The Scrumptious Woman

Juliette Karaman

The Scrumptious Woman with Juliette Karaman is a sanctuary for coming back  In-Touch with yourself. Through honest conversations about love, intimacy, and embodiment, Juliette guides you to feel safe in your body, connected to your truth, and open to the life that’s waiting to Touch you.

  1. 6d ago

    S2 EP31 How to Turn Your “One Day” Goals Into Reality, with Ashley Morton

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by the radiant Ashley Morton, entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, and creator of the One Day Goal method. In this conversation, we explore what happens when you stop postponing the life you desire and begin taking small, devoted steps toward it. Ashley shares her journey from event planner to coach, building thriving communities of women, hosting conferences across Canada, bringing dream speakers onto her stages, publishing her journal, and turning what once felt like distant "one day" goals into lived reality. We speak about visualization, nervous system trust, action, manifestation, community, and the delicate dance between dreaming and doing. This episode is for every woman who has a dream sitting quietly in the background of her life. The trip. The book. The business. The retreat. The next chapter. Because sometimes the life you want is not waiting for permission. It is waiting for your next step. 📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Ashley and I explore the power of turning "one day" into today. Ashley shares the four-step process behind her One Day Goal method: visualization, research, strategy, and action. We discuss why dreaming is not enough on its own, why action without vision often leads to burnout, and how creating space to imagine what you truly want can transform what feels possible. Together, we speak about entrepreneurship, personal reinvention, navigating life during seasons of grief and change, and the importance of allowing both joy and challenge to coexist. This is not a conversation about hustling harder. It is about trusting what calls you forward, taking the next available step, and allowing life to meet you there. 🔎 Key Takeaways Dreams Need Space to Breathe Many women move through life caring for everyone else while placing their own desires on hold. Creating space to daydream is often the first step toward change. Visualization Creates Possibility When you can see, feel, and experience a goal internally, your mind begins noticing opportunities that were always there. Action Builds Conviction Manifestation is not passive. The magic often begins after the email is sent, the call is made, or the first step is taken. Life Happens Alongside the Dream Big goals do not require perfect circumstances. Growth often unfolds while navigating grief, uncertainty, loss, and change. Community Matters Sometimes the most important thing is having people who can hold your vision before you fully believe in it yourself. Celebrate Every Step Momentum is built through small wins. Every courageous action creates evidence that you can trust yourself. 🔗 Resources and Links Connect with Ashley Morton and learn more about the One Day Goal Method. Instagram: @theashleymorton Listen to Ashley's podcast and explore her journal, speaking events, and upcoming retreats through her Instagram links. And if this conversation sparked something inside you, ask yourself: What is the dream you've been calling "one day"? And what would happen if you started today? I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    41 min
  2. Jun 19

    S2 EP30 How to Stop Pleasing and Start Backing Yourself, with Nikki St. Paul

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by the scrumptious Nikki St. Paul, coach, speaker, Good Girl Slayer, and founder of The Convicted Woman. In this conversation, we explore what it really means to stop performing, pleasing, perfecting, and waiting for permission. We speak about the subtle ways high-achieving women give their power away, through perfectionism, people-pleasing, comparison, overthinking, and the need to get it right before pressing go. Nikki shares her journey from almost two decades in the pharmaceutical industry into coaching, entrepreneurship, and helping women reclaim their conviction in business and life. This episode is about slaying the good girl. Not by becoming reckless or hardened, but by noticing the patterns that keep you small, moving through fear, and learning to back yourself before the proof arrives. 📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Nikki and I explore the hidden patterns that hold ambitious women back. We discuss why so many high-functioning women do not recognise themselves as people-pleasers or perfectionists, and how these patterns often show up in quieter, more subtle ways. Nikki shares the five Good Girl archetypes, the Permission Seeker, the Chameleon, the Perfectionist, the Overachiever, and the Superwoman. Together, we speak about embodiment, nervous system shifts, movement, emotional capacity, sisterhood, business, visibility, and the power of celebrating every small win. This is not about becoming someone else. It is about coming back to the woman who already knows. 🔎 Key Takeaways Good Girl Patterns Can Be Subtle People-pleasing and perfectionism are not always obvious. They often hide inside diligence, over-researching, comparison, and waiting to feel ready. Conviction Comes Through Action Clarity does not arrive from thinking harder. It comes through movement, practice, and taking the next honest step. Your Body Knows Before Your Mind Does Fear, tension, overwhelm, and shutdown show up in the body. Shifting your state can be as simple as walking, shaking, breathing, or moving your hips. You Cannot Control Perception Trying to manage how others see you drains your energy. Freedom begins when you stop giving your power to other people’s opinions. Celebrate the Small Wins Your brain needs evidence that it is working. Every action, every wobble noticed, every brave move counts. 🔗 Resources and Links Connect with Nikki St. Paul and explore her work. Instagram: @iamnikkistpaul Join The Conviction Room through Nikki’s link in bio. Learn more about her mastermind, The Convicted Woman, and her live event, Reclaim Her Life. I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    31 min
  3. Jun 12

    S2 EP29 The Difference Between a Boy and a Man in Love, with Alex Mischka

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It's Juliette here, and today I'm joined by Alex Mischka, men's coach, relationship guide, and facilitator of embodied masculinity, intimacy, and sexual sovereignty. In this conversation, we explore what it means to become an initiated man in today's world. We speak about emotional safety, nervous system regulation, masculine leadership, desire, relationships, shadow work, and the difference between sensitivity and fragility. Alex shares his work with men, couples, and women, helping people move beyond performance, shame, and conditioning into deeper connection, integrity, and embodiment. This episode is about growing up emotionally. Not through perfection or performance, but through presence, responsibility, and the willingness to stay open when relationships become challenging. 📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Alex and I explore the foundations of healthy masculinity, conscious relationships, and emotional safety. We discuss why so many modern relationships struggle, how unresolved wounds show up in intimacy, and why relationships often become the greatest teachers on our path. Alex shares insights into men's work, sexual shadow work, nervous system capacity, BDSM, tantra, relational repair, and the importance of developing both strength and sensitivity. Together, we unpack what women often need to feel safe, what men need to feel grounded, and how deeper intimacy becomes possible when both partners take responsibility for their own growth. This is not about becoming perfect. It is about becoming more present, more honest, and more capable of meeting yourself and your partner with integrity. 🔎 Key Takeaways Relationships Reveal Everything Our partnerships expose the places where we feel unsafe, disconnected, reactive, or afraid. Relationship becomes a practice ground for growth and self-awareness. Emotional Safety Creates Intimacy True intimacy grows when both partners feel seen, respected, and emotionally safe enough to remain present during challenge and conflict. Masculinity Requires Initiation Many men have never been taught how to channel desire, regulate emotions, or lead with integrity. Healthy masculinity is cultivated, not assumed. Sensitivity Is Not Fragility Being emotionally connected does not mean becoming weak. Strength and sensitivity can coexist. The Nervous System Shapes Love Our capacity for connection is directly linked to our ability to regulate stress, stay present, and remain open when discomfort arises. 🔗 Resources and Links Connect with Alex Mischka and explore his work. Instagram: @alex_mischka Website: alexmischka.com Learn more about his coaching, retreats, and immersive work with men, women, and couples. I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    29 min
  4. Jun 5

    S2 EP28 Why Good Women Stop Wanting Sex, with Rosa Kelly

    WelcomeHello, lovelies. It's Juliette here, and today I'm joined by Rosa Kelly, intimacy and relationship expert, Qigong practitioner, and guide in Taoist sexuality and embodied connection. In this conversation, we speak about desire, presence, sexual energy, relationship repair, body wisdom, and what happens when intimacy becomes another task on the to-do list. Rosa shares her journey through cancer, the healing power of Qigong, and why slowing down may be the most powerful thing we can do for our relationships. This episode is about coming back to aliveness. Not through performance or pressure, but through presence, curiosity, and connection. 📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Rosa and I explore intimacy through the lens of Taoist wisdom, nervous system regulation, and embodied connection. We talk about why so many couples struggle with desire, the impact of obligation-based sex, and how presence changes everything. Rosa shares insights on Qigong, sexual energy, breast massage, communication, boundaries, and the practices that help us reconnect with ourselves and our partners. This is not about fixing your relationship. It is about creating the conditions where intimacy can naturally return. 🔎 Key Takeaways Presence Changes Everything Without presence, touch becomes mechanical. Intimacy thrives when we slow down enough to truly feel. Desire Needs Safety Many people do not want less sex. They want sex that feels connected, attuned, and alive. Sexual Energy Is Life Energy From a Taoist perspective, sexual energy is a source of vitality that nourishes the whole body, not just our intimate lives. Curiosity Keeps Love Alive The moment we stop assuming we know our partner, we create space for deeper connection and discovery. Boundaries Create Better Intimacy Learning to communicate needs, preferences, and no's builds trust and allows genuine desire to emerge. 🔗 Resources and Links Find Rosa Kelly and connect with her work. Instagram: @rosasparks Website: rosakelly.com Email: info@rosakelly.com I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    26 min
  5. May 29

    S2 EP27 Body Shame, People Pleasing, and the Fear of Being Seen, with Anna Knight

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by Anna Knight, coach, truth-teller, and creator of The Audacious And. In this conversation, we speak about the “I’m not good enough” spiral, body shame, identity, trolling, self-love, and what happens when you stop twisting yourself into shapes that were never yours. Anna shares their journey from corporate pretzeling, an emotionally unsafe marriage, and years of shrinking, into becoming fully, fiercely, unapologetically Anna. This episode is about refusing to make yourself smaller. Not by pretending the hard parts do not exist, but by learning to hold all of you. 📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Anna and I unravel shame, self-worth, neurodivergence, gender identity, fatness, visibility, and the deep patterns that teach us to perform acceptability. Anna speaks about being non-binary, disabled, fat, visible online, and no longer ashamed of any of it. We talk about trolls, pronouns, repair, domestic violence, leaving old identities behind, and the moment you realise you have been bending yourself into belonging. This is not about becoming palatable. It is about becoming whole. 🔎 Key Takeaways The “I’m Not Good Enough” Spiral Is About Safety  Underneath self-criticism is often a nervous system trying to protect you. You Do Not Have To Deny The Hard Thought  Anna’s “Audacious And” teaches us to add truth beside truth, instead of fighting ourselves. Shrinking Starts Young  We learn what is acceptable by watching the people around us make themselves smaller. Visibility Will Trigger People  When you are not ashamed of yourself, it unsettles those still trapped in shame. Repair Matters More Than Perfection  Getting it wrong is human. Caring enough to repair is where intimacy lives. You Are Not A Maths Equation  Your worth is not your achievements minus your flaws. You are the whole pie. 🔗 Resources and Links Find Anna Knight and connect with their work.  Instagram: @theaudaciousand Website: audaciousand.com Facebook: Anna Knight LinkedIn: Anna KnightI'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    32 min
  6. May 22

    S2 EP26 The Hidden Cost of Perfectionism and Being “Good Enough” with Dr. Gigi Abdel-Samed

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by Dr. Gigi Abdel-Samed, physician, speaker, and recovering perfectionist, a woman devoted to healing the healers. In this conversation, we go into the hidden pressure so many high-achieving women carry. The need to prove, perform, control, and keep going no matter the cost. Gigi shares her journey through medicine, burnout, addiction, and the moment she realized achievement could never heal the deeper wound underneath it. We speak about the nervous system, self-worth, healthcare, identity, and what happens when your entire life has been built around earning love through doing. This episode is about softening underneath the performance. Not by becoming less ambitious, but by finally becoming honest. 📝Episode Summary In this episode, Gigi and I unravel the deeper emotional patterns behind perfectionism, burnout, and overachievement. We speak about medicine as both a calling and a system that often consumes the very people trying to help others. Gigi shares how her work now supports doctors and high achievers in understanding the core wounds driving their behaviour, the need for control, the fear of not being enough, and the exhaustion that comes from constantly trying to prove yourself. We also speak about the body, nervous system survival, people pleasing, identity, and the moment where success no longer feels like freedom. This is not about fixing yourself. It’s about finally seeing what has been driving you all along. 🔎 Key Takeaways Perfectionism Is Often Protection Achievement can look powerful. But underneath it is often fear trying to feel safe. Control Comes From Fear The tighter you grip, the more powerless you often feel underneath. Burnout Starts Long Before Collapse The nervous system speaks quietly before it finally shuts down. Success Cannot Heal Self-Worth No degree, title, or achievement can replace inner safety. The Body Always Tells the Truth The clenched jaw, held breath, exhaustion, and tension are never random. Healing Begins With Awareness You cannot change a pattern you are still unconscious of. 🔗Resources and Links  Find Dr. Gigi Abdel-Samed and connect with her work. Instagram: @drgigisamed FB/LinkedIn: Dr. Gigi Abdel-Samed Website: drgigisamed.com I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    29 min
  7. May 1

    S2 EP25 Pleasure as a Way Back, Letting the Body Lead with Emma Fullwood

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by Emma Fullwood, known by many as the Yoni Queen, a woman who doesn’t just speak about the body, she lives from it. In this conversation, we go where most people hesitate to go. Into the places we tighten, numb, control, and perform. Emma shares her journey from pelvic floor specialist and “having the body,” into realizing there was nothing alive inside it. No desire, no sensation, no truth. We speak about what happens when the body shuts down, and what it takes to come back. Not through more discipline, more strategy, or more doing, but through breath, sensation, and letting the body lead. This episode is about coming back online. Not perfectly. Not performatively. But honestly. Episode Summary  In this episode, Emma and I move through the layers of the feminine body, from control and contraction into pulse, sensation, and aliveness. We speak about pelvic floor work beyond “fixing,” about why so many women are disconnected from pleasure even when they look like they have it all, and what happens when you start breathing into the places you were taught to hold tight. We open the conversation around orgasm, not as a peak or performance, but as a state the body can live in. One that includes grief, rage, numbness, and everything in between. Emma shares how her work blends hypnotherapy, embodiment, and feminine-specific breath to quiet the mind and awaken the body. We also touch the edges of visibility, motherhood, and the tension between being fully expressed and being received in the world. This is not about adding more. It’s about removing what keeps you disconnected. Key Takeaways  The Body Doesn’t Respond to Control You can train it, shape it, even perfect it. But if you’re not in it, it stays silent. Pleasure Is Not a Performance Orgasm is not the end point. It’s a state the body can soften into, expand through, and live inside. Tightness Is Not Safety Holding your belly in, gripping your pelvic floor, controlling your body, it doesn’t create power. It cuts you off from it. The Mind Will Override Until You Interrupt It You don’t think your way back into the body. You breathe, feel, and stay. You Don’t Have to Love Your Body to Live In It Some days there is resistance. You can still choose sensation over shutdown. The Pulse Is a Signal When the body is alive, there is movement, a subtle rhythm, a yes. When it’s gone, something is asking to be seen. Grief and Pleasure Are Not Opposites The body can hold both. Sometimes opening to one deepens the other. Resources and Links 🔗 Find Emma and step into her world. Her work is for the woman who is done overriding herself and ready to feel again. Instagram: @emm_powered_She also offers The Journey Back Home, a free entry point into her work, and deeper spaces including group containers and in-person retreats. Reach out to her directly if something in this conversation stirred you. For more episodes, inspiration, and resources, visit The Scrumptious Woman website. Scrumptious Woman Website: https://thescrumptiouswoman.buzzsprout.comIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. Have you experienced a shift in your relationship to money or pleasure? Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. Pick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardTouch Base: https:I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    35 min
  8. Feb 13

    S2 EP24 From Disconnection to Devotion: Listening When the Body Speaks with Andrea Lakeman Ford

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by Andrea, a breathwork practitioner and somatic guide who knows what it is to live from the neck up, and then find her way back into the body. In this conversation, we speak about nervous system regulation, breath as medicine, and the slow, exacting process of learning to listen when the body speaks. Andrea shares her journey out of corporate life, through IBS, migraines, and numbing, and into a way of working that is rooted in sensation, presence, and felt truth. This episode is about returning to your body, not as a project, but as a home. It is about what happens when you stop overriding yourself and begin to feel. Episode Summary  In this episode, Andrea and I move through breathwork, trauma release, and the subtle signals the body gives long before crisis arrives. We talk about coherence breathing, the intelligence of the nervous system, and how overbreathing can quiet the default mode network so deeper knowing can surface. We also speak openly about relationships, how one partner’s awakening can shake the foundation of a couple, and how repair, honesty, and attunement create deeper intimacy than touch alone. This conversation is an invitation to slow your breathing, soften your attention, and trust that your body is always telling you the truth. Key Takeaways  Breath Is a Bridge Back to Self When you slow the breath, the body settles. When the body settles, clarity arrives. Your Symptoms Are Not the Problem IBS, migraines, and anxiety are not random. They are messages that become louder when ignored. Regulation Creates Choice When you can feel your body, you can meet rejection, disappointment, or trigger without collapsing into it. Repair Is More Intimate Than Perfection Misattunement will happen. How you come back together is where the real intimacy lives. Lightness Is a Felt State When people release what they have been holding, they don’t just think differently. They feel lighter. Anxiety Can Be Tolerable Not by fighting it, but by knowing it moves through you, not defines you. Resources and Links 🔗 Find out more about Andrea and the work she brings into the world. Connect with her if you’re drawn to nervous system regulation, breathwork, somatic release, and grounded transformation. Instagram: @regulatewithandrea YT: @RegulatewithAndrea I'd love to hear from you drop me a text! Let’s keep the conversation going over on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share your thoughts. I love hearing your stories. And remember, you are scrumptious just as you are, inside and out. FREE Taster Deck: https://couplecards.netlify.appIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-110 Touch Rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-rituals: https://feelfullyyou.com/10-touch-ritualsFind out more about Juliette Karaman here: https://feelfullyyou.com Follow Juliette on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/juliettekaraman/Follow Juliette on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/juliette.karamanvanschaardenburgDon't forget to Rate and leave a review so more people can tune in and the ripple effect spreads further.

    28 min

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The Scrumptious Woman with Juliette Karaman is a sanctuary for coming back  In-Touch with yourself. Through honest conversations about love, intimacy, and embodiment, Juliette guides you to feel safe in your body, connected to your truth, and open to the life that’s waiting to Touch you.

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