Wild, Wise & Whole
Wild, Wise & Whole is a podcast for women who feel the call to slow down, soften, and come back into relationship with their bodies.
Hosted by Lydia, a Somatic Psychotherapist, body-based specialist, and founder of The Reverence Method™. This podcast is rooted in the belief that healing is not something to fix or force, but something that unfolds through safety, presence, and deep respect for the body’s wisdom. Lydia’s work blends therapeutic depth with embodied, intuitive, and cyclical ways of understanding the female experience.
Each episode explores what it truly means to be wild, wise, and whole, not as an identity to perform, but as a lived, embodied practice. Through conversations on trauma, the nervous system, sexuality, feminine rhythm, devotion, and embodied leadership, this podcast invites you into a slower, more honest way of relating to yourself and your life.
Whether you’re navigating burnout, disconnection, shame, or a quiet longing to feel more at home in your body, Wild, Wise & Whole offers reflections, conversations, and practices grounded in reverence for your nervous system, your cyclical nature, and the woman you are becoming.
This is a space to meet yourself with care.
To soften rather than override.
To remember what your body already knows.
Wild, Wise & Whole
EP 98: From People-Pleasing to Boundaries: How Nervous System Work Helps You Say No
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Join me for another solo episode as I explore the intricate relationship between people-pleasing, boundary-setting, and the nervous system giving a perspective you may not have heard before.
If you struggle to say no, worry about judgment, don't want to let people down and have non-existent boundaries despite how hard you try this is for you
In this episode, I explain how the fawn response, particularly prevalent among women, influences behaviours and emotional responses and how this is massively linked to your nervous system. I'll share both somatic and practical tips to help your nervous system feel safe so you can start to put yourself first and break people-pleasing cycles.
Journal Prompts:
Where in my life am I saying yes when I really want to say no? What would it feel like to honour my true needs in that situation? What do I need and desire?
Want to heal your nervous system?
More details on R&R (Restore & Reconnect: A Nervous System Journey)
Cohort 2 Starting 28th April 2025
Somatic Psychotherapist, Trauma Informed Breathwork Facilitator and Embodiment Coach
Trauma & Nervous System Somatic Healing to help awaken safety in the feminine body
Bodily wisdom • cyclical living • feminine essence & leadership ✨
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