Alright, let's get real. If you're the type of woman who would rather do literally everything yourself than ask for help (even when you're two seconds from burnout), this episode was made for you.

In this solo drop-in, Rachele Kehler gets radically honest about the root causes of hyper-independence and why so many women, especially the ambitious, intuitive, cycle-breaking kind, struggle to ask for what they need. Spoiler alert: it's not because you're bad at communicating. It's because your nervous system is trying to protect you from getting hurt... again.

This episode unpacks the connection between childhood emotional neglect, the loss of autonomy and agency, and the way those old wounds shape how we show up in our relationships, businesses, and even self-care routines. Rachele also introduces her upcoming workshop, designed to help you express your needs without guilt, shutdowns, or passive-aggressive wishful thinking.

✨ Key Takeaways:

• High-Independence is often a trauma response, not a badge of honour.
• You can be a boss woman and still learn to receive support (without spiralling).
• ADHD, people-pleasing, and control issues are often rooted in childhood loss of agency.
• Communicating your needs can feel terrifying—but it’s a skill you can absolutely learn.
• If you want relationships that feel supportive instead of soul-sucking, it starts with how you ask.

💬 3 Cheeky, Soul-Stirring Quotes:

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Workshop: The Highly Independent Woman’s Guide to Asking for What She Needs – Live end of April 27
• Program: The Self-Expressed Woman – For women ready to stop shrinking and start receiving
• Support Community: SHE.FOR.WE – For soul-led women in business who are done doing it all alone

💌 Want to connect?

• Email Rachele: rachele@rachelekahler.com
• Instagram: @womansalignmentcoach
• website: www.rachelekehler.com

In this powerful episode of Sovereign Heart, Rachele sits down with Kate Leppard, a seasoned art therapist, somatic educator, and tantric facilitator, to explore how women can come home to themselves through the body, nervous system regulation, and creative expression. Together, they unpack how unresolved trauma lives in the body, how it shows up in daily life, and what true sovereignty looks like when you begin to embody your radiance and trust your inner knowing.

💡 Key Topics:

• Understanding the 4 trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn
• Why self-regulation is the foundation of feminine power
• How art therapy and somatic practices unlock subconscious memories
• What it really means to be in your window of tolerance
• The role of the vagus nerve in emotional healing
• How unresolved childhood patterns become adult coping strategies
• Signs that you're healing: yawns, sighs, gurgles, and the return of creativity
• How to shift from people-pleasing and overgiving to radiant sovereignty
• Why we need to make friends with our nervous system (hint: it's not the enemy)
• The magic of co-regulation in partnerships, parenting, and therapeutic spaces
• How art and symbolic language bypass the critic and awaken deeper truth
• The truth about femininity: it’s not performative; it’s somatic

💬 Quotes

🌱 Takeaway Wisdom

🎨 Kate’s Tools & Techniques

• Feeling lines (somatic scribbling to process emotions)
• Bilateral drawing (for brain balance & nervous system reset)
• Symbolic object work (to uncover attachment patterns)
• Anger release practices (like sacred rage containers and self-holding)
• Personalized somatic tracking (recognizing low-level trauma cues)

📲 Connect with Kate Leppard

http://www.kateleppard.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/communityheARTspace

http://www.instragram.com/kate_leppard

Connect with Rachele:

http://www.rachelekehler.com

In this raw and tender solo episode, Rachele shares part two of her personal journey—from navigating the depths of chronic illness, grief, and burnout to reclaiming her health, voice, and feminine frequency. With honest reflections on trauma, physical breakdowns, mold exposure, Epstein-Barr, and the emotional toll of losing her beloved dog, this episode is a heartfelt transmission on the power of embodiment and the courage it takes to receive support.

She takes you inside her healing process—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—revealing how Human Design, somatic work, nervous system regulation, and aligned love helped her rewrite her story. Rachele also challenges the outdated narrative that women can be "too masculine" and shares her truth: you are always feminine—because you are a woman.

• The hidden cost of independence and dissociation
• Chronic illness, Epstein-Barr, mold, and the healing power of ozone IV
• How grief and loss became turning points for deeper embodiment
• Reclaiming sexuality and feminine energy after trauma
• The moment she allowed herself to be fully taken care of—and how it changed everything
• Why being “feminine” isn’t a look, it’s a way of being
• Rachele’s hot take on women who think they’re “too masculine”

This episode is for every woman who’s ever felt broken by her body, lost in grief, or unsure how to ask for help. Rachele’s story will remind you that healing is nonlinear, but it’s possible, and it begins with honoring the voice and wisdom of your sovereign heart.

• Feminine Realignment Sessions
• Human Design Readings
• SHE.FOR.WE Mentorship Community
• 1:1 Coaching

🧡 Sensitive content warning: This episode discusses chronic illness, depression-like symptoms, sexual healing, and pet loss. Please listen with care.