What if the key to clarity, aliveness, and deep relaxation was already within your body—waiting to be awakened? In this episode, I sit down with my long-time mentor and friend, Jessica Lichaa, a fascia and nervous system specialist, to explore the profound connection between fascia, stored energy, and nervous system regulation.

We dive into the body’s role in healing, the impact of tension and unresolved energy, and how awakening the fascia can discharge stored trauma and restore balance. Jessica explains the difference between top-down vs. bottom-up processing, the significance of ventral vs. dorsal relaxation, and how we can work with fascia to shift from dysregulation to deep nervous system healing.

To close the episode, Jessica guides us through a fascial awakening exercise designed to bring clarity, aliveness, and ventral relaxation, so you can experience this work firsthand.

Whether you’re curious about somatic healing, looking for practical tools to regulate your nervous system, or just want to understand why fascia holds the key to transformation, this episode is packed with insights and embodiment practices you won’t want to miss!

• What is the body, really?
• How tension impacts the body and nervous system
• Fascia and its role in nervous system regulation
• The importance of fascial discharging and fascial awakening
• Top-down vs. bottom-up processing in healing
• How to invite fascial awakening & discharge into your practice
• Dorsal relaxation vs. ventral relaxation (and why it matters)
• Guided fascial awakening exercises for clarity, aliveness, and deep relaxation

Jessica Lichaa is a fascia and nervous system specialist dedicated to helping people release stored traumas, energetic imprints, and hormonal residues trapped in the body’s tissues. Through her Fascia Awakening method, she bridges fascia intelligence, nervous system regulation, and consciousness to support deep healing and transformation.

With over 16 years of experience in yoga, energy healing, and somatic work, Jessica guides others in rewiring their body-mind connection for greater resilience, empowerment, and conscious awakening. Currently based in San Jose, CA, she will be relocating to Portland, Oregon, in April 2025.

🌎 Website: www.fasciaawakening.com 📷 Instagram: @fasciaawakening

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What if creativity could become one of your most powerful tools for self-discovery and healing? In this episode, I sit down with Lynn Motley, a licensed mental health therapist and Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner, to explore the powerful intersection of Soul Collage® and parts work. We dive into how Soul Collage® serves as a creative and intuitive practice to externalize and connect with different parts of ourselves, fostering self-discovery, healing, and integration.

Lynn shares the “hints” (not rules!) of Soul Collage®, how to use it to represent polarized parts, and how to dialogue with your cards for deeper insight. We also discuss how the suits of Soul Collage® parallel aspects of IFS, and how intuitive and directive card-making can support emotional and spiritual growth.

Whether you're new to Soul Collage® or a seasoned creator, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration that will leave you eager to pick up scissors, glue, and images to start your own healing journey.

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• What is Soul Collage® and how does it work?
• The “hints” (not rules!) for making Soul Collage cards
• Weaving Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work into Soul Collage
• Representing polarized parts in cards
• Dialoguing with your cards for deeper insight
• Externalizing parts through visual expression
• Intuitive vs. directive card-making approaches
• Understanding the suits of Soul Collage® and their parallels with IFS
• The power of using “I am one who…” as a reflection tool
• Creative ways to use your Soul Collage® deck for ongoing self-discovery

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Lynn Motley, LCSW, is a licensed mental health therapist, IFS practitioner, and Soul Collage facilitator dedicated to helping individuals and couples find wholeness and well-being through psychotherapy, movement, embodied learning, and creative arts. She integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Soul Collage® in her work, creating a non-pathologizing approach to self-discovery and healing.

Lynn also teaches Radical Self-Care Yoga, facilitates monthly Soul Collage® gatherings, and leads workshops and retreats designed to foster personal transformation. She believes that life itself is a canvas for exploration, and that creativity and movement are powerful tools for deeper self-understanding.

She lives in Lexington, KY, with her husband and enjoys hiking, mixed media art, Soul Collage, yoga, and dancing.

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🌎 Website: www.lynnmotley.com 📧 Email: lynnmotleylcsw@gmail.com 📞 Phone: 859-948-5817

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Do you find yourself constantly striving, doing, and achieving—only to feel exhausted, unfulfilled, or out of alignment? In this deeply relatable and thought-provoking episode, I sit down with therapist and life coach Allyson Blythe to explore the "Accomplisher" part within us—a part I personally relate to and deeply share in.

Together, we unpack the cultural and personal forces that drive us to wear busyness as a badge of honor, seek worth through achievement, and fall into the traps of perfectionism, performing, and pleasing—the "Dishonoring P’s" that Allyson so brilliantly identifies.

We delve into how fear often fuels the accomplisher, leading to burnout, illness, and imbalance, and how our culture praises these tendencies, further reinforcing unhealthy patterns. But this isn’t just about pointing out the challenges; it’s about finding the beauty and value in the accomplisher part while learning how to bring it into balance.

Through self-awareness, reflection, and intentional practices, Allyson offers tools to reconnect with your core values, realign with your flow, and honor the accomplisher within without letting it take over. This conversation isn’t just insightful—it’s a lifeline for those of us who feel like we’re doing it all but missing something deeper.

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Topics Discussed:

• The "Accomplisher" part: its value and its pitfalls
• Aligning with how we’re doing, not just what we’re doing
• The cultural obsession with busyness as a badge of honor
• Legacy burdens of accomplishing and seeking worth through achievement
• Fear as the driving force behind over-accomplishing and its toll on mental and physical health
• Allyson’s "Dishonoring P’s": perfectionism, performing, and pleasing
• The importance of self-awareness in finding balance and reclaiming flow
• Practical strategies to reflect on and connect with your accomplisher part.

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About Allyson Blythe:

Allyson Blythe is a Certified Life Coach and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience helping people uncover their true potential by breaking free from limiting beliefs and behaviors. Her work focuses on equipping individuals with tools to create success from the inside out by aligning their daily choices with their core values.

Allyson is the author of Misunderstood: Rewriting The Rules of Dignity & Self-Respect and The Enlightened Empath and hosts the podcast The ALLY Effect. She brings authenticity, courage, and a wealth of wisdom to her work with individuals and groups.

Connect with Allyson:

• Phone: 859-341-7773
• Website: www.AllysonBlythe.com
• Email: allysonblythe@live.com

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