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If you've been to all the doctors, tried all the things, and your anxiety still won't budge, this one is for you. Maybe the reason nothing has worked is that you've been trying to think your way out of something, but maybe it's not a thinking solution, maybe your body has been holding on to something the whole time, and you need to heal through the body.

About This Episode

I sat down with Jenny Cohen, an author, a speaker, a cancer survivor, and a dancer who believes movement is your birthright to heal. She used dance to stay alive through her cancer treatment, and what she shares in this episode is something I have lived in my own body for years.

Anxiety is not just in your head. It lives in your body. And when you have nowhere to put that energy, it doesn't disappear. It builds.

We talk about why your anxiety is the messenger, not the enemy. We get into why your body will go to extremes to get your attention, the difference between your conscious mind and your subconscious mind, head up versus head down, and what's actually happening when emotion releases as crying, shaking, or going completely still. Jenny also shares the dead simple daily practice that helped her, and the one question she asks her body the second symptoms show up.

If you're a high functioning woman holding it all together while quietly crumbling, this is your permission slip to stop performing and start letting it move.

What You'll Learn

1. Why your anxiety can get worse the moment you stop moving your body
2. Why anxiety is the messenger, and how the more you ignore the whispers, the louder your body has to get
3. How your conscious mind and subconscious mind split, head up versus head down, and why it matters for healing
4. What emotional release actually looks like, and what to do when it happens
5. A simple daily movement practice you can start with no skill and no one watching
6. The one question Jenny asks her body when symptoms show up

Reflection

Where in your life have you stopped moving, and what might be trying to get your attention?

When was the last time you let your body do something just because it felt good, with no goal attached?

Your Next Step

If your anxiety feels stuck in your body and you need something that actually helps tonight, start here.

Grab the free 5 Minute Nervous System Reset

And if you're ready to stop managing your anxiety and start getting to the root of it, this is where one on one work comes in. That is where we rewrite the subconscious patterns underneath, not just talk about them.

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Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and meet Jenny Cohen
01:43 When movement as a birthright to heal first came online for Jenny
03:07 From dance to occupational therapy
05:31 How dance kept Jenny alive through cancer treatment
06:15 What was driving the anxiety underneath
07:46 Overlapping conditions, depression, and unresolved trauma
09:25 Dancing before, during, and after breast cancer treatment
11:01 Sari shares how her own anxiety didn't show up until she stopped dancing
12:26 Movement is for everybody, even after your shower
13:23 Why our life force requires movement
15:18 Why our bodies will go to extremes to give us what we want
16:19 Why anxiety is the messenger, not the enemy
18:30 Fixed movement versus improvisation
22:21 The moment emotion released mid movement
23:20 Why you never touch someone who is emotionally processing
25:18 Conscious mind from the head up, subconscious from the head down
30:55 Why forgiveness is part of healing
36:53 You have the right to move, you were born with it
37:51 The daily practice, five random songs
39:19 Naming three things you liked about what you did
44:26 The question Jenny asks her body when symptoms show up
46:40 Sari's movement challenge
48:32 Are you doing your self care in a present way
49:49 Where to find Jenny Cohen

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