Love & Liberate

Emilie Iris

Love & Liberate is a raw and real podcast about coming home to your body, your truth, and your power, one rebellious act of love at a time. Hosted by Emilie Iris, embodiment teacher, self-leadership coach and artist, this is a space for the wild ones, the soft ones, the ones who feel deeply and refuse to settle. Through honest reflections, soulful tools and unfiltered conversations, we explore what it means to heal, to feel, to lead from within, beyond the spiritual fluff, beyond the systems that tried to tame us. Expect embodied wisdom, personal stories, inspiring conversations and tangible practices to help you live, love, and lead in your own way, from your own heart. 🎙 New episodes every Wednesday. 💌 Join the movement: @by.emilieiris Love louder. Live freer. Lead from within.

  1. FEB 11

    How To Turn Outrage Into Action In A World At War - Calling All Love Rebels

    Feeling powerless in a world filled with conflict and injustice? Wondering what your responsibility really is, and what REAL action you can take? In this episode, Emilie explores what real activism can mean in a world at war, beyond reposting, debating, or donating. Through a personal story and honest reflection, she invites you to look at the everyday moments where responsibility lives: in small acts of courage, in how you respond to others, and in the inner work that shapes how you show up. Because real change does not only happen “out there.” It begins much closer: in the way you move through your relationships, your communities, and your own heart. If you are ready to move from distant outrage to embodied responsibility, this conversation is your starting point. What You'll learn: The difference between intellectual activism and lived responsibilityHow small everyday interventions create real collective safetyThe connection between inner healing and outer changeWhat it means to “take responsibility” without falling into guilt or perfectionismHow personal awareness can become a powerful form of activismReflection question: Where in your daily life do you have more power to contribute to peace, care, or responsibility than you may realize? Reach out: You are invited to share your reflections, ideas, or personal experiences that this episode brings up, Emilie loves hearing how these conversations live in the real world. → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    34 min
  2. JAN 7

    Why We Need Men: Moving Beyond Patriarchy & Gender Wars

    In this episode Emilie Plouvier dives into a topic that feels both tender and provocative in today’s cultural landscape: why men and masculinity matter more than ever! Speaking as a feminist, an embodiment teacher, and a woman who has both loved deeply and been hurt by men, Emilie offers a nuanced, compassionate reflection on masculinity beyond patriarchy, power struggles, or gender wars. She explores the confusion many men and women feel as traditional roles dissolve, and invites listeners into a more embodied, integrated understanding of masculine and feminine energy, both within ourselves and in relation to each other. This is a reflective, honest, and embodied exploration for anyone who feels tired of polarized conversations and longs for a more loving, integrated way forward. What you’ll learn How freeing masculinity from rigid expectations benefits everyoneWhy masculine energy is essential for structure, containment, and sustainable growthHow independence has changed the way men and women relate & why that can feel unsettlingWhy both men and women need access to masculine and feminine energiesA powerful question to reflect on: What would you do differently if gender wasn’t a limitation? CONNECT Get in touch with Emilie Plouvier to work together through embodiment, conversation, and practice. → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    30 min
  3. 12/03/2025

    Your Inner Child at the Christmas Table: A Survival Guide For The Holidays

    The holidays are here! And so are the familiar triggers, childhood wounds, and messy family dynamics many of us would prefer to avoid... The bad news is: you can't escape yourself or your family. But the good news is: there are ways to deal wth it! In this episode, we dive into why this season can feel so intense and how you can stay grounded, kind, and connected to yourself. Emilie shares a personal story of cutting ties with family as well as how she managed to restore connections. She offers both ideas and practical tools to heal past wounding and create healthy and safe relations, inside and outside your own family system.   What You'll Learn: How to find and restore the connection with your own inner child.How to find more safety in your self, your family and the bigger world around you.How boundaries can be a lifeline.The practice of self-reparenting: why your needs are now your responsibility, not your parents’, partner’s, or framily’s.What You’ll Hear Why holiday gatherings activate old wounds and emotional patterns.How to distinguish what you feel from what you make it mean, and why that shift gives you power.How family systems shape us long after we leave home & why inner child work matters. The relevant rise of mental health awareness, chosen family, and “framily” as softer, safer spaces.Ask yourself: How would you move through the world if you would look at every single person as a part of our one big family? If something resonated and there's anything you would like to share with Emilie, she loves to hear from you! Get in touch via love@emilieiris.com or find her on Instagram @by.emilieiris. Let's keep loving and liberating, one heart at a time 💛 → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    32 min
  4. 11/19/2025

    Why Men Feel Lost in a Changing World

    In today’s episode, we explore an uncomfortable truth: the power shift in genderland. The patriarchal systems are slowly crumbling We talk about: how women have been forced to build emotional and human resiliencehow cultural conditioning has cut men off from vulnerability, intimacy, and even lovewhy men were never taught the same human muscle and why they feel lost nowwhy “power over” is actually a form of disempowermentwhy women stepping into their power feels threatening, and why it shouldn’tThis is not a war between genders. This is a conversation about culture, about the systems that have shaped us, numbed us, divided us, and told us lies about who we’re allowed to be. It’s a call to remember our humanity, to grow the muscles that were never nurtured, and to return power to where it belongs: within ourselves. If this episode sparks something in you, I’d love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, your anger, your softness, your questions: all of it is welcome here. Here’s to loving and liberating, one heart at a time. → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    17 min
  5. 11/05/2025

    Our Fear of Feeling: How Killing Pain Is Killing People

    In this week’s episode, Emilie dives deep into our collective relationship with pain, how we numb it, silence it, and in doing so, silencing life itself. From the opioid crisis to our everyday coping mechanisms like scrolling, working, drinking, over-giving, ... she unpacks how disconnection has become a cultural norm and what it truly means to feel again. Emilie shares her own raw and personal experiences of sitting with pain, from heartbreak to grief, and offers a way to meet discomfort with honesty, breath, and embodiment. This episode is not about glorifying pain but about reclaiming its purpose. Pain isn’t punishment; it’s information. It’s the body’s way of saying: something needs your love, your attention, your presence. Because the only way to truly “kill” pain is to feel it. 💫 What you’ll learn Why numbing pain slowly disconnects us from life and from each otherHow pain can become a teacher, not an enemyThe hidden link between pain, sensitivity, and creativitySimple ways to move with pain instead of fighting it🧠 Reflections to Sit With What’s one sensation or emotion you’ve been avoiding lately?What happens if, instead of fixing or fleeing, you simply stay with it?Who in your life could use your presence — not your advice — as they move through pain?💌 Share Your Experience I’d love to hear how this episode lands for you — your thoughts, stories, reflections. Send me a message on Instagram @by.emilieiris or by email at love@emilieiris.com - I read every single one. Your experiences are part of this collective conversation 💜 → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    35 min
  6. 10/22/2025

    When Life Is Just Too Heavy: The Will to Live & The Freedom to Die

    In this episode, Emilie opens a raw and often-avoided conversation about suicide. Not as a personal failure, but as a mirror of the world we’ve created. She shares her own experience with not wanting to be here anymore, and questions the narratives we hold about life, death, and responsibility. Why do we call it unnatural to want to die, when the world itself has become so deeply unnatural? Why do we treat those who no longer want to live as the problem, instead of seeing them as proof of a collective disconnect. What if they are our canaries in the coal mine, showing us that something is off? This conversation is not about glorifying death, but about humanizing pain, and about the humility it takes to listen to what suicide reveals about us as a society. What you’ll hear in this episode: A deeply honest reflection on the will to live and the freedom to die.Why suicide is not an individual problem, but a collective symptomHow our social, economic, and political systems distribute suffering unequally.Why giving people the right to leave can be an act of collective responsibilityHow privilege blinds us from the weight some are forced to carryDisclaimer: This episode contains sensitive topics including suicide and suicidal thoughts. If you’re struggling, please reach out. You’re not alone. 🇧🇪 Belgium: Zelfmoordlijn 1813 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 113 Zelfmoordpreventie 🌍 International: findahelpline.com → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    2 min
  7. 10/15/2025

    The Weird Wisdom of Road Rage: What It Reveals About You & How To Use It For Growth

    Listen to discover What Road Rage Reveals About you & What You Can Learn From it! In this episode, Emilie dives into the phenomenon of road rage - not as a superficial traffic issue, but as a mirror of our emotional lives.  Why do we lose it behind the wheel? What does our reaction say about how we move through society, handle frustration, or project our inner chaos onto others? Through humor, storytelling, and psychological insight, she explores how the car can become a barometer for our nervous system. Featuring a few laughs and a humbling moment of self-awareness, this episode invites you to reflect on how you move, not just through traffic, but through life. 💡 What you’ll learn Why road rage isn’t about driving but about living.How your car mirrors your nervous system.The real meaning of Hostile Attribution Bias and The Shield Effect.Why it’s hard to hate up close.How control and territory show up everywhere.What your rage reveals about your relationship with yourself.We want to know:  ✨ What’s your version of road rage and what does it reveal about you? 💌 Share your reflections with Emilie via Instagram @by.emilieiris or at love@emilieiris.com 💌 → New episodes on Wednesdays → Live Community Conversations on Sundays Work with me • 1:1 coaching • Solidarity Sessions (starting at €25, limited spots) • More info & bookings: emilieiris.com Connect with me Instagram: @by.emilieiris Substack: emilieiris.substack.com Website: emilieiris.com 🔥 If this episode sparked something, share it with a friend or leave a review, that helps the message reach more Love Rebels like you 🔥 🎧 Here's to love and liberating, one heart at a time.

    37 min

About

Love & Liberate is a raw and real podcast about coming home to your body, your truth, and your power, one rebellious act of love at a time. Hosted by Emilie Iris, embodiment teacher, self-leadership coach and artist, this is a space for the wild ones, the soft ones, the ones who feel deeply and refuse to settle. Through honest reflections, soulful tools and unfiltered conversations, we explore what it means to heal, to feel, to lead from within, beyond the spiritual fluff, beyond the systems that tried to tame us. Expect embodied wisdom, personal stories, inspiring conversations and tangible practices to help you live, love, and lead in your own way, from your own heart. 🎙 New episodes every Wednesday. 💌 Join the movement: @by.emilieiris Love louder. Live freer. Lead from within.