031: Janelle Nelson graces us with her presence on the pod this episode - if you're someone who is like her and Brittney, this one may hit home. As a licensed marriage and family therapist who utilizes EMDR, body-based practices, and attachment work, Janelle has a beautiful approach and understanding of those who are looking to reclaim their bodily autonomy, sexuality and spirituality, especially after having grown up in religious programming and working with many sexual trauma cases in her early years as a therapist. Janelle and Brittney flow through SO much, sharing intimate parts of their journeys to becoming empowered and embodied practitioners, and how YOU can begin to do the same.

Feeling the Pulse on

• Janelle and Brittney's similarities - being pastor's daughters, To Be Magnetic work, and spirituality journeys
• How Janelle got into her work as a trauma therapist after an intense religious upbringing
• Purity culture, sexual expression in the household, and feeling stifled
• CRITICAL yet hijacked sexual development, sexual abuse and/or religious trauma, learning to titrate, saying yes and no
• The rationalization and messaging on sex both men and women may receive, overriding our own nervous systems, advocating for ourselves in an embodied way
• Re-establishing the connection to the different aspects of ourselves sexually and spiritually, spearheading the revitalization for the lineage, and acknowledging one's own autonomy on their healing path
• Healing after a trauma: you're not responsible FOR your wounds, but you can be responsible TO your wounds (if you want to be).

Connect with our guest, Janelle Nelson

• Work with Janelle: https://www.wholenesscollectivetherapy.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jncounseling

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