About this episode

Patricia discusses how women's bodies often react to misalignment in relationships before their minds do, exploring nervous system safety and body signals.

Have you ever dated someone and suddenly your body started reacting? Maybe it was headaches, anxiety, exhaustion, bloating, skin breakouts, UTIs, BV, losing your libido, gaining weight, losing weight, feeling emotionally confused or simply feeling “off” after spending time with them. In this episode, Patricia speaks about how the body often knows someone is misaligned long before the mind catches up. Inspired by her own recent dating experience, she explores nervous system safety, body signals, somatic self-trust, and why so many women override their body’s wisdom in relationships. This episode is for the woman who has spent years being the strong one, the good girl, the caretaker, the over-thinker, disconnected from her body and normalising stress, tension and emotional confusion. Inside this conversation: Why your nervous system scans for safety and threat automatically The body signals women often ignore in dating and relationships How high-functioning women override misalignment The difference between trauma responses and embodied intuition Why self-trust changes the way you date Learning to honour your body’s yeses and nos How nervous system safety affects intimacy, desire…

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