The Anna Van Echten Podcast

In this episode Anna is joined by Jess Doyle, a wife, mother and health coach from North Canterbury, New Zealand, whose journey has been anything but linear.After navigating her own experiences with endometriosis, infertility and pregnancy loss, she found herself searching for more than just answers, she was searching for real support, understanding and a way to truly heal.What she discovered along the way didn't just change her health, it changed the direction of her life. Jess is now a health coach who supports women with evidence based guidance while also honouring the mental, emotional and deeper layers of their experience.Connect with Jess and find how to work with her here:Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/jess.healthcoachWebsite- https://www.jesshealthcoach.com/Connect with Anna here:Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/anna.vanechtenWebsite- https://linktr.ee/annavanechtenDisclaimer: This podcast is not intended for medical advice, please use your discernment when listening and do what's best for you. 

“All of Western medicine is built on getting rid of pain, which is not the same as healing. Healing is actually the capacity to hold pain.”— Dr Gabor Maté.In this episode, we step into a radically different relationship with pain.Instead of asking “what’s wrong with me and how do I get rid of this as fast as possible,” we explore a deeper and more healing question:“How can I emotionally hold myself through this?”We live in a world that rushes to eliminate discomfort, but when we don’t listen to what pain is trying to communicate, it doesn’t disappear. It amplifies, it repeats and it eventually speaks louder through the body, the nervous system and sometimes even illness or diagnosis.This conversation opens the doorway into capacity. The capacity to feel, to stay present and to allow emotions to move through rather than be suppressed or avoided.Insights are shared from a World War II observation involving saline being used in place of morphine, where soldiers still reported reduced pain. It raises a fascinating question about the relationship between perception, safety and the experience of pain itself.We also explore how childhood conditioning shapes our nervous system responses to pain based on what we witnessed growing up. The way pain was handled around us becomes the way we instinctively try to handle it within ourselves.I also share a process I use with clients to release the emotional charge behind physical or emotional pain. Not by forcing it away, but by first acknowledging it, feeling it and then allowing it to be gently released with understanding and gratitude for what it has taught us.Pain is not just something to escape. It can be a doorway into deeper wisdom, regulation and self-trust when we have the capacity to stay with it.Connect with me here: https://linktr.ee/annavanechtenDisclaimer: This episode is not medical advice, use your discernment when listening, take what resonates and leave what doesn't.

In this episode, Anna is joined by Ariana Neame, an intuitive guide from Christchurch, New Zealand, who supports women to reconnect with their inner wisdom and remember who they truly are.This conversation is a gentle yet powerful invitation to come back into your body, your heart and your soul.We explore what it really means to feel safe within yourself, how disconnection can show up in everyday life, and the subtle ways your body is always guiding you home.Ari shares her journey into this work, the deeper layers of embodiment and intuition, and how women can begin to rebuild trust within themselves in a world that often pulls them outward.This episode is for the woman who feels disconnected, overwhelmed or unsure of her path and is ready to return to herself in a deeper, more honest way.You’ll walk away feeling grounded, expanded and reminded that everything you’re searching for is already within you.Connect with Ari here: https://www.instagram.com/ariana_embodiedheartandsoulAnna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna.vanechtenDisclaimer: This episode is not medical advice, use your discernment, take what resonates and leave what doesn't.

In this episode, Anna is joined by mind body coach Sonja Courtis from Christchurch, New Zealand, for a powerful conversation on the body’s innate ability to heal. Together they explore: ​Why your symptoms aren’t random and are signals from your body.​The deeper emotional and energetic patterns behind illness and dis-ease.​The power of somatic healing versus talk therapy alone.​The holistic connection in becoming emotionally available to receive masculine love. ​How to shift from believing you’re broken to trusting your body’s wisdom.This episode is for the woman who’s been told she just has to “live with it.” The bloating, the pain, the diagnosis and who’s ready to discover a deeper, soul led path to healing.Connect with Sonja on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonjacourtisConnect with Anna here:https://linktr.ee/annavanechtenDisclaimer: This is not medical advice, use your discernment when listening and do what’s best for you.