In this episode, Colleen shares a raw, surprising takeaway from a recent retreat — one that had nothing to do with learning new concepts and everything to do with experiencing her body in a new way.

What began as deep discomfort around words like sensuality and sexual energy opened into a realization many women quietly live with: when you've been taught to fear, suppress, or perform your body for others, you often shut down far more than sexuality — you shut down joy, creativity, pleasure, and aliveness. And when that energy stays blocked, the body looks for relief wherever it can find it.

Colleen explores how drinking, numbing, and emotional shutdown aren't moral failures or cravings for "bad behavior," but attempts to regulate trapped energy in a body that hasn't felt safe to move, express, or feel. She explains the difference between processing trauma cognitively and liberating energy physically — and why movement, music, and instinctive expression can unlock more healing than insight alone.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Why blocked sensual and creative energy often shows up as numbness or drinking
  
  

• How purity culture and performative sexuality disconnect women from their bodies
  
  

• The difference between sexual energy and sexual behavior
  
  

• Why movement is a powerful form of emotional regulation
  
  

• How suppressing instinctive expression drains energy and joy
  
  

• Why healing doesn't always come from "working through it" — sometimes it comes from moving through it
  
  

• How reconnecting with your body creates relief without numbing

This episode is about reclaiming your body as your own — not for a partner, not for performance, not for approval — but as a source of power, pleasure, and presence. It's a reminder that the body doesn't want to be fixed — it wants to be seen and felt.

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