The SOMATIC UPRISING Podcast

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Welcome to The Somatic Uprising Podcast — a gentle space for nervous system healing, spiritual awakening, and coming home to yourself. This podcast weaves together the spiritual and the scientific to help you understand your body, soften your survival patterns, and reconnect with the innate wisdom of your nervous system. Each episode is an invitation to slow down, feel, and rise — not through force or fixing, but through awareness, compassion, and co‑regulation. Hosted by Jen Butler, a somatic and awakening guide who supports you through a Polyvagal‑informed lens, this podcast explores what

  1. JAN 12

    Shame, Defensiveness, and the Cost to Connection

    In this episode, I’m sharing something that’s been quietly shaping my relationships for a long time: my shame response. Over the past few months, I’ve felt stagnant, low, and disconnected from my sense of healing. I’ve been sitting with depression, questioning whether I had anything meaningful to share — and realising that healing doesn’t always look like progress or insight. Sometimes it looks like being honest about where you are. I talk about the difference between guilt and shame, and why shame isn’t just a mindset issue — it’s a full-body, nervous system response. For me, shame shows up as defensiveness, tightness in my chest, over-explaining, and the feeling that I’m on trial — especially when my partner shares her needs. Even when the intention is to stay connected, the impact can be more disconnection. This episode is about how I got stuck trying to “heal” myself — consuming content, journaling, searching for the right fix — and the realisation that healing doesn’t happen in one big moment or one deep dive. It happens in the small, everyday choices: noticing when I’m triggered, naming what’s happening in my body, softening toward myself, and choosing how I respond. I’m not here to teach or sell anything. I’m just sharing my lived experience of learning to stay present when I feel not enough — and what it means to heal shame without trying to become perfect. Unlocking Us with Brené Brown - here is the podcast that I mentioned. MORE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH ME 👇 ✨ 1:1 Co-Regulation Calls: ⁠⁠⁠click here for all of the info⁠⁠⁠. ⭐ Join the ⁠⁠⁠Facebook Community⁠⁠⁠. 💫 Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠. 🌟 Check out my in-person project in the south of Spain: ⁠⁠⁠Rituals to Reconnect⁠⁠⁠. ☕ I don't drink coffee, but if you fancy ⁠⁠⁠donating some change⁠⁠⁠, I'll use it to buy my dogs some treats 🐶 Thanks for being here and supporting me and my work.

    24 min
4.1
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12 Ratings

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Welcome to The Somatic Uprising Podcast — a gentle space for nervous system healing, spiritual awakening, and coming home to yourself. This podcast weaves together the spiritual and the scientific to help you understand your body, soften your survival patterns, and reconnect with the innate wisdom of your nervous system. Each episode is an invitation to slow down, feel, and rise — not through force or fixing, but through awareness, compassion, and co‑regulation. Hosted by Jen Butler, a somatic and awakening guide who supports you through a Polyvagal‑informed lens, this podcast explores what

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