Essence

Olivia Heine

ESSENCE is a podcast for self-aware, emotionally available women who have already done the work to heal their past and choose healthy love, and are now navigating the quieter, more confusing edge of it, where doubt, anxiety, or emotional activation can still creep in. Hosted by Olivia Heine, a guide in emotional sovereignty and embodied love, ESSENCE explores the deeper layers of relational healing... not as something to fix or overcome, but as an unfolding process of embodiment, integration, and expansion. Through intimate conversations and grounded reflections, this space moves beyond mindset work and surface-level tools to meet what’s happening in real time, where insight hasn’t quite reached the body yet. Relationships are explored as mirrors and portals: invitations back into yourself and into a deeper capacity for love. ESSENCE is for women ready to relax into and receive healthy, soul-deep love... and to experience intimacy that feels rooted, cherished, and real. oliviaheineohflow.substack.com

  1. Feeling Certain in Love: The Mirror of Trust & My Solar Return

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    Feeling Certain in Love: The Mirror of Trust & My Solar Return

    This past year has felt like crossing a quiet but powerful threshold. Not the kind that looks dramatic from the outside… but the kind that shifts everything internally. I’ve moved through deeper levels of commitment, deeper levels of trust, and a different kind of certainty in love than I’ve ever known before. And what’s surprised me most is this: Certainty didn’t come from finding the “right” person.It didn’t come from eliminating doubt. It came from becoming someone who could stay with herself inside uncertainty. Love has been the mirror.But the real work has been returning home to myself. So in this episode, I want to share what this year has taught me about trust, about safety, and about the kind of certainty that doesn’t depend on perfect circumstances, but rises from within. In this episode, we explore: • Why certainty in love is often mistaken for safety• The difference between activation and intuition• How love mirrors your relationship to trust• What emotional resilience actually looks like in real time• The internal shift that changed how I move through commitment If this episode resonated, and you recognize yourself in the moments where uncertainty pulls you out of your center, I created something specifically for that. Tending the Twinge is a 9-day guided process to help you stay with yourself when doubt appears, so you can move through commitment without spiraling. The expanded version drops on Feb 22nd. You can step into Tending the Twinge through the button below. Other ways to step in 🧠Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprintThe quiz that helps you identify your unique emotional imprint in love. 🌿Begin Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkoutThe process for meeting spirals in real time and expanding your capacity to receive love. Let’s Connect Follow along on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    23 min
  2. Receive the Love You Want This Year

    30 JAN.

    Receive the Love You Want This Year

    If you feel like the last year brought a lot to the surface…If you’ve uncovered so much within yourself, but still feel like it’s all swirling in your head with no clear way forward…If you’re ready to call in a new level of love this year, but not just a ring or a title, something deeper and more anchoring… This episode is for you. Whether you’re stepping into 2026 or finding this at the start of another chapter in your life, this conversation will help you clarify what you’re truly being called to embody in order to receive the love you deeply desire. Inside this episode: * Why your “love vision” shouldn’t be centered around a man, a milestone, or a ring * Why belief-shifting isn’t enough—and the deeper layer you need to access for real change * The reason your body still spirals with doubt or fear in love, even when things are “going well.” * What your nervous system might be doing to block the love you say you want—and how to shift it * How to move forward into a version of love that feels emotionally safe, expansive, and deeply rooted * How to know if your work this year is about tending and rooting or expanding and embodying * The 5 pillars I return to when expanding my capacity to receive the next level of love This episode is about anchoring into emotional safety, embodiment, and your full capacity to be met in love… not just in theory, but in your body. If you’re ready to stop trying to manifest the relationship and start becoming the woman who can hold it, press play now. Tending the Twinge gives you the tools to meet your spirals in real time, so you can root into emotional certainty, expand your capacity to receive love, and finally feel certain in the relationship you chose. This is for the woman who’s done the work and is ready to land in the love she called in, instead of analyzing it from the sidelines. ✨The evolution of Tending the Twinge arrives Feb 22.Join now to lock in the current price before it rises on Feb 26. Resources Mentioned 🧠Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprintThe quiz that helps you identify your unique emotional imprint in love. 🌿Begin Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkoutThe process for meeting spirals in real time and expanding your capacity to receive love. Let’s Connect Follow along on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    31 min
  3. What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like

    2025-09-11

    What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like

    You know yourself. You’re emotionally intelligent, articulate, self-aware.You’ve read the books, done the work, named your patterns. But still… when the twinge hits, your body spirals.You overthink, over-explain, or shut down — even though you “know better.” That’s because emotional intelligence isn’t emotional resilience.And the difference between the two? It’s everything. In this final episode of Tending the Twinge, we’re redefining resilience in love — and showing you how it shifts not only how you feel inside yourself, but how deeply you get to connect with your partner. Tune in to uncover: * Why being emotionally intelligent isn’t enough to keep you steady when the twinge rises * How “managing yourself” or staying composed can secretly create distance in your relationship — even when you don’t mean to * The false definition of resilience that keeps you hyper-independent, guarded, or always trying to keep things “good” * What true emotional resilience looks like in real love — and how it makes space for deeper intimacy, safety, and connection * A grounded pathway for embodying resilience now — so you can be soft, rooted, and open even when it stings This isn’t about being “stronger”. It’s about getting steadier. Softer. More you. When you embody emotional resilience: * You stop managing love — and start living inside it. * You stop needing his calm to regulate yours. * You create intimacy that lasts — because you’re not holding him at arm’s length anymore. Tending the Twinge is your invitation into this version of love.A 9-day guided ceremony to help you stop spiraling, start softening, and stay anchored in who you are in the moments that matter most.Start Tending the Twinge here Because love doesn’t need you to be perfect.It needs you to be present. Curious what’s been pulling you out of presence?You may be playing out your Rootprint — your emotional pattern in love. Take the free Rootprint Quiz to name the story underneath the spiral. Follow on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Join Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkout Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprint All Episodes in This Series Tending the Twinge: What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals Ep 1: How to Stop Spiraling — Before It Even StartsEp 2: You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in LoveEp 3: You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong Ep 4: You Spoke Your Truth — Now You’re Waiting to Feel Okay Again Ep 5: What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay? Ep 6: What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like (Current Episode) Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    32 min
  4. What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay?

    2025-09-04

    What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay?

    There’s that subtle, aching moment in your relationship. The twinge hits. You were laughing just a minute ago, but now—His tone has shifted. The energy feels different.And your body knows it before your mind can name it. So you start scanning the last 10 minutes:→ Did I say something wrong?→ Is he upset?→ Is it me… again? And without realizing it—you reach for your default response: make it better. You lighten the mood. You shift the subject. You bring in humor.You smooth it over before he even says a word. Why?Because the tiniest gap in connection feels like a chasm.And your nervous system doesn’t want to fall in. But here’s the reframe:What if not fixing it was the most loving thing you could do? Tune in to uncover: * Why even healthy love can trigger your “waiting for it to go wrong” reflex * The difference between scanning for the drop “in the moment” vs. doubting the whole relationship * What emotional outsourcing looks like — both in your body and in the way you relate * The surprising truth: It’s not your partner’s job to make you feel safe * How to shift from bracing for loss to grounding in trust — without needing him to change a thing Stop smoothing over what’s sacred? Tending the Twinge is a 9-day guided ceremony to help you hold yourself steady in the flicker — so you don’t abandon yourself in the process.Start Tending the Twinge here. Because the bond you’re craving isn’t rebuilt through performance.It’s reclaimed through presence. Want to know why this pattern runs so deep?You may be playing out your Rootprint — your emotional role in love. Take the free Rootprint Quiz to name the story underneath the spiral. Follow on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Join Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkout Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprint The August Relationship Rewire Ritual (referenced in episode): All Episodes in This Series Tending the Twinge: What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals Ep 1: How to Stop Spiraling — Before It Even StartsEp 2: You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in LoveEp 3: You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong Ep 4: You Spoke Your Truth — Now You’re Waiting to Feel Okay Again Ep 5: What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay? (Current Episode)Ep 6: What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    33 min
  5. You Spoke Your Truth — But Now You’re Second-Guessing It

    2025-08-28

    You Spoke Your Truth — But Now You’re Second-Guessing It

    Sharing your truth isn’t the hardest part.You’ve done the work. You’re articulate. You can name your feelings and speak up when it matters. The hardest part?What happens after. That wobbly feeling in your chest.The overthinking spiral that makes you want to smooth it over or take it back.The way you second-guess if it was too much, too messy, or the wrong time. This is where the twinge hides: not in the speaking, but in the staying. Click here to join Tending the Twinge — the 9-day ceremony to anchor emotional resilience in love.Because it’s not about saying it perfectly.It’s about learning how to hold yourself once you do. Tune in to uncover: * Why speaking your truth isn’t your struggle — but staying rooted after is * The hidden ways you’ve learned to communicate “just right” to avoid feeling wobbly later * The piece you’ve been missing between speaking and self-trust — and how to practice it now * How your Rootprint patterns show up in this exact moment (and why you feel the twinge strongest here) * What emotional sovereignty in love actually looks like — and how to embody it without hardening or hiding Ready to stop second-guessing your truth? Tending the Twinge is a 9-day guided ceremony to help you meet yourself in the moments after the words leave your lips — so you can anchor into sovereignty instead of spiraling back into smoothing.Start Tending the Twinge here. Want to know why this pattern keeps showing up?You may be playing out your Rootprint — your emotional role in love. Take the free Rootprint Quiz to uncover the story beneath the spiral. Follow on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Join Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkout Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprint All Episodes in This Series Tending the Twinge: What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals Ep 1: How to Stop Spiraling — Before It Even StartsEp 2: You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in LoveEp 3: You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong Ep 4: You Spoke Your Truth — But Now You’re Second-Guessing It (Current Episode)Ep 5: What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay? (Coming September 4th)Ep 6: What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like (Coming September 11th) Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    23 min
  6. You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong

    2025-08-21

    You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong

    Things are good. Really good.He’s consistent. He shows up. You feel loved. So why does a part of you still scan for signs that something’s wrong?Why do you keep bracing for the shift — like the good can’t possibly last? This isn’t about being negative or paranoid. It’s about what your nervous system learned to expect in love… and the habit of outsourcing your safety that keeps you from fully exhaling. This episode is your permission to stop treating peace like it’s temporary — and start learning how to stand steady in it. Click here to join Tending the Twinge — the 9-day ceremony to anchor emotional resilience in love. Because it’s not about erasing the feeling. It’s about finally knowing what to do with it. Tune in to uncover: * Why even healthy love can trigger your “waiting for it to go wrong” reflex * The difference between scanning for the drop “in the moment” vs. doubting the whole relationship * What emotional outsourcing looks like — both in your body and in the way you relate * The surprising truth: It’s not your partner’s job to make you feel safe * How to shift from bracing for loss to grounding in trust — without needing him to change a thing Ready to stop waiting for the drop? Tending the Twinge is a 9-day guided ceremony to help you meet the flicker before the spiral—so you can soften into self-trust instead of grasping for reassurance.Start Tending the Twinge here. Want to know why this pattern keeps showing up?You may be playing out your Rootprint—your emotional pattern in love. Take the free Rootprint Quiz to name the story underneath the spiral. Follow on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Join Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkout Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprint All Episodes in This Series Tending the Twinge: What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals Ep 1: How to Stop Spiraling — Before It Even StartsEp 2: You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in LoveEp 3: You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong (Current Episode)Ep 4: You Spoke Your Truth — Now You’re Waiting to Feel Okay Again Ep 5: What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay? Ep 6: What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    29 min
  7. You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in Love

    2025-08-14

    You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in Love

    You’ve always been sensitive. Deep-feeling. Attuned.It’s a gift… until it starts to feel like a burden. One shift in his tone and you can’t think about anything else.One heavy mood and your chest feels like it’s carrying both your hearts.It’s not that you want to absorb it all — it’s that you don’t know how not to. This is where the twinge begins for you: the instant you feel something shift, and your body starts bracing.This episode is your invitation to learn how to stay with yourself in those moments, without hardening or disconnecting. Click here to join Tending the Twinge — the 9-day ceremony to anchor emotional resilience in love. Because being sensitive isn’t the problem.Never being taught how to feel safe in it… is. Tune in to this week’s episode to uncover: * How being deeply sensitive or empathic shapes the way you experience love — and why it can leave you feeling overwhelmed * A simple way to separate what’s yours from what’s his — so you’re no longer absorbing and holding his emotions as your own * The real reason you feel responsible for his emotional state — and how to let that go without feeling selfish * How overthinking and over-feeling feed each other — and how to stop the mental spiral before it starts * A 3-step pathway for holding yourself through deep feelings — so your sensitivity becomes a gift in your relationship, not a source of distance Ready to meet the moment before the spiral begins? Tending the Twinge is a 9-day guided ceremony to help you anchor in emotional resilience — so you can soften into self-trust, instead of outsourcing your safety. Click here to start Tending the Twinge. Want to know why this spiral keeps showing up?Take the free Rootprint Quiz to name the story underneath the spiral. Follow on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Join Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkout Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprint All Episodes in This Series Tending the Twinge: What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals Ep 1: How to Stop Spiraling — Before It Even StartsEp 2: You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in Love (Current Episode)Ep 3: You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong Ep 4: You Spoke Your Truth — Now You’re Waiting to Feel Okay Again Ep 5: What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay? Ep 6: What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    29 min
  8. How to Stop Spiralling — Before It Even Starts

    2025-08-07

    How to Stop Spiralling — Before It Even Starts

    You finally feel safe in love. Or you should.He’s consistent. Things are good.But then… something shifts. A text lands flat. His energy feels off. He’s quiet. Your heart flutters. Your chest tightens. And before you even realize it, you’re spiraling. This episode opens the Tending the Twinge series:What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals.For the woman who knows her patterns—but still gets hijacked in the moment. This series is your invitation to meet yourself before the spiral begins. 🔗 Click here to join Tending the Twinge — the 9-day ceremony to anchor emotional resilience in love. Because it’s not about erasing the feeling.It’s about finally knowing what to do with it. Tune in to uncover: * Why your deepest spirals often show up after you finally feel safe—and why that doesn’t mean something’s wrong * The difference between a trigger and a spiral — and why knowing that difference matters * What the twinge actually is (emotionally + somatically) and how to recognize it in real time * The nervous system cascade that happens inside you in microseconds—and the exact moment where your power lives * A gentle, three-step return to self—designed for the woman who wants to stay rooted when the flicker hits * The true shift: Why you don’t need to dig through your past to stop spiraling—you just need to meet yourself in the moment Ready to meet the moment before the spiral begins? Tending the Twinge is a 9-day guided ceremony to help you anchor in emotional resilience—so you can soften into self-trust, instead of outsourcing your safety. Start Tending the Twinge here. Want to know why this spiral keeps showing up?You may be playing out your Rootprint—your emotional pattern in love.Take the free Rootprint Quiz to name the story underneath the spiral. Follow on Instagram: @ohflow_connectionReach out: hello@ohflowco.com Join Tending the Twinge: https://www.ohflowco.com/offers/QMwwoHF4/checkout Take the Rootprint Quiz: https://www.ohflowco.com/rootprint All Episodes in This Series Tending the Twinge: What to Do When Love Feels Good… But Your Body Still Spirals Ep 1: How to Stop Spiraling — Before It Even Starts (Current Episode) Ep 2: You Feel It All — Here’s How to Stay Grounded in LoveEp 3: You’re in a Healthy Relationship… But Still Waiting for It to Go Wrong Ep 4: You Spoke Your Truth — Now You’re Waiting to Feel Okay Again Ep 5: What If You Didn’t Need Him to Make It Okay? Ep 6: What Emotional Resilience in Love Actually Looks Like Get full access to The Flow of Connection with Olivia Heine at oliviaheineohflow.substack.com/subscribe

    28 min

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ESSENCE is a podcast for self-aware, emotionally available women who have already done the work to heal their past and choose healthy love, and are now navigating the quieter, more confusing edge of it, where doubt, anxiety, or emotional activation can still creep in. Hosted by Olivia Heine, a guide in emotional sovereignty and embodied love, ESSENCE explores the deeper layers of relational healing... not as something to fix or overcome, but as an unfolding process of embodiment, integration, and expansion. Through intimate conversations and grounded reflections, this space moves beyond mindset work and surface-level tools to meet what’s happening in real time, where insight hasn’t quite reached the body yet. Relationships are explored as mirrors and portals: invitations back into yourself and into a deeper capacity for love. ESSENCE is for women ready to relax into and receive healthy, soul-deep love... and to experience intimacy that feels rooted, cherished, and real. oliviaheineohflow.substack.com