Internalized and Inherited Body Shame: Healing What Was Never Yours to Carry

Internalized and Inherited Body Shame: Healing What Was Never Yours to Carry

This episode is for the woman who has carried shame about her body for as long as she can remember — and is finally ready to find out that so much of it was never even hers to begin with. MaKenzie sits down with Meghan Machado, a Somatic Embodiment and Sacred Sexuality Coach who helps women reconnect with their bodies and pleasure by releasing shame, rebuilding trust, and feeling safe, alive, and fully expressed. Meghan's trauma-informed approach creates space for deep healing through body awareness, sensual aliveness, and authentic self-connection. Drawing from her training as a VITA Sex, Love, and Relationship Coach, over 20 years as a somatic movement artist, her experience as a Kundalini yoga teacher, solo mother, and her BA in Anthropology, Meghan weaves together embodiment, feminine mystery lineages, and ancestral wisdom reclamation. Together they explore where body shame actually comes from — not just from lived experience, but from the wombs of our mothers, grandmothers, and generations of women before us. If you have carried body shame for as long as you can remember, this episode is your permission slip to finally set it down. What We Cover * Why you started in your grandmother's womb (and the shame you inherited from her) * Epigenetics and why what your grandmother lived through is still living in you * Why mindset work and affirmations alone will never touch what the body is holding * What is actually happening in the body when a woman lives in chronic freeze and shrinking * Why the body will always choose safety over pleasure * How to meet yourself where you are, even if that place is numbness * The live posture experiment that shows how your body responds to shame vs. expansion * Why saying thank you to a compliment is somatic work * Pleasure as reclamation — and how women are performing pleasure instead of feeling it * Raising daughters without body shame and sexual shame Connect with Meghan Instagram: @wisewildembodied [https://www.instagram.com/wisewildembodied/] Website: wisewildembodied.com [http://wisewildembodied.com] Free — Sensual Self-Devotion Ritual [offerings.wisewildembodied.com/selfseduction]: A 15-minute guided audio that brings women into their bodies through self-love, celebration, and sensuality. Meets you exactly where you are. Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

Why Making More Money Feels Unsafe: Money Identity & Nervous System Healing

This episode is for the mom who dreams of building something bigger—but every time she starts making more money, investing in herself, or stepping into a new level, something inside tells her to slow down, play small, or stay where it's safe. MaKenzie sits down with Amy Diamond, money and empowerment coach, transformation expert, and host of the Manifesting Millions Podcast, for an honest conversation about the invisible relationship every woman has with money. Together they explore why earning more isn't just about strategy—it's about identity. Amy explains what happens inside the nervous system when your income changes, why women unconsciously spend their way back to familiar financial patterns, and how childhood conditioning quietly shapes the way we receive, save, invest, and build wealth. They also dive into the stories women inherit around self-sacrifice, why investing in yourself isn't selfish, and how learning to regulate your nervous system creates the capacity to hold more abundance without burnout. If you've ever felt called to dream bigger but found yourself shrinking the moment things begin to grow, this conversation will help you understand why—and show you how to move through it. WHAT WE COVER • What actually happens in your nervous system when your income increases • Why women often unconsciously return to familiar financial patterns • How childhood conditioning shapes your money identity • The difference between earning money through force versus alignment • Why investing in yourself changes every area of your life • How to recognize supportive money beliefs—not just limiting ones • Why your nervous system doesn't want more money—it wants familiarity • The role of identity in creating sustainable wealth • Why mothers struggle to spend time, money, and energy on themselves • Reframing "selfishness" and learning to receive • Why your children benefit most from watching you pursue your dreams • Processing fear while continuing to move forward instead of waiting until you feel ready • Building wealth without abandoning the version of yourself that matters most CONNECT WITH AMY Instagram: @xoamydiamond Free Private Podcast: Unapologetic Abundance [https://www.amyvanmeijl.com/unapologetic] — a free three-day audio series helping women release money shame, stop waiting for perfect timing, and expand their capacity to receive abundance. Website: amyvanmeijl.com [http://amyvanmeijl.com] Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

Why Trying to Fix Yourself Makes You Fail Faster (And What Actually Builds Capacity)

The conversation explores the gap between insight and embodiment, the experience of self-awareness, and the challenges faced by sensitive, intelligent women, especially mothers. Ravelle shares her personal journey and the development of her methodology, Holosoma, which focuses on deep embodiment and coherence across all layers of consciousness. The conversation covers the topics of energy management, holistic healing, and capacity building for mothers. It explores the impact of energy imprints, the concept of Holosoma, and the shift from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity. It also delves into the interconnectedness of mental, emotional, and physical well-being, as well as the importance of reprogramming and redefining self-identity. Takeaways * Insight vs. Embodiment * The Transactional Nature of Healing Energy imprints impact our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. * Holosoma addresses healing across all layers of consciousness. * Shifting from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity is essential for holistic well-being. Chapters * 00:00 The Journey to Self-Discovery * 09:20 The Gap Between Insight and Embodiment * 19:11 Curiosity as a Healing Tool * 25:09 The Concept of Holosoma * 34:01 Reprogramming and Redefining Self-Identity Connect with Ravelle Website: ravellelaurette.com [http://ravellelaurette.com] Instagram: @ravellelaurette [https://www.instagram.com/ravellelaurette/] Threads: @ravellelaurette Free Energetic Hygiene Meditation: available through her site Capacity Practice: available through her site Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie] A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month [https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about] A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

The Identity Shift Nobody Prepared You For: Grief, Autonomy, and Coming Home to Yourself with Elaine Alexander

This episode is for the mom who is doing it all — raising her babies, building her business, going back to school, and still trying to figure out who she is in the middle of it all. MaKenzie sits down with Elaine Alexander, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario, Canada, practicing under supervision. Elaine works with adults navigating grief — including suicide loss — as well as relationship and dating challenges, and her work lives at the intersection of AI and mental health. Before becoming a therapist, she spent two decades in entrepreneurship while navigating burnout, financial pressure, personal loss, and becoming a wife and mother in her forties. This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply needed. Elaine and MaKenzie both share their personal experiences with suicide loss in their families and walk through what it actually takes to grieve, heal, and find peace when there is no clean answer. They explore the four-year identity shift Elaine has been walking through since becoming a mother, the grief of lost autonomy, the truth about mom guilt, and the importance of solo trips, sleep, and emotional regulation as a mother. Elaine also shares her powerful reframe of emotions as road signs — not good or bad, just data — and the practice that helps her neutralize her hardest memories so she can choose how she responds. If you have ever felt like you do not recognize yourself anymore, this conversation is a soft place to land. What We Cover The four-year identity shift Elaine has walked through since becoming a mom at forty. Why becoming a mother is like a new software update being installed. Grief that lives in the lungs and chest, and the truth about losing three loved ones in one year. Suicide loss as its own category of grief — and what most resources are missing. Why the brain needs a story to find peace, and how to find one that helps you settle. Being a cycle breaker in a family that does not talk about loss. The importance of sleep for moms — and why sometimes you have to leave the house to get it. Why mom guilt is a downloaded belief, not a truth. How to take a solo weekend or solo week without burning your family down. The reframe of emotions as road signs — stop, yield, or go. Why neutralizing a memory gives you back your choice. Why most emotions only last sixty seconds if you actually feel them. Why doing the thing with the guilt — instead of waiting for the guilt to go away — is the whole work. Connect with Elaine Instagram: @elainetalexander [https://www.instagram.com/elainetalexander/]  Website: grieftherapyontario.com [https://grieftherapyontario.com] (Ontario-based grief therapy) Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do  [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie]A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood.  Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session [https://calendly.com/thecleanmomedit/aligned-strategy-session] — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF-uZd7lzxX8tg29FAi5Agiswo9-w2oju-n8NqtReTMCV0Q/viewform?usp=publish-editorhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF-uZd7lzxX8tg29FAi5Agiswo9-w2oju-n8NqtReTMCV0Q/viewform?usp=publish-editor] — a complete lifestyle change, application required.  Join Aligned — $33/month  [https://www.thecleanmomedit.com/membership]A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you.  💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

The Nourishment Code: Why No Diet Has Ever Worked (and the Human Design Framework That Will)

This episode is for the mom who has tried every diet, every workout plan, every wellness trend — and is finally ready to understand why none of it has stuck. In this solo episode, MaKenzie pulls back the curtain on her years as a fitness coach — the 5 AM workouts, the macro tracking, the meal prep containers, the constant food noise — and the moment her body finally stopped letting her push. She shares the slow postpartum unraveling that led her to human design, and how learning the way her body was actually built changed her entire relationship with food, movement, and her own nervous system. MaKenzie also introduces her brand-new framework — The Nourishment Code — a five-layer human design roadmap that gives every woman a personalized, customized blueprint for how she is actually meant to eat, move, rest, and nourish herself. You will hear the five layers in detail (type, authority, defined and undefined centers, determination, and environment), how each one shapes your daily life, and what shifts when you stop following directions that were never written for your body. If you have spent years chasing the wrong wellness plan, this episode is your permission slip to come home to your design — and to your body. What We Cover The wellness identity MaKenzie used to live in — and the moment her body finally stopped cooperating. Why no diet has ever worked long-term (and why it has nothing to do with discipline). The postpartum unraveling that led her to human design and a slower, softer, more aligned approach. The Nourishment Code — a five-layer human design framework for personalized wellness. Layer one: your type and how your energy is actually meant to move. Layer two: your authority and how to make food, movement, and rest decisions in alignment. Layer three: defined and undefined centers — what your body broadcasts vs. what it absorbs. Layer four: your determination — the exact conditions your body needs to digest and absorb food. Layer five: your environment — the space your nervous system actually feels safe in. What changes when you finally live from your code — food noise quiets, movement gets fun, sleep deepens, and your relationship with your body softens. Why the grind was never built for you — but your design was. Get Your Personal Nourishment Code Session [https://buy.stripe.com/bJebJ30K9g3ygM50QW8IU00] A custom session walking you through your unique five-layer code. After you purchase, you will receive a quick form, a pre-recorded session, and a personalized PDF delivered within 24 hours — yours to keep forever.  Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do  [https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie]A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood.  Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session [https://calendly.com/thecleanmomedit/aligned-strategy-session] — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF-uZd7lzxX8tg29FAi5Agiswo9-w2oju-n8NqtReTMCV0Q/viewform?usp=publish-editorhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF-uZd7lzxX8tg29FAi5Agiswo9-w2oju-n8NqtReTMCV0Q/viewform?usp=publish-editor] — a complete lifestyle change, application required.  Join Aligned — $33/month  [https://www.thecleanmomedit.com/membership]A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you.  💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.