Who Are You Now?

S3 Ep. 13 When Flow Replaces Force | Qigong, Trust and the Art of Receiving

What if effort isn't the only path forward? Most of us have been taught that success comes from working harder, pushing through, and staying one step ahead. But what happens when all that striving starts creating more tension than freedom? In this episode of Who Are You Now?, Chrissie sits down with Qigong practitoner and teacher Craig Cooke to explore the difference between forcing and flow. Together, they discuss nervous system regulation, presence, trust, receiving, and the subtle ways modern life pulls us away from ourselves. Craig shares how Qigong helped him move from constant reactivity to greater balance, why control often keeps us stuck, and how slowing down can create space for clarity, creativity, and connection. This conversation is an invitation to consider another way of moving through life – one that feels less like striving and more like flowing. You'll Learn: * What Qigong is and how it supports healing and self-awareness * The difference between forcing an outcome and living in flow * Why nervous system regulation matters more than productivity alone * How control and fear keep us stuck in reactive patterns * Why receiving is often more difficult that giving * How slowing down creates space for clarity, trust, and connection Key Takeaways: * Flow is not the absence of discipline – it is disciplined action without unnecessary resistence * Chronic stress keeps us reactive, while regulation helps us respond with clarity * Control often stems from fear, while trust creates space for creativity and intuition * Receiving is a skill that many people never consciously practice. * Awareness is often the first step toward meaningful transformation Timestamps: 00:00 What Happens When We Stop Forcing Life? 04:17 What Qigong Actually Is 09:34 Why Modern Life Leaves Us Disconnected 13:11 Flow, Presence, and the Difference Between Forcing and Allowing 18:24 Reactive vs. Responsive: Control, Fear, and the Ego 25:05 The Practice of Receiving 33:02 Craig's Journey from Reactivity to Regulation 42:06 Trust, Faith, and Letting Go 46:05 Slowing Down, Stillness, and the Power of Presence 49:33 A Simple Qigong Practice for Everyday Life 58:22 Final Reflections: What if Presence Creates Possibilities That Striving Never Could? Subscribe for exclusive reflections and early access: https://whoareyounow.substack.com [https://whoareyounow.substack.com] Instagram: @whoareyounowpodcast Behind the scenes: @chrissiecorner Body Awareness Method: @ba_method Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast] Learn more: https://www.ba-method.com [https://www.ba-method.com] Connect with Craig Cooke https://www.c2energymedicine.com [https://c2energymedicine.com] https://www.craigcooke.com [https://craigcooke.com] Hosted by Chrissie Morgan – Physical Therapist, Master Life Coach, and creator of the Body Awareness Method, a framework for reconnecting with your four bodies: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

S3 Ep. 12 The Wisdom Of Less | Why More Is Never The Answer

What if the thing you've been searching for isn't another answer, another certification, another healing modality, or another version of yourself? What if it's the willingness to stop searching? In this solo episode of Who Are You Now?, Chrissie explores our cultural addiction to more – more information, more productivity, more healing, more self-improvement – and the surprising realization that growth and accumulation are not the same thing. Through personal reflection, she examines how the nervous system can disguise survival as ambition, why constant seeking can become a hidden safety strategy, and the lifelong hum of fear that quietly shaped her decisions without her ever realizing it. This conversation isn't about settling or giving up. It's about what becomes possible when we stop looking outside ourselves for what has been within us all along. You'll Learn: * Why more isn't always growth * How boredom, space, and downtime support creativity and self-discovery * The difference between growth and accumulation * Why self-improvement can become another form of seeking * How the nervous system disguises survival as ambition * What happens when the fear beneath the striving is finally seen * Why clarity often arrives when we stop searching for it Key Takeaways: * Growth and accumulation are not the same thing * Constant striving can be driven by fear rather than purpose * The nervous system often continues survival strategies long after danger has passed * Seeking can become an unconscious attempt to create safety * Stillness creates space for clarity, creativity, and receiving * The wisdom we're searching for is often already within us Timestamps: 00:00 Why We Believe More is Better 02:03 The Cost of Constant Doing 05:08 When Self-Improvement Becomes Seeking 07:06 Survival Disguised as Ambition 10:03 Discovering the Lifelong Hum 13:18 When the Humming Finally Stopped 16:00 What Are You Ready to Put Down? Connect and Follow: Subscribe for exclusive reflections and early access: https://whoareyounow.substack.com [https://whoareyounow.substack.com] Instagram: @whoareyounowpodcast Behind the scenes: @chrissiecorner Follow on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@whoareyounowpodcast [https://www.YouTube.com/] Podcast Hub: https://whoareyounowpodcast.com [https://whoareyounowpodcast.com] Hosted by Chrissie Morgan – Physical Therapist, Master Life Coach, and creator of the Body Awareness Method, a framework for reconnecting with your four bodies: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Awareness is where everything begins to shift.

S3 Ep. 11 WHat Happens When Survival Stops running your Life?

When survival mode becomes your identity, slowing down can feel uncomfortable – even when your body is asking for it. In this episode of WTF? Midlife, Chrissie and Marva explore the hidden survival patterns many women carry for decades. From constant productivity and over-functioning to being needed, staying busy, and holding everything together, they unpack the nervous system "hum" that quietly drives so many of our decisions. Together, they discuss childhood conditioning. worthiness, boundaries, and the surprising discomfort that can rise when life finally becomes calmer. What happens when the pressure starts to lift? Who are you when survival is no longer running your life? This conversation is an honest look at midlife, healing, and learning to trust yourself without fear being the thing that drives every decision. You'll Learn: * Why urgency and productivity often become part of our identity * The difference between responsibility and survival mode * How childhood conditioning can shape adult behavior * What the "hum" of constant anticipation actually is * Why calm can feel uncomfortable before it feels safe * How awareness creates the possibility for lasting change Key Takeaways: * Survival patterns can become so familiar that they begin to feel like personality. * Many women were conditioned to equate busyness, productivity, and being needed with their value. * The nervous system often continues bracing long after the original threat or pressure is gone. * Awareness is the first step toward changing lifelong patterns and behaviors. * Peace can feel unfamiliar before it feels safe. * Healing isn't becoming someone new – it's discovering who you are underneath the pressure. Timestamps: 00:00 When Survival Becomes Identity 02:00 Responsibility vs. Survival Mode 07:43 Why Rest Feels So Uncomfortable 10:16 Being Needed, Worth, and Identity 18:48 What Happens When the Body Lets Go 23:06 The Hum of Constant Anticipation 31:13 Worthiness vs. Safety 34:24 The Childhood Message Behind the Pattern 43:50 Freeze, Stillness, and Nervous System Healing 48:50 The Midlife Shift No One Talks About Subscribe for exclusive reflections and early access: https://whoareyounow.substack.com [https://whoareyounow.substack.com] Instagram: @whoareyounowpodcast Behind the scenes: @chrissiecorner Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast] Podcast Hub: https://whoareyounowpodcast.com [https://whoareyounowpodcast.com] Hosted by Chrissie Morgan – Physical Therapist, Master Life Coach, and creator of the Body Awareness Method, a framework for reconnecting with your four bodies: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

S3. Ep. 10 Can You Trust Yourself Without Urgency?

Stillness isn't failure. It's what happens when the nervous system no longer believes it has to survive through pressure. In this solo episode of Who Are You Now?, Chrissie explores the hidden identity many of us build around urgency, productivity, anticipation, and constantly "holding it all together." What happens when the nervous system has spent so many years surviving that pressure begins to feel normal... even necessary? Through personal reflection and grounded insight, this episode explores the difference between responsibility and survival, why stillness can initially feel uncomfortable, and what changes when the body finally feels safe enough to stop constantly scanning, fixing, proving, and performing. This conversation is about more than burnout. It's about learning to trust yourself without fear being the thing driving your life. You'll Learn: * Why urgency often becomes the nervous system's language of survival * The difference between physical rest and true nervous system safety * How survival mode quietly turns into identity * Why healing isn't always about "fixing" yourself * What changes when pressure no longer drives your decisions * Why groundedness creates a different kind of strength Key Takeaways: * Pressure is not purpose * Stillness is not failure * The nervous system does not immediately trust safety just because life gets quieter * Constant productivity can become subconscious self-protection * Self-trust deepens when decisions come from clarity instead of activation * Healing may be feeling safe enough to stop surviving Timestamps: 00:00 When Urgency Becomes Your Identity 02:00 The Hidden Cost of Always Holding It Together 04:32 Why the Nervous System Keeps Scanning for Danger 06:22 The Worthiness Narrative That Was Never Mine 09:32 The Difference Between Resting and Feeling Safe 12:51 Pressure, Purpose, and the Fear Beneath Productivity 15:38 Learning to Trust Yourself Without Urgency Subscribe for exclusive reflections and early access: https://whoareyounow.substack.com [https://whoareyounow.substack.com] Instagram: @whoareyounowpodcast Behind the scenes: @chrissiecorner Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast] Podcast Hub: https://whoareyounowpodcast.com [https://whoareyounowpodcast.com] Hosted by Chrissie Morgan – Physical Therapist, Master Life Coach, and creator of the Body Awareness Method, a framework for reconnecting with your four bodies: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

S3 Ep. 9 Why Sound Healing Reaches the body Before the Mind

Sometimes the body understands safety before the mind can explain it. In this episode of Who Are You Now?, Chrissie sits down with sound healing practitioner Sabrina Rolo for a grounded conversation about resonance, nervous system safety, emotional release, and what happens when the body no longer has to work so hard to protect itself. Rather than focusing on sound healing as a technique, this conversation explores what it feels like when the body finally receives support in a way it can understand. Together, they discuss why sound can reach places words cannot, why some people feel emotional during sessions, and how regulation often begins through experience rather than analysis. This episode is an invitation to soften, listen differently, and consider that healing may not always come through doing more, but through allowing the body to receive. You'll Learn: * Why sound healing affects the nervous system differently than talking * How the body responds when it finally feels safe enough to soften * Why some people become emotional during sound healing sessions * How chronic bracing disconnects us from receiving support * The connection between resonance, regulation, and embodiment * Why the body often understands safety before the mind does Key Takeaways: * Nervous system safety changes what the body can receive * Sound healing works through experience, not force * Emotional release is often the body softening protection patterns * The body communicates through sensation long before language * Healing is not always about doing more – sometimes it's about allowing Timestamps: 00:00 Why the Body Responds to Sound Differently than Words 02:18 Sabrina's Journey from Burnout to Sound Healing 07:54 What Sound Healing Actually Feels Like in the Body 09:52 Nervous System Safety & Emotional Release 16:23 Why Receiving Can Feel Uncomfortable 21:12 Resonance, Regulation & Stored Stress 25:02 The Difference Between Trying to Heal and Allowing the Body To Receive 28:24 Why Slowing Down Feels Unsafe for Some Nervous Systems 33:10 When the Body finally Stops Bracing 35:51 Sound, Presence & Final Reflections Connect with Sabrina Rolo: Instagram: @vigorandsage Website: www.vigorandsage.com [https://www.vigorandsage.com] Subscribe for exclusive reflections and early access: https://whoareyounow.substack.com [https://whoareyounow.substack.com] Instagram: @whoareyounowpodcast Behind the scenes: @chrissiecorner Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@WhoAreYouNowPodcast] Podcast Hub: https://whoareyounowpodcast.com [https://whoareyounowpodcast.com] Hosted by Chrissie Morgan – Physical Therapist, Master Life Coach, and creator of the Body Awareness Method, a framework for reconnecting with your four bodies: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.