Disclaimer:This podcast is intended for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace therapeutic services of any kind. Please refer to the list of references if you need support.

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Show Notes:
Sara Cate and Ashley focus today's session exploring the complicated relationship between sex and intimacy. Do they have to be mutually exclusive? Do they have to be inextricably bound? Sara Cate and Ashley discuss healthy non-intimate sexual experiences, intimacy with people other than a partner, and how to understand your relationship to both. We live in a society that can create shame for having sexual experiences outside of relationship, or with someone you aren't emotionally intimate with, even though that may be what you are seeking. This shame can create an inability to trust your own body and it's current needs. It is hard to listen to what we want when expectation or judgement is placed on our own sexual experiences.

Further still, they explore how intimacy can also live outside the realms of sex and when we learn to explore the dynamic ways we want to be met by our partner, partners, or friends we can develop wide experiences of intimacy to be held and loved in so many new ways! Join us today and as always let us know what we can do to support your journey with you learning and understanding your body and soul a bit more!

Connect with us!
Ashley: https://www.drashleyzimmerman.com/
/ heyashleyz

Sara Cate: http:/www./somaandsoulco.com/
/ somaandsoulco

Intro + Outro Audio: Original Music by Kari Lynch - Gut Feeling https://open.spotify.com/track/0LUwSh...

RESOURCES: This is not an exhaustive list of available resources. Please also refer to your own state, county, or city for even more readily available resources.

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PRACTITIONER DIRECTORY:
https://directory.traumahealing.org/
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL/ SOMATIC THERAPY DIRECTORY:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA FACILITATOR DIRECTORY:
https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/f...
SUICIDE PREVENTION:
https://988lifeline.org/
SELF HARM PREVENTION:
https://www.crisistextline.org/topics...
CHILD ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://justiceforchildren.org/our-ph...
SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES:
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/nati...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.thehotline.org/?utm_sourc...
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.rainn.org/
DISORDERED EATING SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.o...
SPIRITUAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.spiritualabuseresources.com/
CULTURAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://refuge.org.uk/i-need-help-now...
RACHEL FARABOUGH'S SPIRIT ANIMAL WISDOM CARDS
https://bohemiandreamer.com/collections/inspirational-tarot/products/spirit-animal-wisdom-book
TESSYA VAN REE'S ORACLE DECK: THE UNTAMED ELEMENTAL
https://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/tasya-van-ree.html?srsltid=AfmBOopgPzKYbp1ZaKgJ5is8BAXWJ-xMeUO9ul1gtvz7cpJbM1w77Aiv

Disclaimer:This podcast is intended for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace therapeutic services of any kind. Please refer to the list of references if you need support.

Before you dive into this episode we have a simple request please like, share, comment, and subscribe! It helps us reach more people with every share and like. We are so glad you are here!

Show Notes:
We are living in deeply uncertain and incredibly threatening times. It is natural that we look to the things we are certain about to make us feel safe. If we know the threat, we can fight it or run from it, but what happens when there is no certainty, when there is no known path. Ashely and Sara Cate discuss building a relationship to your own body that allows for even a moments experience of safety, even one breath of recognizing that you can, even briefly, find spaciousness in your own system. They discuss how trauma and chaos affect your brains ability to listen to what is presently happening in your body. When we are able to help our nervous system and body slow down our brain can follow.

There are times we will need to act and fight and there are times we need to find restoration and pause even with everything happening around us and our bodies can be incredible supports in that. Sara Cate and Ashley know you can't generalize the experience of safety but everyone who has a body can utilize the clarity that comes from even one fuller breath. We need to be able to act and engage to protect ourselves, but if we are depleted that can inhibit our ability to do what we need to. Sara Cate + Ashley are here to face these uncertain times with you, hopefully with a fuller breath and a more grounded sense of connection to your body.

Connect with us!
Ashley: https://www.drashleyzimmerman.com/
/ heyashleyz

Sara Cate: http:/www./somaandsoulco.com/
/ somaandsoulco

Intro + Outro Audio: Original Music by Kari Lynch - Gut Feeling https://open.spotify.com/track/0LUwSh...

RESOURCES: This is not an exhaustive list of available resources. Please also refer to your own state, county, or city for even more readily available resources.

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PRACTITIONER DIRECTORY:
https://directory.traumahealing.org/
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL/ SOMATIC THERAPY DIRECTORY:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA FACILITATOR DIRECTORY:
https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/f...
SUICIDE PREVENTION:
https://988lifeline.org/
SELF HARM PREVENTION:
https://www.crisistextline.org/topics...
CHILD ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://justiceforchildren.org/our-ph...
SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES:
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/nati...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.thehotline.org/?utm_sourc...
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.rainn.org/
DISORDERED EATING SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.o...
SPIRITUAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.spiritualabuseresources.com/
CULTURAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://refuge.org.uk/i-need-help-now...
RACHEL FARABOUGH'S SPIRIT ANIMAL WISDOM CARDS
https://bohemiandreamer.com/collections/inspirational-tarot/products/spirit-animal-wisdom-book
TESSYA VAN REE'S ORACLE DECK: THE UNTAMED ELEMENTAL
https://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/tasya-van-ree.html?srsltid=AfmBOopgPzKYbp1ZaKgJ5is8BAXWJ-xMeUO9ul1gtvz7cpJbM1w77Aiv

Disclaimer:This podcast is intended for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace therapeutic services of any kind. Please refer to the list of references if you need support.

Before you dive into this episode we have a simple request please like, share, comment, and subscribe! It helps us reach more people with every share and like. We are so glad you are here!

Show Notes:
When we distill relationships down, no matter the kind, it’s just two or more people trying to understand each other who are coming from very different life experiences. In this episode Sara Cate + Ashley have a candid discussion about how being able to communicate effectively can be incredibly challenging. Regardless of if we’re talking about conflict or not, being able to allow our vulnerabilities to be shared AND be able to hear the vulnerabilities of others is essential to a healthy connection.

We are often going to get help healing our deepest wounds while in relationship with another (or multiple people). Join the conversation as Sara Cate + Ashley discuss how we can better care for ourselves, and also better care for those we’re in relationship with.

Connect with us!
Ashley: https://www.drashleyzimmerman.com/
/ heyashleyz

Sara Cate: http:/www./somaandsoulco.com/
/ somaandsoulco

Intro + Outro Audio: Original Music by Kari Lynch - Gut Feeling https://open.spotify.com/track/0LUwSh...

RESOURCES: This is not an exhaustive list of available resources. Please also refer to your own state, county, or city for even more readily available resources.

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PRACTITIONER DIRECTORY:
https://directory.traumahealing.org/
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL/ SOMATIC THERAPY DIRECTORY:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA FACILITATOR DIRECTORY:
https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/f...
SUICIDE PREVENTION:
https://988lifeline.org/
SELF HARM PREVENTION:
https://www.crisistextline.org/topics...
CHILD ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://justiceforchildren.org/our-ph...
SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES:
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/nati...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.thehotline.org/?utm_sourc...
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.rainn.org/
DISORDERED EATING SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.o...
SPIRITUAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://www.spiritualabuseresources.com/
CULTURAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES:
https://refuge.org.uk/i-need-help-now...
RACHEL FARABOUGH'S SPIRIT ANIMAL WISDOM CARDS
https://bohemiandreamer.com/collections/inspirational-tarot/products/spirit-animal-wisdom-book
TESSYA VAN REE'S ORACLE DECK: THE UNTAMED ELEMENTAL
https://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/tasya-van-ree.html?srsltid=AfmBOopgPzKYbp1ZaKgJ5is8BAXWJ-xMeUO9ul1gtvz7cpJbM1w77Aiv