Episode 4: Radical Self-Care with Leonore Tjia
In this episode of Investment of Self, we talk to Leonore Tjia about her practice centered around radical healing work for individuals and couples. We discuss what "radical" means and why self-care is considered a radical act.
Leonore shares her experiences working with women who have experienced trauma and how her work involves bringing these stories out of the shadows and normalizing the discussion of difficult experiences to promote healing.
We learn about the rewilding process and how it helps individuals shed unwanted domestication and shame to get in touch with their desires. In addition, Kathy discusses her work helping cancer survivors. We learn about the inflection point that cancer survivors experience and how they have a deep connection to their bodies and their power in healing. Throughout the episode, we explore the importance of holding space for darkness and negative emotions while also building strength and self-love.
In this episode, Kathy and Leonore discuss:
The importance of balancing positivity and holding space for darkness in healing processes
Discussion of radical self-care and how capitalism affects people's view of productivity
Radically healing sexual traumas and helping women connect with their inner judge
Shedding domestication and rewilding for finding authenticity, belonging, and joy
Dealing with bodily, functional, and sexual changes that cancer can bring
Understanding the fight, flight or freeze response and alleviating feelings of guilt from traumatic experiences
More About Leonore and Rewilding the Heart:
Learn more about Leonore on Linkedin
Visit Leonore’s website
Email Leonore: leonore@rewildingtheheart.com
Leonore Tjia offers sex-positive, kink- and polyamory-affirming therapy to recovering perfectionists, people pleasers, and Highly Sensitive People. Her writing, workshops and online offerings help people transform patterns, heal trauma, and access the inner wildness that helps us feel erotically alive.
Book Leonore is currently reading: Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love by Robert Karen. Very compelling, well-written story of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth's seminal work on attachment theory.
Connect with Kathy Washburn:
To learn more about Kathy and her coaching services, head over to: https://kathywashburn.net/
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