What If Your Body Already Knows?

When Someone Tells You To Calm Down

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463990/fan_mail/new] Recording from Revelstoke, BC, with Bailey Boo by her side, Tara Jo opens this episode with an honesty, she's in the middle of one of the hardest weeks of her life, and she's bringing you into it. With the full moon energy fresh and Mercury retrograde underway, Tara Jo shares what's been unfolding with a family member's health, the eerie echoes of her brother Cory's story, and what she's been learning in real time about how we show up for each other (and ourselves) when everything feels like too much. This episode is about the one thing that either makes or breaks a relationship in a crisis moment: how you respond when someone you love is in emotional distress. Tara Jo digs into why "calm down" is one of the most damaging things you can say to someone who's overwhelmed, not because the person saying it doesn't care, but because most of us were never taught what it actually looks like to hold space. She talks about nervous system capacity, why other people's inability to sit with your big emotions is not your problem, and how to find your footing again after a moment where you felt unseen. You'll also hear about the somatic practices she's been leaning into this week, walking in nature, EFT, getting her senses grounded, and why she created the Walk and Talk Somatic Summer Series from exactly this kind of moment. This one is for the woman who's been told she's too much. It's also for the person who wants to show up better but doesn't know how. In this episode: * Why telling someone to calm down activates them further (and what it triggers in the body) * How to actually support someone in emotional distress, including the one question that changes everything * The difference between acute overwhelm and trauma responses that keep replaying * How to come back into your own energy after feeling dismissed or unheard * What Tara Jo does when her mind starts spiralling, and the tools she reaches for Mentioned in this episode: The Walk and Talk Somatic Summer Series, a guided movement and mindfulness audio experience for when you need to process on your feet. Message Tara Jo on Instagram @loveyourjourneyinc or email tarajo@loveyourjourney.ca for details. Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B5VJMCH8JCXK8] Thank you for tuning in to the Love Your Journey podcast! 💖  If this episode spoke to your heart, I’d love it if you shared it with someone who needs a little magic today. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss a moment of this journey with us!  ✨ You can find more of my work, offerings, and ways to connect at www.loveyourjourney.ca Want to reach out? Email me at tarajo@loveyourjourney.ca Come say hi on Instagram! @loveyourjourneyinc [https://www.instagram.com/loveyourjourneyinc] Remember—your journey is sacred, your voice matters, and your brilliance is always waiting for you inside of your heart.

When Life Stacks on You: Coming Back to Your Body in the Middle of Everything

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463990/fan_mail/new] What happens when life stacks on you, the grief, the health diagnoses, the relationships that finally had to end, and you've drifted so far outside yourself you don't know how to come back?  In this episode, Tara Jo gets personal. She shares what it's been like navigating the loss of her brother, a severe concussion, mold toxicity, MCAS, lupus, and more, not as a badge of honour, but as an invitation to give yourself some grace if you've been carrying more than you realize. Tara Jo also walks you through a live body scan practice, something she does with her clients inside the Divine Love Healing Collective, so you can start to hear what your body has actually been trying to tell you. Not to fix it or push through it, just to listen. In this episode: * Why transitions, the expected ones and the ones that blindside you, can knock you off your path, and why that's not always a bad thing * What it means to ride the wave of your nervous system versus getting swept under it * Why calm 24/7 is actually kind of a myth, and what regulation really looks like * How to know when your body needs rest versus when it's stuck in freeze * The one thing that has made the biggest difference in Tara Jo's own healing journey There's also a full guided body scan meditation in this episode. If you're somewhere you can close your eyes, do it along with her, and if you're driving, save it for later. If anything comes up for you, Tara Jo would love to hear about it. What did your body tell you? Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B5VJMCH8JCXK8] Thank you for tuning in to the Love Your Journey podcast! 💖  If this episode spoke to your heart, I’d love it if you shared it with someone who needs a little magic today. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss a moment of this journey with us!  ✨ You can find more of my work, offerings, and ways to connect at www.loveyourjourney.ca Want to reach out? Email me at tarajo@loveyourjourney.ca Come say hi on Instagram! @loveyourjourneyinc [https://www.instagram.com/loveyourjourneyinc] Remember—your journey is sacred, your voice matters, and your brilliance is always waiting for you inside of your heart.

What Lights You Up?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463990/fan_mail/new] Getting Curious About Life Again….. Tara Jo is back on the farm with Bailey Boo and this time there’s a mystery bird stealing the show. This episode picks up where the last one left off. If the first one was about navigating the hard stuff, this one is about what’s on the other side of it — curiosity. Not the self-help version of it. The real kind. The kind that lights something up in your body before your brain can talk you out of it. TJ talks about what happens physically when you let yourself get genuinely curious — about a bird in a field, a vacation you haven’t booked yet, a dream someone told you was ridiculous. And why that feeling, however small, is actually the pathway back to yourself. She also talks about the people in your life who hand you their fear every time you get excited about something. And how that’s theirs to carry, not yours. This one’s grounding and a little bit magic. Just like the farm. Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B5VJMCH8JCXK8] Thank you for tuning in to the Love Your Journey podcast! 💖  If this episode spoke to your heart, I’d love it if you shared it with someone who needs a little magic today. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss a moment of this journey with us!  ✨ You can find more of my work, offerings, and ways to connect at www.loveyourjourney.ca Want to reach out? Email me at tarajo@loveyourjourney.ca Come say hi on Instagram! @loveyourjourneyinc [https://www.instagram.com/loveyourjourneyinc] Remember—your journey is sacred, your voice matters, and your brilliance is always waiting for you inside of your heart.

When You Don’t Recognize Yourself Anymore

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463990/fan_mail/new] Find your way back home.  Recorded from the family farm in Saskatchewan, birds, wind, and all, Tara Jo woke up thinking about transitions. Health. Grief. Loss. The kind of stuff that piles up until you don’t really recognize yourself anymore.  Until finding yourself again feels like its own full-time job. So she hit record and just started talking. This episode is about choice.  Choice in the things already in your toolbox that you’ve stopped reaching for. Using your voice when you feel like nobody’s listening anyway. Shaking your body out behind the barn when no one’s watching. Asking for help when you don’t even know what you need yet. TJ’s been navigating her own hard season lately, and she’s not pretending otherwise. If something in your life has been feeling off and you can’t quite name it, this one’s for you. Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B5VJMCH8JCXK8] Thank you for tuning in to the Love Your Journey podcast! 💖  If this episode spoke to your heart, I’d love it if you shared it with someone who needs a little magic today. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss a moment of this journey with us!  ✨ You can find more of my work, offerings, and ways to connect at www.loveyourjourney.ca Want to reach out? Email me at tarajo@loveyourjourney.ca Come say hi on Instagram! @loveyourjourneyinc [https://www.instagram.com/loveyourjourneyinc] Remember—your journey is sacred, your voice matters, and your brilliance is always waiting for you inside of your heart.

What If Your Body Already Knows?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2463990/fan_mail/new] In this episode, Tara Jo is getting ready to travel back to Saskatchewan and noticing everything that comes with going home. Grief, memory, family dynamics, and old experiences start to surface — including past trauma, advocacy for her brother, and moments that have stayed in her body long after they happened. As she prepares for the trip, she shares what it feels like to be in a big decision-making season where the mind wants clarity, but the body is holding a different kind of truth. This episode explores what it’s like to navigate grief and emotional healing while also paying attention to nervous system responses, intuition vs overthinking, and the signals the body gives when something feels safe or not safe. Tara reflects on: * grief and family loss * going back to places tied to emotional memory * nervous system responses and body awareness * intuition vs fear when making decisions * overthinking and mental loops * learning to trust the body’s signals over mental pressure If you’ve ever felt pulled in one direction but your body didn’t fully agree, or if going home brings up more than you expected, this conversation will meet you there. Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B5VJMCH8JCXK8] Thank you for tuning in to the Love Your Journey podcast! 💖  If this episode spoke to your heart, I’d love it if you shared it with someone who needs a little magic today. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss a moment of this journey with us!  ✨ You can find more of my work, offerings, and ways to connect at www.loveyourjourney.ca Want to reach out? Email me at tarajo@loveyourjourney.ca Come say hi on Instagram! @loveyourjourneyinc [https://www.instagram.com/loveyourjourneyinc] Remember—your journey is sacred, your voice matters, and your brilliance is always waiting for you inside of your heart.