What Self-Care Actually Looks Like: A Somatic Therapist Gets Honest

In our very first episode, co-host and somatic therapist Sarah Levy turns the mic on herself. Sarah gets real about burnout recovery, what it means to listen to your body, and how self-care evolves through different seasons of life, from early parenthood exhaustion to finding energy again through work, movement, and connection. She talks about the dance of knowing when you need solitude versus co-regulation, how she thinks about movement as nervous system regulation (not punishment), and why play might be the most underrated form of self-care for high-functioning women. 

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