Ever woken up and realized that the life you were living, looked totally perfect on paper but you still felt empty inside? You checked off all the boxes on the path you ‘were supposed to take,’ got all the degrees, achieved success by societal standards but none the less each day you still felt anxious, depressed and like your soul was begging you for a change?

Today’s guest, Dr. Erika Brown, knows that narrative all too well! In this episode, we broke down her journey leading up to all of her success and accomplishments in academia and corporate, to the warning signs her body was responding with, to when she took the leap to create a new life. Whether this is an experience you can relate with or not, you’ll be seriously inspired by her story and find plenty of nuggets of inspiration to apply towards your own journey on doing whatever it is that makes you happy! Must listen!

Things we dive into on this episode:

-Dr. Erika’s story going down the ‘educational path’ she felt she was supposed to follow

-Her experiences feeling super out of place in corporate, like she just didn’t fit into that box

-The trap we find ourselves in when we aren’t sure what else we’re supposed to be doing with our lives if what we’re doing now isn’t it

-Feeling pressure to prove everyone wrong and caring so deeply what other people think

-The unexpected hobby she picked up that ‘shook her up’ out of her corporate bubble (probably not what you’re expecting)…I loved this part!

-How she found the confidence and creativity to come back home to the places within herself she lost along the way

-Battling perfectionism, imposter syndrome and taking baby steps towards your dream life!

More on Dr. Erika:

Dr. Erika is a coach, consultant, speaker, and podcast host. She has been a perfectionist her entire life, graduating top of her class, becoming the first doctor in her family, and having a “successful” career at several large pharmaceutical companies. On paper she had the life that many people only dream of.

After dedicating 16 years of her life to the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Erika made a decision to bet on herself. In her heart, this was more than a personal decision, this was a decision that would impact women around the world. Through her platforms, Dr. Erika helps women get clear on their path, unleash the courage to step out of their comfort zone and optimize their capacity to prevent overwhelm and burnout in the process.

Follow Erika on Instagram: @drerikabydesign

Website: https://www.drerikabydesign.com/

If you’ve been seeking some inspiration on your life journey then today’s episode with Julia Berryman is FOR YOU. Consider this episode literally a permission slip to embrace all sides of you ready to be expressed. Plus lots of inspiration on making sense of the winding roads, zig-zags and pivots that pop up while doing your best on this journey we call life. 

You’ll hear us dive into things like:

+Julia’s journey following an academic path that was expected of her, to unleashing more of her creative and artistic side that she’d been suppressing, to coaching and sexual and somatic healing and beyond

+How all of the pieces of your journey are secretly threading together even if it doesn’t feel like the map is clear

+Following the breadcrumbs, weaving together the threads of your experiences and life

+Embracing all the sides of you and giving yourself to permission to express these

+Busting through the fears of what other people are thinking and the pressure we feel to ‘have it all figured out’

+How her religious upbringing suppressed her sexuality and the doorway that opened this back uMore on Julia:

More on Julia: 

Julia Berryman is an Artist + Sex, Creativity & Empowerment Coach. She loves to combine art, dance, emotional expression & somatic processing to help people discover their unique strengths & show up more fully expressed in their life.

Website: www.juliaberryman.com

Instagram: @julia.joyfulwild

As always if you liked what you heard, it would mean the world if you left a review on iTunes! :) 

Y’all come in and cozy up to today’s pleasure filled episode with sex and intimacy coach Kelley Bode! There’s so much more to living live from a state of pleasure than juuust sex and we break it allll down in today’s episode.

You’ll hear us dive into:

+Kelley’s journey into her work as a sex and intimacy coach

+the definition of pleasure: if you’re not just talking sex what are you talking about? We got you.

+the idea of “bringing 10% more pleasure to every moment”

+how to get clear on what it is you even desire

+self-pleasure 101

+recognizing the patterns you play out in your relationships and how this shows up in other areas of your life too

+andddd a juicy taboo story of Kelley’s best relationship yet and what she learned from it

More on Kelley: Kelley Bode is an intimacy and sex coach based in Bali. She works with women, helping them to tune into their bodies, turn on their relationships, and upgrade their sex lives. She does both group and 1:1 coaching. She is also a podcast host on her show called The Best You’ve Ever Had.

Connect with Kelley:

Instagram: @kelleymbode

Listen to her podcast: The Best You’ve Ever Had on iTunes & Spotify

Book we recommended in the episode: Pussy by Regena Thomhashauer (Mama Gena)