Send us Fan Mail Women’s wellness, nervous system regulation, self-trust, emotional healing, boundaries, and the mind-body connection are essential conversations in a culture that often rewards overgiving, perfection, people-pleasing, and constant productivity. Many women spend years prioritizing everyone else’s needs, disconnecting from their intuition, ignoring their bodies, and pushing through burnout until exhaustion starts to feel normal. In this episode of the ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her conversation with board-certified holistic nurse, health and wellness nurse coach, and founder of Oubaitori Wellness, Samalie Rivera, for Part 2 of a powerful discussion about self-trust, embodiment, women’s healing, nervous system health, and coming back home to yourself. Together, they explore why so many women struggle to trust their intuition, how people-pleasing disconnects us from our inner voice, and why healing is not just about changing your mindset. It is also about reconnecting with the body, creating emotional safety, setting boundaries, and learning to listen to the signals that were always there. Samalie shares practical ways to return to the body during stress, the deeper meaning of the Wild Woman archetype, and what happens when women feel safe enough to be vulnerable, seen, and emotionally honest without performing or holding everything together. Dr. Tovar and Samalie also discuss what is often missing from the current approach to women’s health and wellbeing, including the need to look beyond symptoms and include the emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, and nervous system aspects of healing. If you have ever struggled with burnout, self-doubt, anxiety, people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, overgiving, disconnection from your body, or feeling like you no longer know how to hear yourself, this conversation offers grounding insight into self-trust, emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and sustainable wellbeing. 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Timestamps 00:00 Welcome Back to Part 2 00:30 Rebuilding Self-Trust Through Self-Compassion 01:00 Why Small Steps Help Rebuild Inner Trust 02:00 Gratitude, Prayer, and Connecting Within 02:30 How the Nervous System Affects Intuition 03:30 Regulating the Body to Access a Wiser Inner Voice 04:15 Why Embodiment Matters More Than Mindset Alone 05:00 The Body Has Its Own Language 06:00 How the Body Communicates Before the Mind 06:40 What to Do When Your Body Sends a Warning Signal 07:00 Breathwork, Belly Breathing, and Body Awareness 08:00 Emotional Eating, Body Signals, and Asking “What Do I Need?” 09:30 Why the Intuitive Voice Is Loving, Not Mean 10:00 What the Wild Woman Archetype Really Means 11:10 How to Connect With Your Wild Woman 12:20 Aging, Wisdom, and Caring Less What Others Think 13:15 Letting Go of People-Pleasing Earlier in Life 13:40 What Happens When Women Feel Safe Enough to Be Seen 14:00 Dropping the Mask in Women’s Circles 15:15 Moving From Competition to Connection Among Women 16:45 Ketamine, ECT, and Treatment-Resistant Depression 18:00 How ECT Helped a Patient Begin Eating Again 18:30 Psychedelics, the Right Brain, and Expanded Awareness 20:00 Nature, Dance, Singing, and Right-Brain Healing 21:10 What Is Missing From Women’s Healthcare 21:30 Menstrual Cycles, Energy, Mood, and Productivity 22:35 PMS, PMDD, and Taking Women’s Symptoms Seriously 23:00 Why Women’s Symptoms Need to Be Taken Seriously 23:35 How to Connect With Samalie Rivera 24:10 Final Reflections on Intuition, Self-Trust, and Reconnection 24:40 Closing the Episode Episode Summary In this episode, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her conversation with holistic nurse and wellness coach Samalie Rivera to explore women’s wellness, nervous system regulation, self-trust, embodiment, emotional healing, and the importance of reconnecting with the body. Together, they discuss how people-pleasing, chronic stress, burnout, emotional suppression, and societal expectations can disconnect women from their intuition and inner wisdom. This conversation offers a grounded and compassionate perspective on healing, reminding listeners that true wellbeing is not about becoming someone else. It is about learning to feel safe enough to return to yourself. What This Episode Covers • Women’s wellness and holistic healing • Nervous system regulation • Rebuilding self-trust • Intuition and inner wisdom • People-pleasing and overgiving • Emotional healing and embodiment • Boundaries and self-worth • The Wild Woman archetype • Vulnerability and emotional expression • Women’s health and the mind-body connection • Burnout recovery • Sustainable wellbeing Connect with Samalie Rivera Wild Woman Project: https://thewildwomanproject.com/samalie-rivera-wallingford-ct/ Oubaitori Wellness: https://www.oubaitoriwellness.com/pages/home LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samalie-rivera-rn-bsn-hwnc-bc-ryt-07254082 Continue Your Journey 📘 Book: Deprogram Diet Culture: Rethink Your Relationship with Food, Heal Your Mind, and Live a Diet-Free Life 🎓 Course: Deprogram Diet Culture https://anew-insight.com 🌐 Visit the Website https://drsupatratovar.com 🎥 Watch More Episodes ANEW Insight Podcast 🎤 Watch the TEDx Talk Rethinking Your Relationship with Food in the GLP-1 Era Support the show Thank you for joining us on this journey to wellness. 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