You will want to listen into this Somatic Intimacy Coach, author, and Somatic Experiencing Trauma Resolution Practitioner Lorina Manzanita to explore the powerful connection between trauma, attachment wounds, intimacy, boundaries, and the nervous system.
Together, they dive into why so many empathic and emotionally attuned women lose themselves in relationships — over-giving, people pleasing, abandoning their own needs, and struggling to express their desires out of fear, conditioning, or unresolved attachment trauma. Lorina shares how our nervous system patterns shape the way we experience love, intimacy, connection, and self-worth, and why true healing must happen through the body, not just the mind.
This conversation explores the intersection of somatics, interpersonal neurobiology, embodiment, feminine healing, and emotional safety, helping listeners understand how trauma can disconnect women from their voice, boundaries, desires, and authentic expression. Lorina also offers powerful insights into transforming relationship patterns, releasing shame around desire, and moving from chronic self-sacrifice into embodied confidence, clarity, and overflow.
If you’ve ever struggled with losing yourself in relationships, feeling afraid to express your needs, or confusing overgiving with love, this episode will help you reconnect to your body, your truth, and the deeper healing available through embodied nervous system work.
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