Nervous System Alchemy: Unleash Your Magic and Flow

Rachel Hardy
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Nervous System Alchemy: Unleash Your Magic and Flow is where somatic science meets spiritual intelligence. Hosted by Rachel Hardy — Somatic Coach, Nervous System Educator, and guide for visionary entrepreneurs — this podcast explores how regulation becomes the doorway to your creative genius, purpose, and deepest self-trust. Each episode blends nervous system education, embodied healing, peak performance, spiritual connection, and intuitive wisdom to help you access clarity, flow, and your most expansive self. Whether you're navigating growth, building something bold, or learning to trust your body again, you'll find grounded insight, practical somatic tools, and soulful conversations that bring you back to your center. This is your space to regulate your energy, unlock your creative brilliance, and lead your life from the truth inside your body.

  1. JAN 21

    Episode 21 - Organizing, Procrastination, and Stored Stress: A Nervous System Perspective

    In this episode, I'm joined by my dear friend and colleague Julia de'Caneva, founder of If It's the Last Thing I Do and co-founder of Elemental. Together, we explore why organizing and decluttering – whether it's your physical space, digital files, or inbox – can feel so much harder than it "should." We look beneath the surface of clutter and procrastination, through the lens of the nervous system, exploring stored stress, capacity, and freeze – and how unfinished stress responses in the body can show up as avoidance, exhaustion, decision paralysis, or overwhelm. You'll leave with a new understanding of what's really happening when organizing feels impossible, along with practical ways to meet these tasks with less friction, more flow. 👉 If this resonates, the next step is to move it into real-world action, since nervous system work isn't about mental insight — it's about shifting your body's responses in real time. Join Julia and me on January 31st for a live workshop where we combine somatic nervous system regulation with a practical, guided walkthrough of your email inbox — so you can release stored stress, shift inner patterns related to organization and clutter, and move forward with clarity and ease.  We'll also explore a key astrological transit this year that's reshaping how action begins — inviting clarity, courage, and movement that's grounded in nervous system readiness.  A recording is included with your registration so you can return to this work as often as you like — revisiting the tools, tracking how your nervous system responds, and watching your patterns around organization and clutter shift over time. Join the Workshop     "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.

    44 min
  2. Episode 20 - Redefining Purpose: Beyond the Box of "Spiritual Work" with Jia Dafu

    12/05/2025

    Episode 20 - Redefining Purpose: Beyond the Box of "Spiritual Work" with Jia Dafu

    In this conversation with Akashic Record Reader Jia Dafu, we unpack one of the biggest myths in the spiritual world: that living your purpose has to look a certain way or follow a predetermined trajectory. Jia shares her journey from the corporate world to spiritual entrepreneurship -- and then back to corporate again -- and how her purpose didn't just persist but activated and expanded at every stage. We explore what it actually means to live your spiritual path in a way that's full, alive, and true to you, no matter what chapter you're in. Together, we dive into: the pressure to look "spiritual enough" and why it disconnects you from your actual path how chasing purpose keeps you stuck, and how being who you are activates your purpose now bringing intuitive and energetic gifts into corporate spaces without losing yourself what it looks like to take care of your nervous system while holding big dreams how to access your highest expression before your life looks like the future you imagine If you've ever wondered whether you're "doing it right" or felt torn between your spiritual calling and your real-world responsibilities, this episode will land deeply. You don't need to be anywhere else in your life to begin living your purpose. It's already here, already moving, already you. Connect with Jia: IG: @ripplesbyjia YouTube and podcast: Ripples by Jia

    38 min
  3. Episode 19 - Sacred Resistance: What Your Nervous System Knows About Pushing Back

    06/17/2025

    Episode 19 - Sacred Resistance: What Your Nervous System Knows About Pushing Back

    There's a kind of resistance that rises right at the edge of change — when something big is asking to move through you. We've been taught that resistance is something to override. Push through it. Get out of your own way. Do it scared. But what if that pushback you're feeling — the shutdown, the procrastination, the discomfort, the annoyance — isn't dysfunction? In this episode, I'm offering a reframe that might change everything: Resistance isn't always a block. Sometimes, it's your body saying "no" and pushing back -- where you used to abandon yourself. And when you learn how to meet that energy — not override it, but actually feel it and understand what it's communicating — resistance becomes the path back to clarity, power, and deeply aligned action. This is a trauma-informed, somatically rooted look at what's actually happening when "resistance" shows up — in you, or in your clients. In this episode, we'll explore: Why resistance may a sign of healing — not sabotage The relationship between resistance, safety, and the fight response What's actually happening in your nervous system when you push back How override culture can retraumatize, even with good intentions The subtle signs of healthy protective energy coming back online What to do when nothing you've tried "works"  A short guided practice to help you track and honor what's real 💥 Resources + Next Steps 🔹 Free Gift: Moving Through Upper Limits— This 3-part video experience reveals why expansion is so often followed by a snapback into old patterns — and how to finally shift this cycle at the root, through your nervous system. 🔹 Waitlist: 1:1 Integrative Somatic Nervous System Work For those ready to go deeper into nervous system healing, trauma resolution, and spiritual connection — through a body-based, intuitive process. 👉 Learn More and Join the Waitlist 🔹 Waitlist: Embodied Astrology Certification A first-of-its-kind certification for practitioners who want to integrate trauma-informed astrology with somatic work. Learn to read your clients' charts fluently while guiding transformation that lands in the body. 👉 Learn More and Join the Waitlist   💌 Stay Connected If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend. This work is meant to ripple — and your presence matters.   "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.

    30 min
  4. Episode 18 - Let it Flow: Trusting the Intelligence of the Body — with Dr. Leslie Carr + Julia de'Caneva

    05/27/2025

    Episode 18 - Let it Flow: Trusting the Intelligence of the Body — with Dr. Leslie Carr + Julia de'Caneva

    What happens when you stop trying to fix your emotions — and instead feel the raw energy underneath them?     In this episode, I'm joined by two brilliant colleagues and dear friends, Dr. Leslie Carr and Julia de'Caneva, for a grounded, powerful conversation about how life force energy moves through the body — and what becomes possible when we stop overriding, bypassing, or spinning in the mind, and instead partner with the nervous system to let it reorganize and transform. We talk about everything from public speaking anxiety to cancer, trauma, and collective grief — and how even the most intense emotions can feel strangely good when met purely as sensation in the body. This is an honest, real-world exploration of what it means to stay with what's true, and allow the intelligence of your nervous system to do what it knows how to do.   🌀Meet Today's Guests Dr. Leslie Carr Leslie is a psychologist and an expert in how trauma, stress, culture, and digital technology impact the mind. She's been active in mental health advocacy and public psychoeducation for over fifteen years, with work featured in The LA Times, Bustle, and Ask Dr. Drew. She's the host of the podcast The Nature of Nurture and an e-course on mindful tech use. → www.lesliecarr.com Julia de'Caneva Julia is a certified holistic health coach, blending her intuition, professional certifications, and lived experience as a cancer survivor to help people build intentional, meaningful lives. She's the founder of If It's The Last Thing I Do and co-founder of elemental, a platform for reconnecting humans to Nature through mindful practice. → www.ifitsthelastthingido.com → www.experienceelemental.com 🌿 Nervous System Alchemy: Live in LA Leslie and Julia are hosting a powerful in-person workshop on June 7 from 3–5pm at Laughing Frog Yoga in Los Angeles. This event blends nervous system regulation, breathwork, and yoga into a community-based space for deep release, integration, and grounded aliveness. → register here ✨ Free Mini- Series from Rachel: Moving Through Upper Limits If you've ever found yourself hitting a ceiling — emotionally, financially, or creatively — even when you're doing all the right things, this 3-part video series will show you why your nervous system might be holding the brakes... and how to release the pattern at its root. → start your journey here  https://rachel-hardy.aweb.page/p/aea708d2-874b-48ea-8f0f-74b606361daf 💌 Stay Connected If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend. This work is meant to ripple — and your presence matters.   "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.

    48 min
  5. Episode 17 - Reclaiming Choice: Unhooking Trauma Loops with Somatic Awareness

    05/21/2025

    Episode 17 - Reclaiming Choice: Unhooking Trauma Loops with Somatic Awareness

    If you've ever felt hijacked by your own nervous system — caught in thoughts you don't believe, feelings you didn't expect, or patterns you thought you'd already moved through — this episode is for you. This week, after an amazing date that stirred up more than I expected, I found myself right in the middle of an old loop. And I used the exact process I turn to when everything's firing at once — sensation, thought, emotion, and meaning — and you need to find your way through without overriding anything. We'll explore: What trauma loops actually are, and how they run under the surface Why your body sometimes reacts like the past is still happening — even when it's not The concept of overcoupling, and how past pain gets wired into present moments Why mindset alone can't resolve patterns that begin in the body And how to reclaim agency, in real time, without needing to feel calm first This is about learning how to stay with what's uncomfortable, charged, or confusing — and still make a conscious choice. 🔗 Links & Resources  Join the Nervous System Sanctuary A self-paced space filled with somatic tools, practices, and real support for creating regulation in your body, every day. → https://rachel-hardy.xperiencify.io/sanctuary/learn-more/ Waitlist for 1:1 work Learn more about 1:1 Somatic work with me, and add your name to be notified when new spots open. →  https://go.rachelhardy.com/hynsat-learn-more Connect on Instagram Somatic reminders and astro insights for walking this path in real life. → https://www.instagram.com/rachel_hardy_coaching/   "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.

    27 min
  6. Episode 16 - From Chaos to Coherence: When Things Feel Worse on the Way to Better

    04/30/2025

    Episode 16 - From Chaos to Coherence: When Things Feel Worse on the Way to Better

    In today's episode, we're diving into a real (and often hidden) part of the growth process: how things can feel messier, heavier, or more chaotic right before they truly expand. This is the work of capacity building — the nervous system learning how to hold more energy, more change, more life without defaulting back into old patterns of survival stress. If you've ever found yourself wondering, "Why do I feel worse even though I'm doing all the right things?" — this episode is for you. We'll explore: Why discomfort often signals true expansion (not failure) How the nervous system recalibrates during growth How to move through the "in-between" without shutting down or self-sabotaging What it really means to build capacity for ease, flow, and creation Links & Resources: 🌿 Ready to start supporting your nervous system at a gentle, accessible pace? The Nervous System Sanctuary — a monthly space for steady growth, regulation, and ease. 🌟 Ready for deeper, transformational work? Heal Your Nervous System and Thrive — a 1:1 journey for soulful leaders and creatives ready to clear outdated survival patterns and step into greater freedom, clarity, and power.  My book on Amazon -- read my story here.   "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.

    22 min
  7. Episode 15 - Feel First, Then Choose: Tiredness as Integration and Completion

    03/31/2025

    Episode 15 - Feel First, Then Choose: Tiredness as Integration and Completion

    What if your tiredness isn't a problem to fix… but a signal that your body is completing something? In this short, real-time episode, I share a personal moment from my own journey—a day when a wave of full-body tiredness arrived, not as a breakdown, but as a breakthrough. We explore the connection between the recent Neptune-in-Aries shift, post-eclipse energy, and the body's natural cycles of completion. You'll hear how I moved through the fog by feeling instead of forcing, and what it looks like to return to presence instead of panic. These waves we're riding? They're not breakdowns. They're breakthroughs in motion. We'll also explore: The difference between pushing through and feeling through Why building capacity is key to navigating energetic shifts What the body may really be doing when it's processing tiredness, fog, or emotion How to trust your body's intelligence   🌿 Interested in working with your nervous system at a deeper level? Start slow and steady with my Nervous System Sanctuary membership— a gentle, accessible way to build real capacity and ease into lasting change. Or, if you're ready for deep, transformational 1:1 work, explore Heal Your Nervous System and Thrive — my program for soulful leaders and creatives who are ready to clear outdated survival patterns from their body and step into greater ease, freedom, and creative power.   "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission.

    11 min
  8. Episode 14 - Foundations of Nervous System Regulation – Building Capacity

    03/20/2025

    Episode 14 - Foundations of Nervous System Regulation – Building Capacity

    In this episode of Nervous System Alchemy, we're diving into one of the most important yet sometimes overlooked aspects of nervous system regulation: building capacity. What does that actually mean? Why is it foundational to real healing and regulation? And most importantly—how do we do it? I'll walk you through:  ✔️ Why building capacity is essential for completing the stress response cycle  ✔️ How stored stress and trauma accumulate when the cycle gets interrupted  ✔️ What we can learn from animals about naturally discharging stress  ✔️ Practical ways to start building capacity today—in small, do-able ways that won't overwhelm your system  ✔️ Why healing isn't linear (and how to stay present even when it feels like a lot)   Resources & Next Steps 💬 Let's Talk: I'd love to hear from you! What landed for you in this episode? What questions came up? What would you love to go deeper into in future episodes? Drop me a note: rachel@rachelhardy.com   🌿 Interested in working with your nervous system at a deeper level? Start slow and steady with my Nervous System Sanctuary membership— a gentle, accessible way to build real capacity and ease into lasting change. Or, if you're ready for deep, transformational 1:1 work, explore Heal Your Nervous System and Thrive — my program for soulful leaders and creatives who are ready to clear outdated survival patterns from their body and step into greater ease, freedom, and creative power.   "Grace" written and recorded by Paul Briggs and used by permission. paulbriggs.bandcamp.com/

    38 min
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Nervous System Alchemy: Unleash Your Magic and Flow is where somatic science meets spiritual intelligence. Hosted by Rachel Hardy — Somatic Coach, Nervous System Educator, and guide for visionary entrepreneurs — this podcast explores how regulation becomes the doorway to your creative genius, purpose, and deepest self-trust. Each episode blends nervous system education, embodied healing, peak performance, spiritual connection, and intuitive wisdom to help you access clarity, flow, and your most expansive self. Whether you're navigating growth, building something bold, or learning to trust your body again, you'll find grounded insight, practical somatic tools, and soulful conversations that bring you back to your center. This is your space to regulate your energy, unlock your creative brilliance, and lead your life from the truth inside your body.

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