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Self-abandonment is one of the most subtle and insidious ways women disconnect from themselves, lose touch with their needs, give up on their desires, and become invisible inside their own lives. This pattern plays out so subconsciously that many women don't even realise they're doing it. In this episode, I unpack what self-abandonment actually is, where this pattern comes from, and the signs it may be showing up in your relationships, motherhood, work and within yourself. I share 6 practical steps to help you shift out of self-abandonment, reclaim your power and step into deeper levels of self-devotion, self-trust and self-worth. In this episode, I cover: 🌹 What self-abandonment actually is and how to spot it, even when it plays out subconsciously 🌹 Why being easygoing, agreeable and accommodating can be a mask for self-abandonment 🌹 The root cause of self-abandonment and how our childhood experiences shape our relationship with our own needs and worthiness. 🌹 The core inner beliefs driving your tendency to self-abandon 🌹 How our childhood wounding shapes our relationship to our own needs 🌹 The key indicators you are abandoning your needs, desires and inner truth in your relationships 🌹 Signs you're falling into self-sacrifice in motherhood 🌹 How self-abandonment shows up in your work, career or business 🌹 The key ways you override and abandon yourself internally 🌹 6 steps to heal and transform the pattern of self-abandonment so you can shift into deeper self-devotion 🌹 How to repattern the beliefs and wounds of your inner child 🌹 How getting into your body will bring you back to yourself 🌹 The importance of devoting to yourself, your needs and your desires 🌹 What to do if you feel like you don't know what you actually want 🌹 What it looks like to start putting yourself first 🌹 Why you need to face your fear of conflict and be willing to disappoint people The Divine Femme Program: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme Free Feminine Energy Meditation: https://offers.conniechapman.com/feminine-meditation Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/signs-youre-abandoning-yourself/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6e-Jjum01o&t=405s Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman Thanks for tuning in. Connie x

The reason why so many women these days continually feel burned out is not that they are doing too much or that they are too busy. It is because they are using their energy incorrectly. In this episode, I share the ONE key principle that will completely change how you use your energy and what you invest it in. Applying this principle will take you from feeling burned out, maxed out and endlessly busy to relaxed, intentional, clear and deeply magnetic. In this episode, I cover: The real cause of burnout (and it's not 'doing too much') The ONE principle that took me from burnout to magnetism The importance of becoming intentional about how you use your energy How to clean up the energetic leaks that are draining you The wounded feminine and wounded masculine patterns that are burning you out Why discernment has been the biggest key to my business success How simplifying my business amplified my income How to deeply refine the way you use and invest your energy How to embody mature feminine energy and why this makes you magneticThe four key principles of practising discernment The importance of valuing, cherishing and protecting your energy Why you must trust your intuition about what you need to let go of How to set solid internal and external boundariesHow discernment creates magnetismWhy you need to slow down so you can hear yourself Links: Soften Into Your Feminine Free Meditation: https://offers.conniechapman.com/feminine-meditation The Divine Femme Program: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/go-from-burnout-to-magnetism/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xstm5hkO0&t=295s Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman Thanks for tuning in. Connie x

When we move through hard seasons of life that feel stressful and challenging, our bodies can tend to harden, brace and contract under the weight of it all. We disconnect from our feminine energy and step into our masculine energy as a way to cope, which leaves us stuck in our head, abandoning our needs and controlling everything to feel safe. It is possible to navigate hard times while still feeling soft, feminine, regulated, and nourished. This episode shares 6 powerful principles that you can begin to apply right away to begin to soften inside yourself, no matter how hard life feels. In this episode, I cover: Why women cope with stress by hardening, tensing and bracing in their bodies How holding a lot in life pulls you into your masculine energy and out of your softness Key ways that you can stay connected to your feminine energy when life feels hard Why you don't have to wait for things to change in order to feel better How to shift from a state of resistance to acceptance How to stay open even when you want to close Key indicators that you are abandoning yourself and your needs How to create nourishing daily rituals that fill you up Why reminding yourself that 'this will pass' can bring you so much peace Why unfelt emotional energy creates tension in your body How feeling and processing your emotions will soften you How to regulate your nervous system out of fight, flight, freeze and fawn The importance of creating inner safety so you can come back to your feminine energy Links: Soften Into Your Feminine Free Meditation: https://offers.conniechapman.com/feminine-meditation The Divine Femme Program: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/stay-soft-feminine-when-life-is-hard/  Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MsY6PyA0zGM?si=Zt3ku_xQxZb-jVC3 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman Thanks for tuning in. Connie x

I am back from maternity leave and bringing you my first episode in 12 months! I catch you up to speed on what has been unfolding in my world, what my postpartum experience has looked like and why it has taken me so much longer than expected to return to work. I also share some big updates and changes that are happening. I am saying goodbye to Awaken Radio after 12 years!  Brand new things are coming! Tune in to the episode for all of the details of what you can expect in this new chapter. In this episode, I cover: Why it's taken me longer than expected to return to work after having my babyWhat it looks like to truly honour your capacityHow comparison plays out through postpartum and motherhoodHow fear and scarcity pull you to override yourself and your bodyWhy I chose to prioritise motherhood after 14 years of prioritising businessHow I healed my hyper-independence to receive financial support from my partnerWhy you can't be fully in your feminine energy without masculine energyWhy your creativity is a reflection of your level of resourceMoving from overflow vs moving from depletionWhy I am saying goodbye to Awaken Radio after 12 yearsThe evolution of my work from spiritual awakening to feminine awakeningWhat feminine embodiment work is really aboutWhy I have changed the name of my podcastWhat's coming next with my work and how you can work with me Links: The Divine Femme Program: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/big-updates-im-back-from-maternity-leave-goodbye-awaken-radio/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFzTJU5xOHM Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman Thanks for tuning in. Connie x

In today's episode, I am sharing 3 powerful practices that I have personally worked with for the past few years to heal my nervous system.  These practices have taken me from being easily triggered, reactive, overwhelmed and often dysregulated to feeling calm, grounded, relaxed, expansive and able to easily self-regulate through moments of stress and activation.  In this episode, you will learn how to put these practices into place for yourself so you can feel less reactive, more nourished and have a greater ability to work through triggers and stressors when they arise.   In this episode, I cover: How I healed my nervous system from years of dysregulation Why many women hold trauma around their unmet needs as childrenHow abandoning your needs is keeping you in survival mode The subtle ways you add stress to your body Examples of how you are overriding your needs without realising How meeting your needs creates inner safety, regulation and relaxation Why you feel needy of your partner in your relationships What it means to be a self-sourced woman Why you are reactive and easily triggered in your relationships The somatic practices I use to work through triggers The importance of shifting from reactivity to self-regulation The power of resourcing for creating inner safety Examples of internal and external tools that can help you find calm How to support your nervous system capacity Links: Join EMBODIED: https://conniechapman.com/embodied Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/3-practices-to-heal-your-nervous-system Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZykGFogCpU Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman Thanks for tuning in!  Connie x

If you have ever tried to use positive thinking or mindset work to feel better, shift a bad mood, eliminate negative thoughts or change your life, you know it simply does not work. In today's episode, I explain exactly why this is and what you need to practice instead. You will learn why you have negative thoughts, where they come from and what you can do about them. I also walk you through my step-by-step somatic process that will regulate your nervous system, shift your energy and help you naturally access a new and more positive way of thinking! In this episode, I cover: Why positive thinking will not change how you feelHow to know when it's the right time to do mindset work, and when it is notWhere your negative thoughts actually come fromThe importance of developing a mind-body connectionWhy you need to shift your energy before you can shift your thoughtsHow the state of your nervous system informs your thoughtsGetting to the root cause of your negative thoughtsThe true way to actually change your thoughtsWhy positive thinking works for some people and othersMy step-by-step process for shifting out of negative thinkingMy go-to somatic practices for creating inner changeSimple ways to regulate your nervous system and create inner calmHow to bring yourself out of stress and into safetyHow to naturally think more positive thoughts Links: Join the waitlist for EMBODIED: https://www.conniechapmancourses.com/embodied-waitlist Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/positive-thinking-doesnt-work-what-to-do-instead/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tSS5WF09s Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in!  Connie x

I am so excited to share the news that I am 24 weeks pregnant!! In today's episode, I am sharing 3 ways that embodiment work helped me to conceive after 2 years of trying. This episode is not just about pregnancy. These 3 powerful principles can be applied to any desire that you are currently wanting to create, receive and magnetise into your life! You will learn about the power of nervous system healing, the importance of expanding your capacity to hold what you want and how to drop into your feminine receptivity so you can magnetise what you want with ease. In this episode, I cover: The role your nervous system plays in creating what you wantHow living in a survival, stress-based state blocks your creationsThe importance of healing your unprocessed traumaThe role of somatic work in nervous system healingWhy nervous system regulation is not about always being calmWhy your next-level desires will often dysregulate youHow pushing, forcing and controlling your desires repels what you wantHow moving from control to surrender allowed me to conceiveThe importance of being in your feminine receptivityHow 'being the egg' will make you magneticWhy you are able to call things in but you can't hold themThe lessons I gained from our pregnancy lossesHow to build nervous system capacity to hold what you wantHow to uncover the subconscious parts of you blocking your desires Links: Join the waitlist for EMBODIED: https://www.conniechapmancourses.com/embodied-waitlist Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/im-pregnant-3-ways-embodiment-helps-me-conceive Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPrIGkS38Gc Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in!  Connie x

Do you ever struggle to hear the voice of your intuition? Or do you feel confused about whether it's fear or intuition speaking to you? Your intuition is a form of feminine wisdom that is always within you. The key is to learn how to clearly recognise it, slow down and create space to receive it and then clear your fear so you can take action on it. In today's episode, you will learn how to deepen your connection with your intuition and clearly hear its messages so it can become the guiding force in your life. In this episode, I cover: Why you might currently be feeling stuck, stagnant or out of alignmentWhat intuition actually is and how to recognise itWhy the less it makes sense, the more likely it is intuitionShifting from masculine logic to feminine wisdomHow to identify the voice of your intuition and how it speaks to youHow to tell the difference between fear and intuitionA powerful journaling practice to decipher between fear and intuitionHow to act on your intuition even when you are afraidHow to trust your guidance when you have no proof or evidence it's possibleWhy you need to release the 'how'A BIG intuitive decision I've personally been guided to makeWhy you might need to sit in the uncomfortable unknownThe importance of embodiment, slowing down and creating spaceWhy you need to come into your feminine energy to receive your intuition7 practical tips to help you hear your intuition more clearly Links: Join the LAST Divine Femme intake of 2025! (Doors close Sunday 30th March) https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/how-to-be-guided-by-your-feminine-intuition/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBzbG7LkYm0 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

Your sensuality as a woman is your superpower. It is what allows you to feel goodness and pleasure in your own body and in the most simple, mundane moments. When you tap back into your innate sensual nature and lean back into your feminine energy, you literally become magnetic. You become full, whole and radiant and you begin to draw what you want towards you with ease. If you are ready to tap back into your feminine sensuality, this episode is for you! Get ready to learn 5 powerful keys to awakening your sensuality and magnetism so you can become a radiant, pleasure-filled woman. In this episode, I cover: Why sensuality is so important and necessary for womenThe difference between sensuality and sexualityThe importance of prioritising pleasure practices if you're on a healing journeyWhy sensuality makes a woman magneticA simple practice to lean back into your feminine energy instantlyHow to shift from grasping and chasing to magnetising and receivingWhy slowing down is key to feeling more sensuality and pleasureWhy numbing your pain also numbs your pleasureHow to tap into your sensuality in the small, mundane momentsWhy women need to make sound and open their throat chakraThe power of speaking from your womb and heart, not your headHow to move, walk and dance as a sensual womanHow to source what you want to feel from inside your own bodyBecoming a magnetic, radiant and pleasure-filled woman Links: Reclaim Your Feminine FREE Live Masterclass: https://www.conniechapmancourses.com/reclaim-your-feminine Join Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ (Enrolments close Sunday 16th February 2025) Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/five-keys-awakening-sensuality-magnetism/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s83DBjyEbm8 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

The feminine is not here to be demure, sweet, submissive or toned down; she is here to be fully expressed in the full range of who she is. A fully expressed woman owns all of who she is. She dances between her light and dark energies, speaks her truth and allows ALL parts of her to be embodied, expressed and witnessed. In this episode, you will learn the key patterns and fears blocking your expression, how to embody your light and dark feminine energies and your authentic self, and how to become fully self-expressed in all of who you are so you can feel free, liberated and unapologetically yourself. In this episode, I cover: The 3 keys to being a fully expressed feminine womanThe core reasons that women are not fully expressing themselvesBreaking out of being the palatable, desirable feminineThe qualities of light feminine energyThe qualities of dark feminine energyThe importance of embracing your full range and full feminine spectrumWhy so many women are disconnected from their authentic selfWhy women suppress, hide and reject parts of themselvesHow our fear of conflict blocks our expressionExpanding your capacity to hold people's reactions to your expressionWhy I have lost followers by expressing my dark feminine (and how I handled it)Why other women get triggered by your full expressionMy 4 step process for becoming a fully expressed feminine womanHow embodiment work will help you inhabit new parts of youHow to bring ALL of you to your relationships Links: Join Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ (Now enrolling for the February 2025 intake!) Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/become-a-fully-expressed-woman/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Epe4uOoaOI4 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

The wounds you hold in your relationship with your mother and father not only deeply shape you as a woman, but they also shape your relationship with your masculine and feminine energies, the men you date and your female friendships. Healing your core mother and father wounds can help you get to the root cause of why you are so self-critical, why you struggle with self-worth, why you attract unavailable men and why you are a perfectionist and over-achiever. In this episode, you will learn what the mother and father wounds are, their key signs, how they might be impacting you, and the steps you can follow to start the healing process. In this episode, I cover: How your mother and father wound shape youWhy women with a mother wound often struggle with self-loveThe key reason why you might be rejecting your feminine energyWhy many women are highly self-critical and hard on themselvesA four-step process for healing your mother woundsWhat it means to re-mother yourself and how to do itThe power of cultivating healthy feminine energyWhy women with a father wound may struggle to feel safe and worthyThe core reason why your nervous system can never truly relaxWhy an absent, inconsistent or dominating father makes a woman step into her own masculineWhy you subconsciously attract men that remind you of your fatherSigns you're in your wounded masculine energyA four-step process to heal your father woundsHow to re-father yourself as a womanThe importance of breaking unhealthy relationship cycles with men that ingrain your wounds Links: Join Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ (Now enrolling for the February 2025 intake!) Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/heal-your-mother-father-wounds/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smCWGNQNGKI Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

Do you ever find yourself drowning in your emotions, feeling passive and victimised by life and thinking that to be feminine you have to be soft, sweet and surrendered all the time? If so, you have likely fallen into the disempowered feminine. And if this is the case, it is time to tap into your inner fire and get back into your feminine power.  In today's episode, you will learn 8 powerful keys to activating your feminine power so you can feel more confident, whole and bold, speak your truth, get your needs met and create what you truly want (while still feeling deeply feminine).  In this episode, I cover: Why women often lose connection with their power as they reclaim their feminine energyHow to alchemise big emotions like anger and griefWhat it means to be in your feminine powerMy thoughts on the 'soft girl era' trendThe alchemical energy of your wombEight qualities of a woman in her feminine powerHow to shift from being one-dimensional to multi-dimensionalThe importance of embodying the full spectrum of your feminine energyReleasing victim energy and becoming the creator of your lifeHow to shift out of the passive feminine so you can get what you wantDrowning in your emotions and triggers vs alchemising themWhy healing and integrating your masculine energy is a key to your powerShifting out of the good girl and becoming deeply self-honouringCleaning up energy leaks and investing your energy intentionallySome key reflective questions to activate your power Links: Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ (Join the waitlist for details on the February 2025 intake) Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/enter-your-feminine-power-era/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GSOWHFs3KH0 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

When a woman is in her wounded masculine energy, she will find herself pushing, forcing and hustling towards what she wants, always in go-mode, stuck in her mind, struggling to slow down and rest and using control to get her needs met. She may hold the belief that the harder she works and the more she does, the more likely she is to get results… yet this is far from the truth. Her wounded masculine energy is actually repelling and pushing away what she wants.   In this episode, you will learn how to shift out of wounded masculine energy and come back into your feminine so you can become magnetic to what you desire in your relationship, business, career and life.  In this episode, I cover: Understanding what masculine energy isWhat it looks like to move from your wounded masculine energyThe subconscious fears that lead you to push, force, control and hustleUnraveling the belief that trying harder = better resultsWhat it means to ‘over-function’ and why you do itWhy it feels hard to get your needs met in your life and relationshipsHow your wounded masculine energy repels what you wantYour feminine energy is what makes you magnetic in your relationshipsHow to get  your needs met in your relationships with menThe importance of being vulnerable and revealing your heartHow to use healthy masculine energy to build your career or businessWhy action that comes from scarcity and need is repellingHow to create from feminine overflow and magnetismNoticing who you are being while you’re taking actionThe difference between getting and receiving Links: Join Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/wounded-masculine-energy-repelling-what-you-want Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C8_gwRCL_hE Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

These days it is incredibly common for a woman to be living more from her mind and her masculine energy than she is from her body and her feminine energy.  So today I am unpacking WHY this is. I am getting to the root cause of this disconnection from the feminine that keeps so many women feeling exhausted, depleted, unfulfilled and burned out. In this episode, you will discover the 5 key reasons why you might be feeling disconnected from your feminine energy right now and what you can do about it! In this episode, I cover: Why women need to feel safe to embody their feminine energyPerformative femininity vs true feminine embodimentThe two foundations that are needed to reclaim your feminineSigns your nervous system is in survival modeWhy your body is the doorway into your feminineExpanding your capacity to be with your body’s sensations and feelings Why you hold negative judgments, fears and wounds around your feminine energyThe difference between wounded feminine and healthy, mature, empowered feminine energyWhy women over-function in their masculine energy to feel safeWhat it looks like to truly live from your feminine energy Links: Join Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ The Embodied Woman Free Training: https://www.conniechapmancourses.com/the-embodied-woman Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/disconnected-from-feminine-energy Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE3m4qYLsSg Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x

An embodied woman is confident, radiant, magnetic, intuitive, embodied in her feminine energy and connected to her power.  She knows how to inhabit her body deeply, feel and process her emotions, alchemise her inner blocks and she is deeply attuned to her sensuality, eros and pleasure.  Embodiment is a key practice for any woman who wants to heal from burnout, external seeking, emotional eating, avoidance, numbing her emotions, anxiety and self-abandonment. Tune into this episode to learn how to practice the art of embodiment and become a deeply embodied woman! In this episode, I cover: How disembodiment leads to burnout, exhaustion and unfulfillment What embodiment is and how to practice itUnlearning your conditioning and reconnecting with your true self Accessing all the qualities you want to feel inside yourselfHow embodiment helps you clear inner blocks Opening the flow of feminine energy in your bodyWhy you feel disconnected from your creative and sexual energyThe key to accessing your true power as a woman Working through patterns of wounded feminine and masculine energyThe key qualities of an embodied womanSigns and indicators of disembodiment8 tools and practices to start your practice of embodimentLinks: The Embodied Woman FREE Live Training: https://www.conniechapmancourses.com/the-embodied-woman Divine Femme: https://conniechapman.com/divinefemme/ Episode show notes: https://conniechapman.com/becoming-a-deeply-embodied-woman/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZW_IIWZqE&t=35s Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connie_chapman/ Thanks for tuning in! Connie x