Be With Your Body

It's the final episode of the season! Let's burn sh*t down! In this episode Kate and Sarah Jane get angry and invite you to join them. They discuss the current "skinny" trend and how women's body trends are linked to politics. Many quotes are pulled from The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, and the hosts take care to separate the creation from its complicated creator. Aspirational advertising, socially-dictated femininity, and the gender pay gap are all covered in this comprehensive and feisty conversation. Enjoy! Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

Today's episode is all about creativity! Kate and Sarah Jane talk about how the 6th Principle of Pursuing Pleasure and Joy relates to our expressive lives. They explore the ways that perfectionism can interrupt the connection to our bodies and our creative flow, and they talk about how "flow state" can deepen our body connection. Weaving in wisdom from Rick Rubin, Liz Gilbert, Maya Angelou, and more, this episode will inspire you to drop the perfectionism and get to creating. Enjoy! Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

In this episode, Sarah Jane and Kate explore the nuanced concept of self-love and its connection to body awareness, relationships, and social issues. They emphasize the importance of balancing individual transformation with community connection, weaving in quotes and stories to illustrate this concept. The episode includes a guided meditation by Sarah Jane to explore relational and self-love, as well as a card pull and some astrology to illustrate how these collective themes might color your current lens. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

In this episode Kate and Sarah Jane discuss the different types of wisdom offered by the mind and the body. They explore the ways that the body perceives and reacts to stimuli, and the ways that the mind then interprets the stimuli. The hosts discuss how they work to create a harmonious partnership between the mind and the body, rather than an adversarial one. Kate talks about "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker, and Sarah Jane shares an example from the Vedic texts of Hinduism comparing the body and mind to a chariot and its charioteer. They discuss Dialectical Behavioral Theory and Freud's theory of the Id/Ego/Superego. This episode is jam-packed full of useful information and ends with a therapeutic visualization. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

In this episode, we are interviewing dancer and embodiment coach, Kyla Hallums! You may have seen her big booty dancing on the internet spreading joy, laughs and inspiration to anyone who sees it. We talk about what it’s like for Kyla to teach Bachata (a form of Salsa dancing) all over the world and also have a very large online following. Kyla shares that her style of teaching also helps people to feel more in tune with their body. She tells us a harrowing story of surviving emergent open heart surgery in her early 20s, which was a catalyst to her connecting deeper to her own body. Stay tuned to the end of the episode where Sarah Jane does a tarot reading for Kyla! Follow @BailaWithKyla on Instagram and @BailaWithKyla on Tiktok, or her website: www.BailaWithKyla.com Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

In today’s episode Kate and Sarah Jane explore parenting- our own inner children and the actual little ones in our lives. This discussion is appropriate for both parents and non-parents: if you were ever a child, you are welcome here! Join the hosts as they discuss the relationship between mind and body, and offer a few skills for deepening that connection. Stick around till the end for a mindfulness exercise led by Sarah Jane. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram and @bwybpod on Tiktok for more resources, or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

Join Kate and Sarah Jane as they dig into ageism, skincare, and the Age of Influencer Culture. You’ll be guided through applying the Seven Principles of Embodiment to the ways we present online and irl, and the hosts will offer their usual compassionate, balanced perspective. How does a TikTok trend relate to a Buddhist Death Contemplation? You’ll have to listen to find out! Stay tuned at the end of the episode as Sarah Jane pulls a card from her Be With Your Body Tarot Deck. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram and @bwybpod on Tiktok for more resources, or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

Part 2 of Injectables!! We know you are on the edge of your seat for Sarah Jane and Kate’s take on Ozempic, so here it is! The gals explore a nuanced and informed take on the popular medication. Discussing fame, thinness, and discrimination of fat people. They both share experiences of living with chronic illness and recovery of diet culture. Stay tuned at the end of the episode when Sarah Jane pulls a tarot card from her deck, Be With Your Body Tarot for further insight. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram and @bwybpod on Tiktok for more resources, or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

In this episode Kate and Sarah Jane begin their two-part series on injectables- Botox, filler, and Ozempic. They apply the 7 Principles and take a nuanced and compassionate approach to the use of outpatient cosmetic procedures. The two talk about their own experiences as women in recovery navigating the aging process, and explore the pros and cons of allowing their bodies to age “naturally.” At the end of the episode Sarah Jane pulls a card from her Be With Your Body Tarot deck. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram and @bwybpod on Tiktok for more resources, or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com

Welcome back! In this episode, Sarah Jane and Kate first review the Seven Principles of Embodiment. Then they go on to discuss their own chronic illnesses. Kate shares a recent diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease. She also discusses her history of POTs. Sarah Jane talks about being a type one diabetic, and all of the medical devices that are included in that. Relating their experience of how their eating disorders likely contributed to their chronic illnesses. At the end of the episode they discuss rants and raves and Sarah Jane pulls a card from her tarot deck Be With Your Body Tarot. Follow @BeWithYourBodyPod on Instagram and @bwybpod on Tiktok for more resources, or get in touch with the team at [email protected]. Learn about the principles here: www.BeWithYourBodyPod.com This episode was created by Kate Martin and Sarah Jane Chapman. It was produced, scored, and engineered by Erik W. Thompson. For more on Erik’s work, please visit www.WalterAudio.com