than more answers.

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]]> Meet Sofia: the 'right' education, the 'right' career, two children, a life that looks complete by every visible measure. She's not in crisis. She's in integration pressure: she already has the language, the therapy, the self-awarenes, and none of it has actually landed. This is a fictitious client profile, one of an ongoing series drawn from a decade of one-to-one work. Sofia's trigger to seek this space wasn't a life falling apart: it was sex that had started to hurt, quietly, with no one around her saying that wasn't normal. Naomi on why pain in the body is so often a signal about pace and integration elsewhere, and what it means to look for evidence rather than more answers.

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]]> Betty Sharpe: Three Years of Unexplained Pain Betty Sharpe: Three Years of Unexplained Pain Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT 58:05 e2dd2e08-15e4-4a00-8b63-2bdd566eb612 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ae44cb786b37828253 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 betty-sharpe-three-years-of-unexplained-pain Vulvodynia, episiotomy recovery, and the postnatal care nobody gave her full 50 Betty Sharpe a Kent-based doula and founder of Folkey Birth Club on three years of unexplained vulvopain that every test came back clear for, and what it taught her about how the medical system treats vaginas and vulvas when nothing shows up on a scan. We talk episiotomy recovery and years of painful sex afterwards, the second-degree tears no one warns you about, why "just lie down and rest" is better postnatal advice than most stitches, and what it actually means to be believed by a doctor even when there's no diagnosis to give.

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]]> Betty Sharpe a Kent-based doula and founder of Folkey Birth Club on three years of unexplained vulvopain that every test came back clear for, and what it taught her about how the medical system treats vaginas and vulvas when nothing shows up on a scan. We talk episiotomy recovery and years of painful sex afterwards, the second-degree tears no one warns you about, why "just lie down and rest" is better postnatal advice than most stitches, and what it actually means to be believed by a doctor even when there's no diagnosis to give.

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]]> Lindsey Isla: Vaginismus, Being Child-Free, and Learning to Track Her Cycle Lindsey Isla: Vaginismus, Being Child-Free, and Learning to Track Her Cycle Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT 1:04:15 8c9b45b6-7429-4d5e-be38-80ee6bd4b4b4 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa2ba0ef2ccac6efc0 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 lindsey-isla-vaginismus-being-child-free-and-learning-to-tra full 49 Lindsey Isla: a content creator across lifestyle, interiors and fashion on developing vaginismus at 16, the doctor who dismissed it because her smear test was pain-free, and years of shame and silence before it resolved on its own in her mid-20s. This episode also covers her choice to be child-free within a marriage where both partners agree, and how cycle tracking changed her relationship with her own mood and body after years on hormonal contraception. Three stories, three real conversations.

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]]> Lindsey Isla: a content creator across lifestyle, interiors and fashion on developing vaginismus at 16, the doctor who dismissed it because her smear test was pain-free, and years of shame and silence before it resolved on its own in her mid-20s. This episode also covers her choice to be child-free within a marriage where both partners agree, and how cycle tracking changed her relationship with her own mood and body after years on hormonal contraception. Three stories, three real conversations.

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]]> Amber Topaz and normalising singing about the vulva Amber Topaz and normalising singing about the vulva Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:55:20 GMT 1:02:12 5001c32b-7ff2-40af-8b0e-b6103a0108d2 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ae385e8d5e30bee246 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 full 48 Amber Topaz: performer, writer and producer working across comedy, burlesque and feminine empowerment on developing seemingly overnight at 15, the eating disorder and body shame that followed, and how burlesque became her way back into her own body rather than a performance for anyone else. We talk about being shamed at her own father's funeral for her stage work, why she wrote a song that simply asks the audience to say "vulva" out loud, and what it's like to tell an all-male cast "I think I'm perimenopausal" and be told to run for the hills. Amber's closing ask, for all of us: don't be a dick: just ask "is there anything I can do?"

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]]> Amber Topaz: performer, writer and producer working across comedy, burlesque and feminine empowerment on developing seemingly overnight at 15, the eating disorder and body shame that followed, and how burlesque became her way back into her own body rather than a performance for anyone else. We talk about being shamed at her own father's funeral for her stage work, why she wrote a song that simply asks the audience to say "vulva" out loud, and what it's like to tell an all-male cast "I think I'm perimenopausal" and be told to run for the hills. Amber's closing ask, for all of us: don't be a dick: just ask "is there anything I can do?"

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]]> <![CDATA[Alistair and His Wife's Donor Sperm]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:36:04 GMT 39:43 78c116c8-e06c-4b0a-8005-7d91233ef6d7 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ac2b71c054a39cc5e2 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 alistair-and-his-wifes-donor-sperm full 47 Naomi's husband Alistair on their donor conception journey: an azoospermia diagnosis, the NHS's BMI threshold that ruled them out of treatment, and travelling to Athens for IUI and later IVF using donor sperm. A rare male perspective on infertility, secondary infertility, and the parts of that process partners rarely get space to process out loud. The episode closes on the "birth" of Naomi's book, and Ali's theory that it may be shadow-banned on Amazon for having "vagina" in the title, while books about "tightening" the vagina apparently aren't.

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]]> Naomi's husband Alistair on their donor conception journey: an azoospermia diagnosis, the NHS's BMI threshold that ruled them out of treatment, and travelling to Athens for IUI and later IVF using donor sperm. A rare male perspective on infertility, secondary infertility, and the parts of that process partners rarely get space to process out loud. The episode closes on the "birth" of Naomi's book, and Ali's theory that it may be shadow-banned on Amazon for having "vagina" in the title, while books about "tightening" the vagina apparently aren't.

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]]> Socialising is not rest Socialising is not rest Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:23:25 GMT 15:29 2f83bfdb-08f3-4cad-9f4d-ee5bd313ab82 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ae385e8d5e30bee23f 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 full 45 After a socialising-heavy Easter weekend, Naomi hits her limit and loses herself with her son over a lost chocolate rabbit: the flashpoint for a wider point: socialising isn't rest, even when it's fun, even when you're good at it, even when everyone around you assumes you thrive on it. A human design reading finally gives her language she'd never had permission to use: being extroverted doesn't mean socialising is free. On the pendulum between pushing out and pulling in, why saying no is a form of honouring the body, and what repair looks like after losing your temper with your child.

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]]> After a socialising-heavy Easter weekend, Naomi hits her limit and loses herself with her son over a lost chocolate rabbit: the flashpoint for a wider point: socialising isn't rest, even when it's fun, even when you're good at it, even when everyone around you assumes you thrive on it. A human design reading finally gives her language she'd never had permission to use: being extroverted doesn't mean socialising is free. On the pendulum between pushing out and pulling in, why saying no is a form of honouring the body, and what repair looks like after losing your temper with your child.

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]]> How to Transition Into Spring How to Transition Into Spring Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:51:47 GMT 13:25 6bac81c4-2478-49cf-81cb-a50e0e2edcce true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86a8385e8d5e30bee0c7 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 how-to-transition-into-spring Seasonal mirrors, PMDD, and why your spring predicts your autumn full 44 As the UK shifts into spring, Naomi on why rushing the transition:saying yes to everything just because the sun's out backfires on the nervous system the same way skipping proper rest during your period does. Introducing "seasonal mirrors": the idea that spring and autumn mirror each other hormonally, so if you struggle with PMS or PMDD in your autumn (luteal phase), the fix often starts with how you handled your spring, not your autumn itself. Practical guidance on giving each phase of your cycle, and each season, more room than you think it needs.

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]]> As the UK shifts into spring, Naomi on why rushing the transition:saying yes to everything just because the sun's out backfires on the nervous system the same way skipping proper rest during your period does. Introducing "seasonal mirrors": the idea that spring and autumn mirror each other hormonally, so if you struggle with PMS or PMDD in your autumn (luteal phase), the fix often starts with how you handled your spring, not your autumn itself. Practical guidance on giving each phase of your cycle, and each season, more room than you think it needs.

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]]> 97% of Your Thoughts Matter 97% of Your Thoughts Matter Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:12:00 GMT 22:28 6f30aa4b-71c9-4434-98c7-74eb17708b06 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aac117aa79bf7bc9a7 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 97-of-your-thoughts-matter Subconscious protectors, self-sabotage, and a breakdown in the shower mid-book-launch full 43 The subconscious is estimated to direct around 97% of our thoughts and decisions. Naomi on "protectors", the coping mechanisms (self-sabotage, numbing, sudden anger, online shopping) that form in childhood to guard against old wounds, and why they deserve gratitude rather than shame. Includes an unusually honest disclosure: a recent breakdown in the shower during her book launch, bad enough that she needed Ali to sit with her before she could stand up. Practical tools for moving out of dorsal shutdown, and why no practitioner, Naomi included, is exempt from needing this work on themselves.

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]]> The subconscious is estimated to direct around 97% of our thoughts and decisions. Naomi on "protectors", the coping mechanisms (self-sabotage, numbing, sudden anger, online shopping) that form in childhood to guard against old wounds, and why they deserve gratitude rather than shame. Includes an unusually honest disclosure: a recent breakdown in the shower during her book launch, bad enough that she needed Ali to sit with her before she could stand up. Practical tools for moving out of dorsal shutdown, and why no practitioner, Naomi included, is exempt from needing this work on themselves.

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]]> What is a vagina reading? What is a vagina reading? Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:04:13 GMT 14:36 26b0903b-b8d7-4dc4-a475-3e62e9a94aea true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86a5051b78474e154941 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 what-is-a-vagina-reading Fascia work, tarot, and what actually happens in a two-hour session full 42 Naomi explains vagina readings: a modality combining light, cranial-sacral-level fascia work with tarot, built around the idea that the body (and specifically the vagus nerve) directs the mind far more than the reverse. What a session actually involves, from an intake form through to somatic work and a closing tarot reading, and why things can surface that you weren't expecting. For current availability send Naomi an email: hello@thisisnaomigale.co.uk.

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]]> Naomi explains vagina readings: a modality combining light, cranial-sacral-level fascia work with tarot, built around the idea that the body (and specifically the vagus nerve) directs the mind far more than the reverse. What a session actually involves, from an intake form through to somatic work and a closing tarot reading, and why things can surface that you weren't expecting. For current availability send Naomi an email: hello@thisisnaomigale.co.uk.

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]]> <![CDATA[Sex can hurt but shouldn't]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT 23:05 7acf2cbc-ad15-4b4f-84de-4ba5791fc7d6 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa44cb786b3782814a 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 Vaginismus, vulvodynia, and getting a trauma-informed smear test full 41 Naomi on a recent smear test that turned into a stark reminder of how little the medical system understands about pelvic pain: a nurse who works with cervixes daily and had never heard of vaginismus or vulvodynia. What both conditions actually are, why "sex can hurt but shouldn't" is the whole point, and practical steps for a less painful cervical screening: requesting a smaller speculum, timing your appointment, bringing a chaperone, and where to find trauma-informed screening if you've experienced sexual assault.

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]]> Naomi on a recent smear test that turned into a stark reminder of how little the medical system understands about pelvic pain: a nurse who works with cervixes daily and had never heard of vaginismus or vulvodynia. What both conditions actually are, why "sex can hurt but shouldn't" is the whole point, and practical steps for a less painful cervical screening: requesting a smaller speculum, timing your appointment, bringing a chaperone, and where to find trauma-informed screening if you've experienced sexual assault.

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]]> RIP Social Media and WTF Is Substack? RIP Social Media and WTF Is Substack? Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT 25:33 22319887-64c3-470c-b92b-65be4ab7581f true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ab2b71c054a39cc576 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 rip-social-media-and-wtf-is-substack full 40 Naomi on stepping back from Instagram: the 40-minutes-gone feeling, an example of Instagram taking down a creator's post about unsolicited DMs, and a specific case for email over social: 1,200 Substack subscribers with a 46% open rate outperforming 200 Instagram story views. Woven through with reflections on mortality and time prompted by the book "4000 Weeks," and what it means to build a business around long-form writing instead of an algorithm designed to keep you scrolling.

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]]> Naomi on stepping back from Instagram: the 40-minutes-gone feeling, an example of Instagram taking down a creator's post about unsolicited DMs, and a specific case for email over social: 1,200 Substack subscribers with a 46% open rate outperforming 200 Instagram story views. Woven through with reflections on mortality and time prompted by the book "4000 Weeks," and what it means to build a business around long-form writing instead of an algorithm designed to keep you scrolling.

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]]> <![CDATA[Your Vagina's Holding Pattern]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:41:30 GMT 23:00 7e4045cf-dab5-42ba-9f5f-6ffd46374681 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa051b78474e154a68 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 your-vaginas-holding-pattern Painful sex, incontinence, and the pelvic legacy of endometriosis and PCOS full 39 Naomi on "holding patterns": her framework for how the pelvis stores unprocessed experience, from inherited patterns (a mother or grandmother's endometriosis, PCOS, miscarriage, or unspoken trauma) through to your own: painful sex, inability to climax, urinary incontinence, and shame around the vulva itself. Practical starting points for reconnecting with the pelvis, including posture, visualisation, and somatic touch work.

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]]> Naomi on "holding patterns": her framework for how the pelvis stores unprocessed experience, from inherited patterns (a mother or grandmother's endometriosis, PCOS, miscarriage, or unspoken trauma) through to your own: painful sex, inability to climax, urinary incontinence, and shame around the vulva itself. Practical starting points for reconnecting with the pelvis, including posture, visualisation, and somatic touch work.

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]]> <![CDATA[My husband told me I wasn't accessing my joy]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:46:41 GMT 18:07 b6294d3e-8291-4975-b0be-032e0cdbe197 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa2b71c054a39cc520 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 full 37 In this episode, I personally reflect on why and how I started really diving into daily joy. I share what that looks like and how that unfolds throughout my week. There's a little more on how to do this for yourself and what my next step looks like with my business. 

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]]> In this episode, I personally reflect on why and how I started really diving into daily joy. I share what that looks like and how that unfolds throughout my week. There's a little more on how to do this for yourself and what my next step looks like with my business. 

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]]> Emma Wilson: What Egg Freezing Actually Involves: And Why She Did It Alone Emma Wilson: What Egg Freezing Actually Involves: And Why She Did It Alone Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:11:19 GMT 49:56 cfe88b25-5b53-4adb-a445-284104314a6e true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ac051b78474e154aee 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 emma-wilson-what-egg-freezing-actually-involvesand-why-she-d The turning-30 crisis, and a step-by-step account of freezing 19 eggs solo full 35 Emma Wilson, the Turning 30 Coach, walks through egg freezing in real detail: the daily hormone injections, follicle monitoring, trigger shot, and retrieval under anaesthetic, and why she did it in Israel rather than the UK for cost reasons. On the "turning 30 crisis" as a specifically female experience, the emotional weight of going through fertility treatment single and without a partner in the room, and why freezing eggs isn't a guarantee, just an option worth understanding before panic makes the decision for you.

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]]> Emma Wilson, the Turning 30 Coach, walks through egg freezing in real detail: the daily hormone injections, follicle monitoring, trigger shot, and retrieval under anaesthetic, and why she did it in Israel rather than the UK for cost reasons. On the "turning 30 crisis" as a specifically female experience, the emotional weight of going through fertility treatment single and without a partner in the room, and why freezing eggs isn't a guarantee, just an option worth understanding before panic makes the decision for you.

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]]> 10 Days of Silence: What Vipassana Actually Did to My Body 10 Days of Silence: What Vipassana Actually Did to My Body Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:26:37 GMT 30:24 74e584a6-93ac-4277-b754-f3e758634935 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b22b71c054a39cd06c 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 10-days-of-silence-what-vipassana-actually-did-to-my-body full 34 Naomi on a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat: no talking, touching, journaling, music, or movement beyond basic stretching, 4am starts, and two-hour meditation sessions built around observing bodily sensation without reacting. What actually surfaced: a severe IBS flare that prompted her to ask her GP to rule out Crohn's on return, day six and seven as the hardest points, and a strange aftermath: staying eerily calm after a genuinely painful bike accident with her daughter days later. Also touches on a real limitation of the practice worth knowing before signing up: it's structured as strictly male/female, with no acknowledgment of non-binary or trans participants.

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]]> Naomi on a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat: no talking, touching, journaling, music, or movement beyond basic stretching, 4am starts, and two-hour meditation sessions built around observing bodily sensation without reacting. What actually surfaced: a severe IBS flare that prompted her to ask her GP to rule out Crohn's on return, day six and seven as the hardest points, and a strange aftermath: staying eerily calm after a genuinely painful bike accident with her daughter days later. Also touches on a real limitation of the practice worth knowing before signing up: it's structured as strictly male/female, with no acknowledgment of non-binary or trans participants.

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]]> <![CDATA[Laura Wallace: How to Tell When You're Out of Alignment]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:05:53 GMT 40:39 45bbf1ff-be6b-4cb9-9690-edbddc09695e true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b2385e8d5e30bee331 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 laura-wallace-how-to-tell-when-youre-out-of-alignment full 33 Laura Wallace (aka Laura Aura), alignment coach and host of the Gutsy Podcast, on reading the small daily signals, an uncomfortable outfit, a rushed breakfast, ongoing frustration at work as the same intuitive system that eventually forces bigger life changes if ignored. On leaving a 15-year branding career, the pressure of curated "quick fix" content on social media, and why real change is a practice, not a six-week programme.



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]]> Laura Wallace (aka Laura Aura), alignment coach and host of the Gutsy Podcast, on reading the small daily signals, an uncomfortable outfit, a rushed breakfast, ongoing frustration at work as the same intuitive system that eventually forces bigger life changes if ignored. On leaving a 15-year branding career, the pressure of curated "quick fix" content on social media, and why real change is a practice, not a six-week programme.



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]]> Melissa Rose Hirsch: Singing From the Pelvis Melissa Rose Hirsch: Singing From the Pelvis Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:58:00 GMT 49:21 89e70471-e81c-432f-8035-9f28b4fbf045 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b22ba0ef2ccac6f1af 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 melissa-rose-hirsch-singing-from-the-pelvis Vaginismus, vulvodynia, and what happens to both when a bad relationship ends full 32 Melissa Rose Hirsch a singer, vocal coach, and birth doula on the direct link between the voice and the pelvis: why so many of her students cry mid-lesson, and a striking clinical observation from her own practice: vulvodynia and vaginismus disappearing once someone leaves a relationship that wasn't right for them.



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]]> Melissa Rose Hirsch a singer, vocal coach, and birth doula on the direct link between the voice and the pelvis: why so many of her students cry mid-lesson, and a striking clinical observation from her own practice: vulvodynia and vaginismus disappearing once someone leaves a relationship that wasn't right for them.



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]]> The Mothering I Never Got, and What I Do Instead The Mothering I Never Got, and What I Do Instead Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT 14:22 2af394bd-7798-43c1-9c97-b4ae4ab1f44a true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa051b78474e154a5b 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 the-mothering-i-never-got-and-what-i-do-instead full 31 Naomi on growing up largely unsupervised from around age seven, making breakfast, emptying the dishwasher, mothering her younger brother while her parents worke, and how that early lack of holding shaped a lifelong pattern of people-pleasing. On grieving a mother who couldn't give what she didn't have herself, and a specific, real moment on a beach where watching a mother and daughter embrace led to an unexpected, grounding sense of being held by "the Great Mother" instead. A companion piece to the "holding pattern" episode's mother-wound framework, told here as lived experience rather than theory.

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]]> Naomi on growing up largely unsupervised from around age seven, making breakfast, emptying the dishwasher, mothering her younger brother while her parents worke, and how that early lack of holding shaped a lifelong pattern of people-pleasing. On grieving a mother who couldn't give what she didn't have herself, and a specific, real moment on a beach where watching a mother and daughter embrace led to an unexpected, grounding sense of being held by "the Great Mother" instead. A companion piece to the "holding pattern" episode's mother-wound framework, told here as lived experience rather than theory.

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]]> The Vagina Called The Vagina Called Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT 19:15 3c74fb50-4c35-4948-8b2e-b1f25ac9a358 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86a82ba0ef2ccac6ef5d 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 the-vagina-called full 30 Naomi on the last piece of her healing journey to fall into place: her own pelvic floor, after years of urinary and fecal incontinence that Kegels never touched. Why: a pelvic floor that's already braced has nowhere left to squeeze, the same way shoulders already up around your ears can't "tense" any further. On the surprising link between the ileocecal valve (between the small and large intestine) and IBS, why hip-opening yoga stretches so often bring people to tears, and vaginal fascia work as the piece that finally moved what breathwork, cycle tracking, and gut-focused diet changes alone hadn't.

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]]> Naomi on the last piece of her healing journey to fall into place: her own pelvic floor, after years of urinary and fecal incontinence that Kegels never touched. Why: a pelvic floor that's already braced has nowhere left to squeeze, the same way shoulders already up around your ears can't "tense" any further. On the surprising link between the ileocecal valve (between the small and large intestine) and IBS, why hip-opening yoga stretches so often bring people to tears, and vaginal fascia work as the piece that finally moved what breathwork, cycle tracking, and gut-focused diet changes alone hadn't.

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]]> Dawn M. Rivers: What Happens When You 10x Your Prices Dawn M. Rivers: What Happens When You 10x Your Prices Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:28:19 GMT 42:59 9d5b6efc-af12-4c5c-aa0b-f1410e72c69f true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ae2b71c054a39cc653 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 dawn-m-rivers-what-happens-when-you-10x-your-prices full 29 Dawn M. Rivers a yoga teacher and business coach on radically raising her prices, funding a retreat through crowdfunding, and the discomfort of sitting in "the liminal suck" between who you were and who you're becoming.



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]]> Dawn M. Rivers a yoga teacher and business coach on radically raising her prices, funding a retreat through crowdfunding, and the discomfort of sitting in "the liminal suck" between who you were and who you're becoming.



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]]> <![CDATA[My husband's vagina massage experience]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:38:00 GMT 36:39 3e78a0ea-2b17-421d-9430-fdc1c9b51a80 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b3c117aa79bf7bcc09 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 full 28 Naomi and her husband Ali on the first time he gave her a vaginal massage: the practice she teaches for releasing pelvic holding patterns tied to vaginismus, vulvodynia, and past trauma. A rare male-partner perspective: the nerves beforehand, learning to wait for the body's own invitation rather than rushing in, noticing a real asymmetry in her pelvic floor tension between sides, and what changed in their intimacy afterward. Referenced: When Sex Hurts (Goldstein, Pukall & Goldstein), which names pelvic floor massage as a leading recommendation for vulvodynia.

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]]> Naomi and her husband Ali on the first time he gave her a vaginal massage: the practice she teaches for releasing pelvic holding patterns tied to vaginismus, vulvodynia, and past trauma. A rare male-partner perspective: the nerves beforehand, learning to wait for the body's own invitation rather than rushing in, noticing a real asymmetry in her pelvic floor tension between sides, and what changed in their intimacy afterward. Referenced: When Sex Hurts (Goldstein, Pukall & Goldstein), which names pelvic floor massage as a leading recommendation for vulvodynia.

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]]> What Is Pain In and Around the Vulva? What Is Pain In and Around the Vulva? Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:22:44 GMT 36:08 c8d109dd-dbda-4701-a615-ba8732a83c00 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ac44cb786b378281dc 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 what-is-pain-in-and-around-the-vulva full 27 Naomi breaks down three conditions that get conflated constantly: vaginismus (the vaginal muscles involuntarily tightening against penetration — tampons, fingers, a partner, a toy), vulvodynia (persistent vulval pain that isn't always tied to penetration at all), and endometriosis (tissue growth that can cause painful sex, periods, and tampon use as it spreads). What to rule out first (STIs and UTIs, always worth checking before anything else), how a partner or relationship dynamic can factor in without it being anyone's "fault," and a section on the specific disconnect experienced by trans men who've kept their vulva.

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]]> Naomi breaks down three conditions that get conflated constantly: vaginismus (the vaginal muscles involuntarily tightening against penetration — tampons, fingers, a partner, a toy), vulvodynia (persistent vulval pain that isn't always tied to penetration at all), and endometriosis (tissue growth that can cause painful sex, periods, and tampon use as it spreads). What to rule out first (STIs and UTIs, always worth checking before anything else), how a partner or relationship dynamic can factor in without it being anyone's "fault," and a section on the specific disconnect experienced by trans men who've kept their vulva.

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]]> Kayleigh Castle: Breaking the Cycle, One Awkward First Period at a Time Kayleigh Castle: Breaking the Cycle, One Awkward First Period at a Time Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:26:22 GMT 51:03 b1d601c9-8d51-4587-9141-5fea8ea7fc46 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b444cb786b37828464 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 kayleigh-castle-breaking-the-cycle-one-awkward-first-period Menarche, generational trauma, and dating after healing childhood attachment wounds full 26 Kayleigh Castle, mental health coach, on menarche (first period) as a mirror for the mother-daughter relationship, breaking a generational pattern of emotional neglect with her own son, and what she's learned about dating since choosing to work on herself instead of blaming the men who show up. 


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]]> Kayleigh Castle, mental health coach, on menarche (first period) as a mirror for the mother-daughter relationship, breaking a generational pattern of emotional neglect with her own son, and what she's learned about dating since choosing to work on herself instead of blaming the men who show up. 


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]]> Adriana Zaccardi: Maiden to Mother, and the Myth of Descending Instead of Ascending Adriana Zaccardi: Maiden to Mother, and the Myth of Descending Instead of Ascending Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:06:24 GMT 53:23 90e9bf87-0479-4b8e-978c-63ce4efb48f6 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b32ba0ef2ccac6f225 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 adriana-zaccardi-maiden-to-mother-and-the-myth-of-descending full 25 Adriana Zaccardi, guide, "spiritual midwife," and teacher of maiden-to-mother rites of passage on menarche (being told by a doctor at 16 that she was "broken," then put on the pill for seven years without knowing her bleeds weren't real periods), the Sumerian myth of Inanna's descent as a map for going inward rather than seeking transcendence, and why healing work is cyclical rather than linear: the same difficult thing coming back around at a deeper layer each time. Also: reclaiming summer as a season that can call for rest too, against the usual "spring/summer=go" cycle-tracking script.


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]]> Adriana Zaccardi, guide, "spiritual midwife," and teacher of maiden-to-mother rites of passage on menarche (being told by a doctor at 16 that she was "broken," then put on the pill for seven years without knowing her bleeds weren't real periods), the Sumerian myth of Inanna's descent as a map for going inward rather than seeking transcendence, and why healing work is cyclical rather than linear: the same difficult thing coming back around at a deeper layer each time. Also: reclaiming summer as a season that can call for rest too, against the usual "spring/summer=go" cycle-tracking script.


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]]> What Is a Vagina Massage, Anyway? What Is a Vagina Massage, Anyway? Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:48:15 GMT 34:23 25eac6d3-fb90-4e82-9530-3936ad5a2f8c true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86ab2ba0ef2ccac6f015 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 what-is-a-vagina-massage-anyway full 23 Naomi explains vagina massage in detail: a fascia-release technique (imagine smoothing creased cling film over water) distinct from clinical pelvic floor therapy because it works with the emotional charge held in the tissue, not just the muscle. Why vaginismus so often traces back to a consent violation the person hasn't named as one including consent withdrawn mid-relationship, and how the practice differs for those not yet ready to approach healing through explicitly sexual framing. Trained under Tammi Lynn Kent.

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]]> Naomi explains vagina massage in detail: a fascia-release technique (imagine smoothing creased cling film over water) distinct from clinical pelvic floor therapy because it works with the emotional charge held in the tissue, not just the muscle. Why vaginismus so often traces back to a consent violation the person hasn't named as one including consent withdrawn mid-relationship, and how the practice differs for those not yet ready to approach healing through explicitly sexual framing. Trained under Tammi Lynn Kent.

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]]> All Things Vaginismus All Things Vaginismus Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:54 GMT 20:08 809d4b73-f371-4ac4-bb4c-c508d12c8a04 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86aa385e8d5e30bee137 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 all-things-vaginismus full 22 Naomi's full explanation of vaginismus: the tightening that makes penetration: tampons, sex, a smear test painful or impossible, and why a doctor finding "nothing visible" doesn't mean nothing's there. On the real root causes she sees most often: early tampon trauma, consent violations (including within a current relationship), unprocessed sexual assault, and inherited family trauma around birth, miscarriage, or abortion. Includes Naomi's view that hormonal contraception suppresses more than just ovulation: a perspective worth weighing rather than taking as settled fact. Pairs well with the episode on getting a less painful smear test if a pelvic exam feels daunting.

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]]> Naomi's full explanation of vaginismus: the tightening that makes penetration: tampons, sex, a smear test painful or impossible, and why a doctor finding "nothing visible" doesn't mean nothing's there. On the real root causes she sees most often: early tampon trauma, consent violations (including within a current relationship), unprocessed sexual assault, and inherited family trauma around birth, miscarriage, or abortion. Includes Naomi's view that hormonal contraception suppresses more than just ovulation: a perspective worth weighing rather than taking as settled fact. Pairs well with the episode on getting a less painful smear test if a pelvic exam feels daunting.

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]]> Lauren Barber: How Four Years Without a Period Kickstarted Her Healing Lauren Barber: How Four Years Without a Period Kickstarted Her Healing Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:17:44 GMT 45:54 ac13dfdd-6998-49d2-9010-fd7635c7323a true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b3c117aa79bf7bcc0e 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 lauren-barber-how-four-years-without-a-period-kickstarted-he full 17 Lauren Barber a womb yoga teacher and sacred business mentor on four years of hypothalamic amenorrhea brought on by chronic stress, over-exercise, and restrictive dieting, and the nervous-system work (daily yoga nidra, intuitive movement) that eventually brought her cycle back. A real example of the body bracing somewhere other than the pelvic floor: when a system isn't getting the safety signal it needs, it shuts down entirely rather than tightening. Also: why going straight from overwork to total rest can backfire, and gentler ways back in.


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]]> Lauren Barber a womb yoga teacher and sacred business mentor on four years of hypothalamic amenorrhea brought on by chronic stress, over-exercise, and restrictive dieting, and the nervous-system work (daily yoga nidra, intuitive movement) that eventually brought her cycle back. A real example of the body bracing somewhere other than the pelvic floor: when a system isn't getting the safety signal it needs, it shuts down entirely rather than tightening. Also: why going straight from overwork to total rest can backfire, and gentler ways back in.


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]]> <![CDATA[Natalie Keighley: Why Self-Compassion Isn't Optional]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:15:32 GMT 51:56 cff06636-ee06-4342-93a1-445fb2da0c66 true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b4051b78474e154cf0 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 natalie-keighley-why-self-compassion-isnt-optional Compassion Focused Therapy, mental health nursing, and easing anxiety through the body full 15 Natalie Keighley is a mental health nurse of over a decade and founder of Value Your Mind: Natalie discussed Compassion Focused Therapy (developed by Paul Gilbert), and the pattern she saw again and again in the NHS: people are often most critical of themselves exactly when they're struggling the most. On working through body and mind together to ease anxiety, stress, and trauma symptoms, and why self-compassion is a skill worth training, not just a nice idea.



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]]> Natalie Keighley is a mental health nurse of over a decade and founder of Value Your Mind: Natalie discussed Compassion Focused Therapy (developed by Paul Gilbert), and the pattern she saw again and again in the NHS: people are often most critical of themselves exactly when they're struggling the most. On working through body and mind together to ease anxiety, stress, and trauma symptoms, and why self-compassion is a skill worth training, not just a nice idea.



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]]> <![CDATA[Siobhan Strode: The Copywriter Who's Also Running for Office]]> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:19:26 GMT 1:00:27 3cb02622-0309-431c-9cc3-855dff8d8eee true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b72ba0ef2ccac6f333 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 siobhan-strode-the-copywriter-whos-also-running-for-office Word witchery, feminist politics, and standing as a Labour candidate full 14 Siobhan Strode is a copywriter, "word witch," and founder of This Is Describes on helping female founders find their voice on the page, and her parallel life as a local Labour councillor who stood in the general election. On wearing multiple hats without losing coherence, and why copywriting and campaigning have more in common than you'd think.


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]]> Siobhan Strode is a copywriter, "word witch," and founder of This Is Describes on helping female founders find their voice on the page, and her parallel life as a local Labour councillor who stood in the general election. On wearing multiple hats without losing coherence, and why copywriting and campaigning have more in common than you'd think.


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]]> Annamaria: Creating Healthy Boundaries Without the Guilt Annamaria: Creating Healthy Boundaries Without the Guilt Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:10:16 GMT 53:16 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/creating-healthy-boundaries/ true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b5c117aa79bf7bccbe 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 annamaria-creating-healthy-boundaries-without-the-guilt Panic disorder, people-pleasing, and why boundaries are kind, not confrontational full 12 Annamaria: boundary coach, mental health advocate, and autoimmune warrior on the panic attack on the London Underground that became the turning point in her own people-pleasing and codependency, and why setting boundaries is an act of generosity rather than selfishness. On the guilt that keeps women saying yes past their limit, and how that pattern curdles into anger and resentment if it's never interrupted.



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]]> Annamaria: boundary coach, mental health advocate, and autoimmune warrior on the panic attack on the London Underground that became the turning point in her own people-pleasing and codependency, and why setting boundaries is an act of generosity rather than selfishness. On the guilt that keeps women saying yes past their limit, and how that pattern curdles into anger and resentment if it's never interrupted.



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]]> <![CDATA[Kate Codrington Second Spring and Retiring the Word "Menopause" for "Life Autumn"]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:28:18 GMT 46:39 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/menopause-yourself-happy/ false https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b4c117aa79bf7bcc6b 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 kate-codrington-second-spring-and-retiring-the-word-menopaus Perimenopause, postnatal overlap, and why menopause might be the ultimate feminist process full 11 Kate Codrington a menstrual and menopause mentor who trained at Red School on why she's ditched the words "menopause" and "perimenopause" altogether in favour of "life autumn," extending the seasonal menstrual-cycle model up to a whole life stage. Her own experience of perimenopause arriving on top of postnatal recovery in her late 30s and 40s, why discernment and "not giving a shit anymore" are genuine gifts of this transition rather than symptoms to manage, and what "second spring" looks like on the other side.



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]]> Kate Codrington a menstrual and menopause mentor who trained at Red School on why she's ditched the words "menopause" and "perimenopause" altogether in favour of "life autumn," extending the seasonal menstrual-cycle model up to a whole life stage. Her own experience of perimenopause arriving on top of postnatal recovery in her late 30s and 40s, why discernment and "not giving a shit anymore" are genuine gifts of this transition rather than symptoms to manage, and what "second spring" looks like on the other side.



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]]> Charmaine of Love Hair: Vegan Salons, Perfectionism, and Managing Mental Health Long-Term Charmaine of Love Hair: Vegan Salons, Perfectionism, and Managing Mental Health Long-Term Sat, 12 Sep 2020 10:55:02 GMT 56:59 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/vegan-hair-dressing-a-mental-health-journey-and-positive-affirmations-2/ false https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b744cb786b37828519 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 charmaine-of-love-hair-vegan-salons-perfectionism-and-managi full 10 Charmaine the founder of Love Hair by Charmaine, a vegan and cruelty-free salon in Manchester on what actually makes a hair salon vegan (no beeswax, no animal-tested products, ever), starting hairdressing at 15, and a candid account of depression and perfectionism-driven anxiety that went unrecognised through school and into her twenties. On CBT, and why a daily gratitude practice is something she has to keep choosing, not something that fixed things once and for all.



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]]> Charmaine the founder of Love Hair by Charmaine, a vegan and cruelty-free salon in Manchester on what actually makes a hair salon vegan (no beeswax, no animal-tested products, ever), starting hairdressing at 15, and a candid account of depression and perfectionism-driven anxiety that went unrecognised through school and into her twenties. On CBT, and why a daily gratitude practice is something she has to keep choosing, not something that fixed things once and for all.



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]]> Amanda of Head and Hands: Building a Business Around Slowing Down Amanda of Head and Hands: Building a Business Around Slowing Down Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:30:40 GMT 58:59 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/honouring-yourself-and-the-art-of-slowing-down-2/ true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b4385e8d5e30bee397 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 amanda-of-head-and-hands-building-a-business-around-slowing Burnout in your twenties, Indian head massage, and turning an idea into a shop in one month full 8 Amanda, founder of Head and Hands and Hold Space, on building a business entirely around the art of slowing down: a curated lifestyle store, workshop space, and London hire venue, all rooted in self-care and mindfulness rather than hustle. From training in Indian head massage to being handed the keys to a shop with a month's notice and no stock, plus an honest conversation about burnout as something that hits particularly hard in your twenties.


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]]> Amanda, founder of Head and Hands and Hold Space, on building a business entirely around the art of slowing down: a curated lifestyle store, workshop space, and London hire venue, all rooted in self-care and mindfulness rather than hustle. From training in Indian head massage to being handed the keys to a shop with a month's notice and no stock, plus an honest conversation about burnout as something that hits particularly hard in your twenties.


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]]> Sophie Stitching: Body Hair, Free Bleeding, and Making Peace With Your Body Sophie Stitching: Body Hair, Free Bleeding, and Making Peace With Your Body Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:00:20 GMT 51:30 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/loving-your-naked-self-body-hair-and-free-bleeding/ true https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b32ba0ef2ccac6f234 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 sophie-stitching-body-hair-free-bleeding-and-making-peace-wi Growing out body hair abroad, choosing free bleeding, and a light-hearted chat on body confidence full 6 Sophie, of Sophie Stitching, on growing out her body hair while living and teaching in Hong Kong, and later choosing to remove it again once it started to feel like a genuine treat rather than a pressure. Plus an open, practical conversation about free bleeding and what it actually involves day to day. A lighter, more playful episode on body confidence and doing what feels right for your own body, regardless of what's expected.

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]]> Sophie, of Sophie Stitching, on growing out her body hair while living and teaching in Hong Kong, and later choosing to remove it again once it started to feel like a genuine treat rather than a pressure. Plus an open, practical conversation about free bleeding and what it actually involves day to day. A lighter, more playful episode on body confidence and doing what feels right for your own body, regardless of what's expected.

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]]> Fenella Powell: Why Forgiveness Without Healing First Is Toxic Fenella Powell: Why Forgiveness Without Healing First Is Toxic Thu, 11 Jun 2020 23:00:12 GMT 59:57 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/healing-and-forgiving/ false https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b5385e8d5e30bee435 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 fenella-powell-why-forgiveness-without-healing-first-is-toxi Anger vs. resentment, and healing before you rush to forgive full 5 Fenella Powell, coach, on why "you have to forgive" is often toxic advice when it skips the healing step entirely. On the real difference between anger (healthy, appropriate, worth listening to) and resentment (what happens when anger goes unprocessed), why emotional literacy isn't taught in schools, and what whole-hearted healing actually involves before forgiveness ,of yourself or anyone else, becomes possible.



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]]> Fenella Powell, coach, on why "you have to forgive" is often toxic advice when it skips the healing step entirely. On the real difference between anger (healthy, appropriate, worth listening to) and resentment (what happens when anger goes unprocessed), why emotional literacy isn't taught in schools, and what whole-hearted healing actually involves before forgiveness ,of yourself or anyone else, becomes possible.



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]]> <![CDATA[Ellie of The Enthusiast: Why "She's So Extra" Is an Insult Aimed at Women]]> Thu, 21 May 2020 12:21:12 GMT 40:49 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/using-your-enthusiasm/ false https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b4051b78474e154d4b 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 ellie-of-the-enthusiast-why-shes-so-extra-is-an-insult-aimed Enthusiasm as a gendered insult, and why loving things loudly is the whole point full 4 Ellie, founder of The Enthusiast, on why words like "extra," "obsessive," and "basic" are so often reserved for women who love something openly and unapologetically,and why reclaiming that enthusiasm, rather than shrinking it to seem more palatable, might be one of the most underrated forms of self-trust there is.


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]]> Ellie, founder of The Enthusiast, on why words like "extra," "obsessive," and "basic" are so often reserved for women who love something openly and unapologetically,and why reclaiming that enthusiasm, rather than shrinking it to seem more palatable, might be one of the most underrated forms of self-trust there is.


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]]> Sarah Tobin: What Is Tapping (EFT), and Why Does It Work? Sarah Tobin: What Is Tapping (EFT), and Why Does It Work? Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:33:14 GMT 51:48 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/finding-emotional-freedom/ false https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b4385e8d5e30bee3df 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 sarah-tobin-what-is-tapping-eft-and-why-does-it-work Emotional Freedom Technique, anxiety as an alert not a malfunction, and pandemic-era overwhelm full 3 Sarah Tobin, founder of Tapping for Mums, introduces EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) on why anxiety spikes when either physical safety or your sense of self feels threatened, and why that spike is your brain correctly trying to protect you, not something to be ashamed of. On the added pressure of feeling like a collective crisis is also meant to be a productivity opportunity ("this is your time to learn a language, start a business"), and how tapping offers a practical way to interrupt that spiral in the moment.

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]]> Sarah Tobin, founder of Tapping for Mums, introduces EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) on why anxiety spikes when either physical safety or your sense of self feels threatened, and why that spike is your brain correctly trying to protect you, not something to be ashamed of. On the added pressure of feeling like a collective crisis is also meant to be a productivity opportunity ("this is your time to learn a language, start a business"), and how tapping offers a practical way to interrupt that spiral in the moment.

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]]> Jess Cheetham: Making Mum Friends When School Friendships Never Quite Stuck Jess Cheetham: Making Mum Friends When School Friendships Never Quite Stuck Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:08:58 GMT 1:00:49 https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/podcast/making-friends-when-you-become-a-mum/ false https://thisisnaomigale.co.uk/ 69fd86b62b71c054a39cd1f3 69fd869f2ba0ef2ccac6eca2 jess-cheetha-making-mum-friends-when-school-friendships-neve full 2 Jess on navigating friendships as a new mum: playgroups, toddler groups, and the vulnerability of trying to make connections again as an adult. Both Naomi and Jess trace a thread back to friendships at school that never quite stuck, and the hypersensitivity to rejection that early pattern can leave behind well into motherhood.


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]]> Jess on navigating friendships as a new mum: playgroups, toddler groups, and the vulnerability of trying to make connections again as an adult. Both Naomi and Jess trace a thread back to friendships at school that never quite stuck, and the hypersensitivity to rejection that early pattern can leave behind well into motherhood.


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