When Someone Holds Steady

The Relationship That Changes Everything

The Relationship That Changes Everything Why So Many Women Still Feel Unmet Many women are searching for love, safety, and intimacy. In partners. In relationships. In someone who finally sees them, understands them, and meets them in the ways they long for. But what happens when that search keeps leaving you feeling… unmet? In this episode of Everyday Intimacy, I’m joined by Ashley Miley, sacred intimacy coach and founder of The Sacred Intimacy Temple. Ashley shares a powerful perspective on why so many of us look outside ourselves for the love, safety, and connection we’re longing for and how that pattern can quietly keep us disconnected from our own power. We talk about sacred intimacy, relationship repair, and the deeper inner anchor many women are searching for without realizing it. Ashley also shares how cultivating self-intimacy can shift the way we experience love, connection, and relationships altogether. This conversation opens the door to something many women were never shown: that we have more agency and choice in how we experience intimacy than we may realize. In this episode, we explore: • Why the search for love and safety can keep women feeling unmet • Sacred intimacy and what it really means in everyday life • How our internal relationship shapes the relationships we create • Relationship repair and reclaiming agency in connection • The inner anchor many women are longing for and how to begin cultivating it • Reconnecting with your body, sexuality, and sense of aliveness • Healing sexual, relational, developmental, and attachment wounds in ways that lead to real freedom About Ashley Miley Ashley Miley is a sacred intimacy coach and the founder of The Sacred Intimacy Temple. She works one-on-one with individuals using trauma-informed, somatic, and embodiment-based practices rooted in trauma resolution, sacred intimacy, and sacred sexuality. Ashley creates immersive spaces for deepening intimacy within oneself, relationships, and communities, empowering people to experience greater authenticity, connection, pleasure, and aliveness. Connect with Angela ⁠https://www.somashift.org/⁠ [https://www.somashift.org/] ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theangelarivero/⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/theangelarivero/] ⁠https://www.facebook.com/⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/] Connect with Ashley Website ⁠https://www.thesacredintimacytemple.com/⁠ [https://www.thesacredintimacytemple.com/] Join Ashley’s email list for weekly teachings, practices, and personal reflections on cultivating sacred intimacy: ⁠https://thesacredintimacytemple.com/email-list#⁠ [https://thesacredintimacytemple.com/email-list#] If this episode resonated with you, follow the podcast and share it with a woman in your life who may also be searching for deeper connection.

When Someone Holds Steady

In this episode, I sit down with Keara Mangham, a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, to talk about what becomes possible when someone can hold steady while you begin to look at old patterns. We explore attachment trauma and developmental wounds, and why the nervous system holds onto patterns that once made sense. Keara shares simple analogies to help explain why these patterns don’t just disappear with insight or willpower. Developmental trauma takes time to form. It also takes time, patience, and support to unwind. We talk about how easy it is to mistake anxiety or depression for a character flaw. As if something is wrong with you. Instead, we look at these experiences as nervous system responses shaped by history. Not weakness. Not failure. Adaptations. This conversation centers on the importance of trustworthy support. Regardless of modality, having someone steady, present, and safe enough to sit with you is often what allows deeper work to unfold. Healing is not about forcing change. It’s about being supported long enough for your system to soften. If you’ve been trying to do this alone, this episode is an invitation to consider another way. You’ll walk away with: • A clearer understanding of why old nervous system patterns stay in place • More compassion for anxiety and depression as adaptive responses • A deeper appreciation for steady, relational support in long-term healing About Keara: Keara Mangham, SEP, is a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner who works at the intersection of creativity, trauma, and nervous system healing through an integrative, holistic lens. With a background in child development, psychology, and the arts, her work is informed by both professional training and a deeply personal healing journey focused on early attachment and developmental trauma. She has assisted Dr. Peter Levine and other Somatic Experiencing® faculty in trainings and is passionate about supporting individual healing as a catalyst for collective transformation.Connect with Keara: https://www.kearamangham.com/ [https://www.kearamangham.com/] https://www.instagram.com/healingintegration?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr [https://www.instagram.com/healingintegration?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingintegration [https://www.instagram.com/healingintegration] Work with me : https://www.somashift.org/ [https://www.somashift.org/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theangelarivero/ [https://www.instagram.com/theangelarivero/]

The Path They Never Taught Women

Reclaiming Your Life Force, Confidence, and Power Many women feel disconnected from their desire, their confidence, or their sense of aliveness… and quietly wonder what happened. You’ve done the self-help. You’ve tried to work on your mindset. Maybe you’ve even told yourself it’s just stress, hormones, or part of getting older. But what if the real issue isn’t something to fix? What if there’s a part of your body, your energy, and your life force that was never supported, never named, and never fully welcomed? In this episode of Everyday Intimacy, I’m joined by Mollie, who helps women reconnect with their sensual energy, confidence, and passion through what she calls the “pussy” connection. This conversation explores shame, numbness, low desire, and the quiet disconnection many women carry. We talk about why this part of the body holds so much power, why the language itself can feel uncomfortable, and how rebuilding this connection can restore confidence, vitality, and a deeper sense of self. If the topic feels edgy, come with curiosity. This isn’t about performance or sexuality. It’s about coming back to your body, your life force, and your power. * Why low desire is often about disconnection, not dysfunction * How shame and conditioning impact women’s relationship with their bodies * The deeper meaning behind the word “pussy” and why it can be confronting * Reconnecting with your feminine energy and life force * Moving from numbness and shutdown to sensation and aliveness * How body connection supports confidence, presence, and self-trust Work with Angela Learn more about sessions, somatic circles, and resources:⁠https://www.somashift.org⁠ [https://www.somashift.org] Connect with Mollie Billings Mollie is your go-to Pussy Healer. Through her own struggles with sex drive and confidence, she created an energy healing formula to take women from dull to full of passion. https://www.instagram.com/m.o.l.l.i.e.b [https://www.instagram.com/m.o.l.l.i.e.b] https://mollie-b.com/ [https://mollie-b.com/] Upcoming Offering: Forbidden Feminine Series — Coming Spring If this conversation stirred something in you, you’re not alone. Many women are longing to feel more connected to their bodies, emotions, and nervous systems. If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who might need to hear this. These conversations help normalize what so many women experience but rarely talk about. And if you haven’t already, follow Everyday Intimacy so you don’t miss future episodes.

Enough Already: One less thing to fail at and start thriving

Stop chasing “fixes” and start learning how your body can finally feel safe enough to thrive.  So many women are exhausted from trying to fix themselves, another book, another protocol, another cleanse, always chasing what’s “wrong.” In this episode, I dive into why thriving isn’t about fixing. We’ll explore: * How unconscious survival mode shows up in your body and relationships * The three primary survival patterns: hyperarousal (stuck on the gas pedal), hypoarousal (freeze/collapse), and fawning (people-pleasing) * Why the nervous system is the foundation of lasting change * How somatic awareness can help you step out of survival and into connection, energy, and joy This episode is for women ready to stop surviving and start thriving. If you’ve been exhausted, overworked, or disconnected from yourself, this conversation will give you one less thing to fail at, and a path forward to more ease, presence, and aliveness. Connect with Angela Website: ⁠https://www.somashift.org/⁠ [https://www.somashift.org/] Socials:https://www.instagram.com/theangelarivero/ [https://www.instagram.com/theangelarivero/] ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556510103080 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556510103080]

The Patterns You Can’t Shake

What if some of the patterns you’ve been trying to “fix” didn’t start in childhood… but before you had language? Before memory. Even before birth? In this episode of Everyday Intimacy, I’m joined by Kate White, an award-winning educator and advanced bodyworker specializing in prenatal and perinatal somatics, birth trauma healing, and early nervous system imprinting. We explore how the earliest experiences, in the womb, during birth, and in early infancy, can shape the way your nervous system organizes around safety, connection, intimacy, and survival. If you’ve done years of therapy and still feel stuck in anxiety, shutdown, chronic tension, people pleasing, or difficulty receiving support, this conversation may offer a new lens. It’s about understanding how your body formed its first map of safety — and how healing is possible at any age. * What “earliest trauma” really means in lived experience * How prenatal and birth imprints can show up decades later * Why insight alone doesn’t always shift nervous system patterns * How early experiences influence attachment * The layered nature of trauma * How to begin recognizing your own early patterns * Why healing does not require pushing harder If you’ve ever felt exhausted by trying to heal the “right” way, let this episode be a window of curiosity and hope. Kate White is an award-winning educator and advanced bodyworker specializing in prenatal and perinatal somatics, birth trauma healing, and early developmental imprinting. She has been working in this field since 1999, supporting parents, babies, and adults in understanding how earliest experiences shape the nervous system. She founded the APPPAH Department of Education, the Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Programs, and the Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute. Kate teaches both online and in person and maintains a private practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. You can connect with Kate through the links in the show notes. If this conversation resonated, and you’re feeling called to explore your own nervous system patterns in a supported, relational way, I offer Somatic Experiencing® sessions and therapeutic touch in San Diego and virtually. You can learn more at: www.SomaShift.org Links & Resources Mentioned in This Episode * Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics training: ppnsomatics.com/ippd.html [https://www.ppnsomatics.com/ippd.html] * Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute: ppnsomatics.com [https://www.ppnsomatics.com/ippd.html] * Mentioned story: Episode 19 – Dave [https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-19-dave-40990369] * Ebook: Download here [https://designrr.site/?i=l8mo&t=e84891&f=1] * Castellino Sequencing Workshop: Online Course [https://online.castellinotraining.com/course/sequencing-2026] Subscribe to the show now