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In this conversation on We Are Woman, we continue our discussion with El. Together, we explore peak experiences, nervous system capacity, and why more intensity does not always create more growth. What stands out here is the shift from chasing big breakthroughs to learning how to listen more deeply to the body. The conversation also touches on women, choice, shame, burnout, and how breathwork can help people find a more authentic way of moving through life. Key topics El explains why big, cathartic experiences can have value, but are not the whole story when it comes to growth and healing.Bec raises the tension between modern life and the pressure to live faster, harder, and bigger, especially in corporate environments.Sara shares how peak experiences only help if the baseline of stability also expands, otherwise people crash instead of integrate.El describes how FBR works with the nervous system as it is, rather than forcing a dramatic experience.The group unpacks how overdrive can show up in breath patterns, especially a fast inhale with little exhale.Sara distinguishes between forceful effort driven by pattern, shame, or obligation, and genuine effort that comes from alignment and values.Bec notes how often the experience itself becomes the goal, turning even healing into another performance metric.The conversation returns repeatedly to choice, especially the idea that many people suffer because they do not feel they have any.Sara shares a practical process for working with suffering: radical acceptance, clarity about what is wanted, then gathering internal and external resources.The women discuss cycles, including the monthly cycle for women, and why honouring rhythm can create more resilience than pushing through.FBR, facilitated breath repatterning, as a way to work with the nervous system where it isRadical acceptance, then vision, then resourcingChoice as the antidote to sufferingCycles over constant linear growthCapacity building through embodiment, not just insight El specialises in facilitated breath repatterning and also offers coaching, NLP mindset work, and shadow work coaching. Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

In this episode of We Are Woman, Gideon Hanze joins us to explore how research and data can support FBR breathwork while preserving its therapeutic depth and human connection. Gideon shares how he moved from neuropsychology and data science into breathwork, and how his team is studying what happens during sessions. The conversation also looks at practitioner training, safety, clinical applications, and the challenge of building credibility without losing what makes the practice meaningful. Key topics Gideon’s first experience with FBR breathwork and what drew him deeper.How his background in neuropsychology, data science, and biomedical engineering informs his work.What the team is measuring during sessions, including breathing patterns and heart activity.How data might help translate facilitators’ observations into useful insights.Why safety, training, and practitioner standards matter as breathwork grows.The role of touchwork and bodywork in FBR.How breathwork can complement psychotherapy and other body-based approaches.The potential for clinical integration and wider accessibility. Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

This conversation of We Are Woman explores what happens when the nervous system is stuck in hyperarousal and sleep starts to suffer. We unpack why forcing stillness can sometimes make tension worse, and why movement, shaking, and expression can be the more restorative path. We discuss the difference between safety and comfort, how to recognise when your system needs mobilisation before relaxation, and why body-based approaches like facilitated breath repatterning can help build capacity over time. Key topics In this episode, Bec shares a year of worsening sleep, including a racing heartbeat at night, low REM, and waking up with very little body battery left.Sara de Clercq explains that when the body is in hyperarousal, forcing meditation or stillness can add pressure rather than reduce it.We discuss the idea that the nervous system often needs expression and release before it can settle into rest.Sara uses the deer escaping lions as a framework for stress completion, explaining that shaking, movement, and discharge are natural after a threat passes.Bec reflects on how stillness can feel unsafe when the body is holding tension, and how shaking on the grass has helped her find more peace afterwards.We distinguish between mind-based practices that impose calm and body-based practices that follow what the nervous system is actually asking for.Sara describes facilitated breath repatterning as a movement-oriented practice with space for expression, integration, and a natural return to homeostasis.Bec shares that she used to approach these practices as a way to create comfort, but now sees them as a way to find safety.The conversation explores capacity as more than productivity - it is the ability to meet life, rest, work, grief, creativity, and change with flexibility.We close by emphasising awareness, choice, and listening to the body as the key to knowing whether to mobilise or relax.Incomplete stress cycles - the idea that stress needs to be discharged fully before the body can settle.Window of tolerance - the range in which the nervous system can stay present without becoming overwhelmed or shut down.Facilitated breath repatterning - Sara’s body-based approach that uses breath, movement, and expression to support regulation and capacity. Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

In this episode of We Are Woman, we explore the masculine and feminine as two energies that can work in synergy rather than as opposing identities to fix or choose between. The conversation focuses on how embodiment, breath, boundaries, and trust reveal where we default, where we overcompensate, and how integration creates more steadiness in life. We unpack why the goal is not to become “more feminine” or “more masculine,” but to understand how both show up in daily life, and the nervous system. We also share how breathwork can expose unconscious patterns of control, holding, and rigidity, and how receiving can be an active, powerful practice. Key topics Bec opens the episode by framing the masculine and feminine as a polarity that needs integration, not a hierarchy to solve.Sara shares how her relationship to these energies shifted over time.Bec reflects that what she thought was natural masculinity was often “propped up” behaviour, driven by safety rather than authenticity.The hosts distinguish between healthy masculine qualities like structure, clarity, and boundaries, and unhealthy rigidity or control.Sara explains giving and receiving as a dynamic that exists in every area of life, not just relationships, and says receiving is an active practice, not a passive one.Bec notes that overemphasis on doing and achievement can make receiving feel unsafe, especially for people who are used to leading, holding, or over-functioning.Sara describes breathwork as a form of shadow work that reveals psychosomatic memories, tension, and the places where people resist flow.Bec and Sara challenge the idea that “divine feminine” alone can solve modern problems, arguing that true wellness comes from the synergy of both energies.Notice which energy feels more familiar to you: structure and doing, or softness and receiving.Pay attention to where you may be “propping up” a role that does not feel natural.Observe your breath, especially whether you hold at the top of the inhale or resist the exhale.Ask yourself where you feel safest, and whether that safety is also limiting you.Reflect on where control may be creating suffering rather than protection. Timestamps:00:00 - Why masculine and feminine polarity matters now03:45 - Sara’s shifting relationship to masculine and feminine over time06:09 - When masculine energy is really a “propped up” survival strategy10:15 - Presence, embodiment, and finding a more natural balance12:17 - Giving and receiving as the energetic basis of the whole conversation14:17 - Receiving as active, not passive, and why boundaries matter16:43 - Why receiving is hard in a culture that overvalues doing18:52 - How transition and life circumstances can make receiving more available20:13 - When masculine behaviour is learned, not natural21:45 - Every breath as an exchange of giving and receiving25:55 - Breathwork patterns that reveal control, holding, and fear of release30:19 - Breath as shadow work and a doorway into psycho-emotional memory32:09 - Bodywork and touch helping the system find more freedom34:20 - Concerns about social media oversimplifying the feminine43:06 - Pain versus suffering and when letting go becomes the wiser path47:10 - Anxiety, ambiguity tolerance, and learning to trust the unknown Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

In this episode of 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧, we speak with El about how burnout, relationship breakdown, anxiety, depression, and numbness led her into breathwork and nervous system healing. El shares how FBR, facilitated breath repatterning, helped her move from shutdown and disconnection into greater presence, self-trust, and embodied choice. We discuss how overwhelm can push the nervous system beyond its window of tolerance, why gentle titration matters more than intensity, and how breath, touch, and agency can create real change without force. Key topics El’s path into healing through burnout, emotional overwhelm, numbness, and disconnection.Functional freeze, shutdown, and why feeling too much can eventually become feeling nothing at all.How a painful relationship became a catalyst for change, self-reflection, and deeper awareness.Why activating practices like breath of fire can help some people access aliveness, but can also lead to crashing if the system is pushed too far.How FBR supported El by working within her window of tolerance rather than forcing activation.The importance of titration, pace, and meeting each person where they are.Trust, consent, and agency—including the power of saying no to touch and having that choice fully respected.Working with both women and men, and expanding collective healing across gendered experiences.How every disordering force can also be an ordering force, and how hardship can become part of integration and growth. El specialises in facilitated breath repatterning and also offers coaching, NLP mindset work, and shadow work coaching. Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧! In this episode, we explore why so many of us know what we want to say, do, or express, yet still hold back. We trace that gap not to a lack of confidence, but to safety, shame, learned protection, and the nervous system. Together, we look at how expression shows up through voice, movement, body image, boundaries, and everyday self-editing, and why true expression can’t be forced. Instead, it emerges when the body feels safe enough to allow it. Key topics Expression is not just a confidence issueSafety shapes what we can expressPast experiences can become present-day patternsAnger, boundaries, and “yes” and “no”Body image as an expression issueThere is a risk in making healing into performanceExpression grows through witnessing and safe containersForcing expression can backfireEditing ourselves is often about belongingControl versus disciplineNotice one moment this week where you wanted to speak, move, or act, but held back.Ask whether the block feels like confidence, or safety.Observe any places where you are editing yourself to stay accepted.Pay attention to whether your “control” is actually protecting a shame wound.Explore expression with curiosity rather than pressure. Timestamps 00:00 - Technical check and opening the episode 00:54 - Season 2 begins with the question of expression 03:37 - Why expression and safety are connected 04:41 - Sara names the dissonance between authenticity and belonging 06:36 - Sara shares how modelling shaped her sovereignty 09:38 - Boundaries, developmental injuries, and the roots of resentment 11:18 - Bec reframes expression as a safety issue, not a confidence issue 12:16 - Anger as an expression that can feel unsafe 14:01 - Shame, anger, and healthy boundaries 15:37 - Body shame and reclaiming the body from the inside out 16:37 - Motherhood, identity shifts, and new forms of expression 17:59 - Healing in relationship and in community 18:28 - Bec shares the adoption story and body pressure 20:19 - Expression goes beyond speech into clothing and embodiment 21:15 - Witnessing expression can unlock new possibilities 23:17 - When a part of us never felt safe or welcome 24:04 - The danger of becoming too self-conscious in healing spaces 26:13 - Expressiveness can become a new hierarchy in healing culture 27:53 - FBR as a way to invite expression without pressure 30:16 - The other side of the problem: false or forced expression 31:10 - Bec’s early breathwork experience and post-session shame 33:38 - Curiosity instead of catharsis as the guiding approach 34:11 - Sovereignty, allowing, and healthy motivation 35:40 - It is okay not to be ready yet 36:31 - Belonging and authenticity can coexist 37:05 - The universal patterns of self-editing 38:59 - Bec’s memories of hiding on the sidelines and finding nourishment through her daughter 40:24 - Asking listeners to notice their own protectors 41:38 - Sara on freedom, belonging, and the pull toward responsibility 43:07 - Control versus discipline 44:40 - Control over what was never ours to control Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧! Today, Sara and Bec open season two by sharing major life changes, including Sara’s move from Byron to the Netherlands and Bec’s family move into Byron Hinterland. They frame the season around a central question: why do we so often know what we want to say, yet struggle to actually say it? This conversation sets up the season’s focus on expression through breath, body, voice, boundaries, creativity, and the space between inner truth and outer action. It matters because the episode connects everyday change with deeper self-honesty, capacity, and embodied communication. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝: Following the whispers of some big change.Reflecting on a shared theme of honouring nudges, even when the changes feel big, uncertain, or disruptive.We explain that Mel has stepped back from the podcast because she recognised she was over capacity, and they honour that decision as part of the season’s wider theme.Season two will focus on expression, especially the gap between knowing something internally and being able to express it outwardly.We expand expression beyond speech to include clothing, creative work, saying no, setting boundaries, parenting, and even the birthing of a child as creative expression.Bec describes the “liminal space” between endings and beginnings as something most people rush through, even though it can be a sacred and useful period.Sara reflects on resisting change versus swimming with it, and how life can feel more aligned once the actual decision is made.Bec shares that her edge around expression includes using her voice loudly and experiencing anger more openly and safely.We discuss FBR breathwork as a way to access and work with the edges of expression in the body, especially around emotions like anger.We invite listeners to reflect on where they feel most free in their expression, where their edges are, and what the season should explore next. Timestamps 00:00 - Welcome to season two and what has changed 00:30 - Sara’s move from Byron to the Netherlands 01:38 - Bec’s family move into Byron Hinterland 02:37 - Why Mel stepped back from the podcast 03:34 - Season two themes: safety, self expression, embodiment, and breath 05:07 - Expression as learning to be with change 06:15 - Resisting change versus swimming with the current 07:33 - When making the decision creates more flow 08:19 - The liminal space and not rushing to fill it 09:41 - Season one reflections and the move toward expression 10:39 - Why so many people struggle to say what they know 11:09 - Expression through voice, clothing, creativity, boundaries, and birth 11:50 - Bridging the gap between inner truth and outer action 12:43 - When parts of us do not feel welcome, we get stuck 13:13 - What season two will explore and how listeners can reflect on their edges 14:11 - Bec’s comfort zone and edges around loud voice and anger 15:20 - FBR breathwork and expressing anger in a safe, healthy way 16:35 - The gap between knowing and embodying expression 17:05 - Habit, capacity, and honoring natural timing 18:23 - Upcoming interviews and listener invitations 19:21 - The new visual podcast format and closing notes Work with us! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron Bay, Sydney or Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron Bay and Sydney) For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠@thesharpmind 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐪 Contact - [email protected] 🌟 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) 🌟 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) 🌟 Couples FBR Breathwork (Netherlands) For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠@saradeclercq

An honest conversation about what stayed with us, what surprised us, and what we're taking into Season 2. This week we're doing something a little different. Instead of diving into a new topic, the three of us sat down for a relaxed conversation to reflect on Season 1. Over a cup of tea and a chat, we looked back on the conversations that stayed with us, the themes that kept resurfacing, the insights we didn't expect, and what it's been like creating this podcast together. We talk about some of our favourite moments from the season, the topics that challenged us personally, and the conversations that continue to ripple through our own lives, relationships, and work. It's an honest reflection on what we've learned along the way and what surprised us most about sharing these conversations so publicly. We also share a little about what's ahead in Season 2, where we'll be exploring expression through the lens of voice, movement, creativity, sensuality, breath, and the nervous system. If you've been listening along this season, thank you for being part of these conversations. We hope you'll join us as we step into the next chapter. We'll be taking a short break before returning in July with Season 2. In the meantime, we'd love to stay connected. If something from this season has resonated with you, or you're curious about any of the work we speak about on the podcast, you can reach out to any of us through the links below. Whether it's breathwork, psychotherapy, coaching, circles, or simply following along with what we're sharing, we'd love to hear from you. Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

This episode of We Are Woman is a conversation about nervous system safety, human connection, and the deeper role of touch in FBR Breathwork. Today, Mel and Sara explore touch, both within FBR Breathwork and as something deeply human. Touch exists so naturally in our lives that we often don’t stop to think about it. The way we hold a child when they cry, place a hand on someone when they’re hurting, or instinctively reach toward ourselves in moments of overwhelm. There is something profoundly relational and regulating about touch, and in this episode we slow down enough to really feel into why that might be. We speak about touch in the context of Facilitated Breath Repatterning breathwork, where touch becomes part of the language of the work. Not something added on, but a way of bringing awareness to the body, supporting the nervous system, and helping people notice where they may be holding, bracing, or protecting. We explore how touch can soothe, soften, ground, and support, but also how it can reveal the places that still don’t quite feel safe yet. And importantly, we speak to the nuance that every body receives touch differently, and that all of those responses are valid. This conversation also opens into the broader ways many of us have become disconnected from safe, nurturing, non-demanding touch in modern life. We reflect on what happens when touch becomes rushed, performative, or absent altogether, and why being gently met by another regulated human can feel so profound. More than anything, this episode is an invitation to become curious about your own relationship with touch, and the ways it may help bring you back into connection with your body, your breath, and yourself. Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

In this episode of We Are Woman, Bec sits down with Mishae Bailitis, a psychotherapist with a Master's in Gestalt Psychotherapy, trained in sensorimotor psychotherapy and the Gottman couples therapy method. Bec has had the privilege of witnessing Mishae's work firsthand, and what struck her is his rare ability to hold space for really deep, complex pain while also making room for lightness, humour, and humanity. That balance is something I think we all need more of. In our conversation, we discuss relational trauma, the body as conductor, why insight alone often isn't enough to create change, and what it really means to move through the world in connection with others. If you'd like to connect with Mishae or explore working with him, you can find him at somatictherapybyron.com.au. Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

There’s a version of womanhood many of us learned very early in life — the good girl. The one who is polite, responsible, helpful, and easy to be around. The one who tries to get things right, doesn’t cause trouble, and quietly carries what’s needed. For many of us, being that girl meant being liked, accepted, and safe. And so, over time, it becomes something we carry with us into adulthood. In this conversation, Bec and Mel explore where this pattern comes from and how it can begin to shape the way we move through the world. From perfectionism and pressure, to people-pleasing and the quiet habit of putting others first, we reflect on the cost of always trying to be “good.” And yet, we also hold the nuance because the qualities underneath this pattern are often deeply human ones: care, empathy, responsibility, and kindness. This episode isn’t about rejecting those parts of ourselves, but about softening the pressure around them. It’s about moving beyond both compliance and rebellion, and toward something more integrated where we can still care, still show up, and still be responsible, but from a place of choice rather than conditioning. A gentle invitation to meet the part of you that learned to be “good” with compassion, and to begin loosening the rules she’s been living by. Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

This conversation with Vanessa Forbes moves beyond music as something we simply listen to… and into music as something we feel, something that meets us, and something that can open parts of us we may not have had access to before. Vanessa is a musician and space holder whose work sits at the intersection of sound, healing, and expression. What unfolds in this conversation is less about technique or performance, and more about what it takes to let something move through you. We explore the tension so many of us live in — between force and surrender, between trying to create something and allowing it to emerge. There’s also a deeper thread here around safety.What it actually means to feel at home in your body.And how that sense of safety shapes the way we express, create, and relate to life. This conversation gently opens into: creativity as something that moves through us, not from usThe role of surrender in both art and healingMusic as a pathway for emotional release and reintegrationThe intelligence of timing — and trusting when something is ready to be feltThe balance between structure and letting goWhat it means to be held, and to allow ourselves to receiveListen to Vanessa's new single Speak Your Truth out now on Spotify and all platforms. Connect with Vanessa on Instagram or stay up to date with her latest music and events on her website. Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

In this conversation, we sit down with Dan Kurlapski, co-founder of Breathwork Byron and, Yes& Conscious Leadership. Dan’s work is grounded in a deep belief in thriving humans, in our capacity to meet life fully, and to live with more presence, range, and potential. Together, we explore the different ways we meet life - through doing, striving, bracing, or sometimes finding it hard to move at all - and how these patterns are often shaped by what is happening beneath the surface. We explore how, for many of us, doing can become a form of regulation. Movement can feel like safety, while stillness can feel unfamiliar or even uncomfortable. And for others, it can be the opposite, where stillness feels more familiar, and accessing movement or activation can be the challenge. Over time, these patterns shape how we respond to life. Dan brings a grounded and practical perspective to this, helping us see how these tendencies live in the body, and how breath can begin to create space between us and the ways we’ve learned to cope. This conversation opens up a different way of relating to life by expanding our capacity to meet what’s here. Whether that’s activation or stillness, anger, sadness, fear, or even joy, love, and expansion. Relaxed intensity isn’t about controlling your state, but about having the capacity to be with whatever arises. To move when it’s time to move, to rest when it’s time to rest, and not need either one to define you. There is something deeply grounding in this, becoming more available to your full experience. More capacity. More presence. More range. And as you move through your day, perhaps there’s a gentle place to notice… where am I pushing? Where am I avoiding? And what might it feel like to meet this moment with a little more ease? Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Dan Kurlapski Contact - [email protected] Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

In this episode of We Are Woman, we explore the idea of sisterhood and what becomes possible when women support one another instead of feeling like we are competing. Through conversation and gentle reflection, we look at how many of us have experienced both sides of this dynamic - the beauty of being uplifted and held by another woman, and the moments where comparison, judgment, or old wounds can quietly surface between us. We speak honestly about where some of these patterns can begin, often tracing back to early experiences in childhood, and how they can shape the way we relate to other women as adults. Inspired by the wisdom of nature, we reflect on the idea that flourishing rarely happens in isolation. Like ecosystems, we too tend to grow and thrive through connection, encouragement, and shared support. This conversation gently points toward collaboration as the deeper invitation. It opens space for greater awareness and compassion for ourselves and for the other women walking beside us, recognising that we are all navigating our own histories as we learn what it means to truly stand together. Bec closes the episode with a series of thoughtful journal prompts to help you reflect on your own experiences and consider how you might cultivate more openness, support, and connection with the women around you. Work with us! Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.

Food has become confusing. We’re constantly being told what to eat, what to avoid, and how to optimise our health,  yet many of us feel more disconnected than ever. In this episode, we sit down with Amanda Powell, a nutritionist specialising in body composition, gut health and thyroid health, as well as GI mapping, food intolerance and functional testing, to explore what’s really going on beneath the noise. From the impact of stress and the nervous system to the subtle ways we override our body’s signals, this conversation is an invitation to simplify and come back to what actually matters. We also unpack the quiet reward/punishment cycle so many women find themselves in with food. Being “good” during the week, then letting go and feeling like we need to earn what we eat or make up for it later. Not in extreme ways,  but in the subtle, everyday patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves. Amanda brings a grounded, refreshing perspective on why this cycle isn’t really about food at all, but about control, guilt, and disconnection, and what it might look like to step out of that dynamic and into a more intuitive, supportive relationship with eating. And for those navigating this as mothers, we touch on the question many of us carry - what are we passing on to our children? Because kids don’t just learn what to eat, they learn how to feel about food. Together, we explore how we can model a more balanced, intuitive relationship;  not through perfection, but through awareness, presence, and a deeper connection to our own bodies. Work with us! Amanda Powell apnutrition.com.au Sara de Clercq Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Coaching & Self-Inquiry (Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Couples FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inspiration on creative, authentic & radiant living, loving life & amazing free content, follow Sara on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bec Sharp Contact - [email protected] 1.1 Psychotherapy (Byron surrounds, Sydney North or Online) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Byron surrounds, Sydney North) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For embodied wisdom, stories from the heart, and practices that bring you home to yourself, follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Melissa Moss Contact - [email protected] 1.1 FBR Breathwork (Sydney South) → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BOOK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For soulful, honest reflections, lived-in insight, and an inside look at Mel’s work as a practitioner, follow Mel on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about our upcoming FBR Practitioner Training with Breathwork Byron starting in April 2026 → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIND OUT MORE HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources + Links We Are Woman Podcast website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.wearewoman.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow along on Instagram: @wearewomanpodcast If this episode resonates, share it with a woman you love because we’re not meant to do this alone. What is FBR Breathwork? FBR Breathwork (Facilitated Breath Repatterning) is a trauma-aware, body-based practice that supports nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and new internal patterns, through the breath.