About this episode

Rowan and Antonina discuss their transformative experiences with somatic work and its impact on anxiety, boundaries, and self-worth.

My love, what actually happens when you stop outsourcing your worth and start working with your nervous system? In this episode, Rowan and Antonina share their experience inside The Somatic Studio, where they completed a 12 week deep dive into somatic work and nervous system healing. This is a grounded, honest conversation about what shifts when you begin regulating your body, building self trust, and interrupting patterns of people pleasing and over functioning. We explore how somatic work supports nervous system regulation, why anxiety starts to shift when you work with the body instead of just the mind, and what it really looks like to set boundaries without being hijacked by guilt. Rowan and Antonina also speak to the process of moving out of emotional outsourcing and into a more embodied sense of self, and what changed for them over the course of 12 weeks in their relationships, decision making, and daily lives. If you find yourself constantly second guessing, overthinking, or looking outside of you for validation, this episode offers a real life example of what it takes to come back to yourself. This kind of healing is not about fixing who you are, but about creating the…

People in this episode

Host: Béa Victoria Albina

Guests: Rowan, Antonina

Topics covered

• somatic work
• nervous system healing
• anxiety regulation
• self-worth
• boundaries
• people pleasing
• emotional outsourcing

Keywords

• somatic work
• nervous system
• anxiety
• self trust
• boundaries
• people pleasing
• emotional outsourcing
• healing
• validation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Somatic Studio, Instagram, beatrizalbina.com

More episodes of Feminist Wellness

• Ep #381: The People-Pleasing Trap: Keeping Everyone Happy but You · June 4, 2026 · 21 min
• Tenderoni Hotline #35: The Hidden Connection Between Food & Nervous System Healing with Ali Shapiro · June 2, 2026 · 41 min
• Ep #380: How to Know If You’re Ready for Coaching and Real Change · May 28, 2026 · 34 min
• Tenderoni Hotline #34: How Do You Deal With Someone Who Always Plays the Victim? · May 26, 2026 · 33 min
• Ep #379: How to Apologize Without Shame, Blame, or Guilt · May 21, 2026 · 37 min
• Tenderoni Hotline #33: Why Am I Always in Fight Mode? + Learning to Love Safely After Trauma · May 19, 2026 · 19 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Feminist Wellness podcast page.