Embodied with Anne Bérubé

What happens in the body when we repeatedly abandon ourselves to preserve a relationship? In this conversation, Anne speaks with physician and bestselling author Dr. Lissa Rankin about her book RelationSick, co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, and the profound connection between our relationships and our physical and emotional health. They explore overgiving, people-pleasing and the fawn response—not as personal failings, but as intelligent ways we learned to protect ourselves and stay connected. Lissa shares how she is learning to pause before automatically saying yes and to ask herself: Am I a yes? Am I a no? Am I a maybe? What am I genuinely resourced to give? Together, Anne and Lissa discuss relational trauma, Internal Family Systems, spiritual bypassing, nervous-system regulation and the courage it takes to create honest boundaries. They also explore the body’s remarkable capacity to heal when we stop leaving ourselves behind. This is a compassionate conversation about learning to hear yourself again, remaining connected to others without self-abandonment, and allowing healing to become a homecoming to your own wholeness.

How do you know when it’s time to pivot in life — especially when everything looks successful from the outside? In this episode of The Embodied Podcast, Anne Bérubé sits down with bestselling author and entrepreneur Meghan Telpner to explore what it really means to outgrow a successful career and trust your body through identity change. Meghan Telpner is the founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition, a Toronto-based entrepreneur featured in Forbes and named one of Canada’s Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs. After 15 years of building a thriving global business, Meghan made a courageous pivot: she closed her company and stepped into the unknown. Now in semi-retirement as a fiber artist and host of The Courageous Pivot podcast, Meghan shares the deeper truth behind reinvention, burnout, and identity evolution. In this conversation, we explore: How to know when it’s time to pivot in lifeSigns your body is asking for changeLeaving a successful business or careerThe grief of outgrowing what once workedTrusting the unknown during major life transitionsWhy resisting change creates sufferingLetting go of rigid five-year plans If you’re navigating a life transition, identity shift, burnout, or questioning your current path, this episode offers grounded insight into how to trust yourself — even when clarity isn’t fully available yet. Listen now to discover why the unknown may actually be the safest place.

In this deeply embodied conversation, Anne is joined by Sheila Winter Wallace, a Master WEL-Systems® Educator, CODE Model Coach™ and BodySpirit Integration Specialist whose life’s work is devoted to transforming pain into peace and possibility. Sheila speaks to the body as the final frontier of thought—the place where our deepest beliefs, histories, and potentials are held. Drawing from decades of experience in nursing, healing, education, and ministry, she shares how the body is not something to fix or override, but a living intelligence designed to guide us back into relationship with ourselves. This episode explores: How suffering can shift into sudden relief when the body is truly listened toThe body as our most powerful communication deviceWhat it means to trust the body’s innate genius rather than trying to control or override itHow embodied awareness restores a consistently empowered relationship with Self As a closing gift, Sheila offers a Huna chant—an audible transmission that beautifully anchors the conversation and invites the listener into felt experience beyond words. If this conversation resonates and you’re curious to explore what relief, clarity, and embodiment could feel like in your own life, Sheila invites you to book a free discovery call: 👉 sheilawinterwallace.com 👉 https://calendly.com/sheilawinterwallace/from-suffering-to-sudden-relief-discovery-call

In this episode of Embodied, Anne Bérubé sits down with holistic nutritionist and bestselling author Julie Daniluk for a candid conversation about trust, cravings, and the body’s intelligence. Together, they explore emotional eating, nervous system regulation, blood sugar balance, and why cravings are often a signal—not a failure. The conversation also touches on midlife, perimenopause, intuitive eating myths, and the role of connection and female friendship in long-term health. This episode invites listeners to move beyond willpower and learn how trust is built through the body.

In this deeply moving episode of Embodied, Anne welcomes her longtime friend Naomi Irons for a conversation on trust that unfolds with raw honesty, tenderness, and spiritual clarity. Naomi shares the story of her son’s sudden and life-altering illness, and the moment everything she thought she knew about trust was transformed. What begins as a medical emergency becomes a profound initiation—an opening into presence, vulnerability, and the kind of trust that rises only when life asks everything of us. Together, Anne and Naomi explore: what trust feels like in the body when it’s no longer a conceptthe threshold between life and death, and how it changes usthe wisdom of endings and the fire that awakens dormant parts of the selfthe difference between trying to trust and living from trusthow to meet fear, grief, and uncertainty with compassionloving without controlling, holding without graspingthe quiet intelligence of surrender and embodied presence This conversation is a companion for anyone walking through transition, loss, or a season of deep inner change. It invites you to soften into your own knowing, to listen more closely to the signals in your body, and to trust the emergence that is already happening within you. A tender, spacious episode that nourishes the heart and honors the courage it takes to live awake.

Exploring the science of emotional release and the soul’s wisdom within anxiety, rest, and embodiment. In this soul-nourishing episode of Embodied, Anne Bérubé sits down with Dr. Ellen Vora, board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, yoga teacher, and author of The Anatomy of Anxiety. Together, they explore how anxiety is not simply a problem of the mind but a full-body message—a call from within to restore balance, release what’s been held, and trust the body’s innate wisdom. Dr. Vora explains the science behind emotional tears—how they literally release stress hormones—and shares why rest, receptivity, and intuitive living are essential medicines in a culture that glorifies constant doing. This is a conversation where science meets spirit, reminding us that healing begins when we stop trying to fix ourselves and start listening to the body that remembers the way. In this episode: 🌿 The difference between false anxiety and true anxiety 💧 How crying completes the stress cycle and helps the body self-regulate 🌙 The sacred balance between yin and yang — rest and action 🔥 How reclaiming intuition and rest can prevent burnout 💫 Why healing always begins with embodiment and self-trust Guest Links: 🌐 Website: www.ellenvora.com 📸 Instagram: @ellenvoramd 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/ellenvoramd 🎥 YouTube: Dr. Ellen Vora on YouTube About Dr. Ellen Vora: Ellen Vora, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher who takes a functional-medicine approach to mental health—addressing imbalance at the root. A graduate of Yale University (BA) and Columbia University (MD), her work bridges modern medicine and holistic healing to help people feel grounded, connected, and whole.

In this rich and uplifting episode of Embodied, I sit down with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, mental health advocate and author of Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other. Together, we explore why knowing ourselves is a human right, not a luxury, and how trust, safety, and the wisdom of the heart can transform our relationships and our communities. A deep and heartfelt conversation on vulnerability, belonging, and the courage it takes to live closer to one another. FB: sophiegregoiretrudeau IG: sophiegregoiretrudeau Website and to subscribe to her FREE monthly newsletter:  https://sophiegregoiretrudeau.com/

What does it mean to trust the voice within?  In this episode of Embodied, I speak with Mory Fontanez, Intuitive Life & Leadership Coach, about reconnecting to our higher self—the wise, loving, fear-free frequency of who we really are. Through Mory’s story of transformation—from crisis manager to spiritual teacher—we explore how intuition, embodiment, and self-worth are inseparable.  Her new book, Higher Self: Reclaiming the Power of Your Intuition, is a powerful roadmap for women ready to reclaim their inner authority and stop outsourcing their power. In this conversation, we explore:  How to distinguish fear from intuitionWhy the body is the gateway to truthThe role of dignity in spiritual growthWhy women are called to take up more space—nowAnd how reclaiming your voice can start a revolution within If you've been navigating fear, doubt, or the urge to shrink, this episode is a loving, powerful call back to your knowing. It’s a reminder that your intuition is already inside you—ready to be heard.

On the 5th anniversary of her sister’s death in the 2020 NS mass casualty event, Jenny Kierstead sat down with me for her first podcast in over a year. 🎙 This conversation is raw, powerful, and deeply healing. Jenny is the Founder of Yoga in Schools and Girl on Fire Empowerment, a speaker, author, and visionary in the yoga and wellness movement. We explore: 💔 Trauma, PTSD & trust after betrayal 🫁 How grief pulls us out of the body 🧠 The healing journey through medication + mindfulness 🤝 Rebuilding sisterhood — with others and ourselves 🔥 Owning your light when others can’t 👭 Women supporting women, instead of competing Jenny shares stories she’s never shared publicly before — including how her jealousy of me became an invitation to self-love. I’m so honoured to share this space with her.

In this episode of The Embodied Podcast, I sit down with my first teacher, Louise LeBrun, founder of the WEL-Systems Institute — the woman who first helped me reconnect with my body’s intelligence and forever changed the course of my life. Back in 2006, Louise guided me through my first emotional release — an experience that helped me heal chronic pain and remember why I was here. Since then, I’ve devoted my life to understanding and sharing the body’s extraordinary role in healing and self-realization. Together, we explore how trusting your body leads to transformation — and why it’s often the mess, not the perfection, that becomes the portal to your truth. In this episode, we explore: How your body acts as a gateway between energy and creationWhy trusting the body’s intelligence unlocks faster healingThe power of emotional release without fearHow to navigate not chaos — but emergence 🎧 Listen now to uncover what becomes possible when you trust that your body is on your side.