In This Body

Ailey Jolie
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In This Body is a podcast that explores the hidden impact of the unconscious on our lives. Through conversations with global experts, we reveal the silent stories shaping our experiences, paving the way for genuine change and deeper authenticity. In This Body asks the important questions: How does connecting to your body change your life? How will connecting to your body allow you to love better and live more authentically? And how does connecting to your body change the trajectory of our shared world?

  1. 2D AGO

    What If Safety Is Costing You Aliveness with Courtney Smith

    What if the wisest part of you isn’t your thinking mind, but the sensations already alive in your body? In this episode, executive coach and Enneagram expert Courtney Smith joins us to explore how fear quietly shapes our choices and how learning to feel what’s here now can restore agency, presence, and pleasure. Courtney shares her path from Yale Law and McKinsey to a body first approach blending the Enneagram, conscious leadership, and somatic awareness. We unpack three core fears: loss of security, approval, and control, and how they keep us looping familiar conflicts and drama triangle roles. We move into practice by welcoming fear, tracking it in the body, and asking, If I weren’t scared, what would I be doing? We also explore pleasure as information, not indulgence, but a compass toward aliveness and truth. You’ll leave with tools to notice sensation, spot fear driven patterns, and choose presence over performance. If this resonated, subscribe, share, and leave a review, then ask yourself: if fear disappeared for one hour, what would you choose? In this episode: 0:00 – Opening And Embodiment Mission5:14 – From Head To Body-Based Presence10:02 – Enneagram Beyond Typing16:42 – Presence Begins With Sensation23:57 – Bypassing With Self‑Knowledge28:53 – Why Growth Is Uncomfortable34:55 – Socialisation, Fear, And Scripts41:48 – The Drama Triangle ExplainedYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    47 min

  2. FEB 5

    Undoing The Gaze with Ailey Jolie

    In this solo episode of How To Be In This Body, Ailey Jolie reflects on carrying breast implants for 15 years and the moment she finally had enough capacity to hear the “no” she couldn’t access almost two decades ago. This is a conversation about consent, power, and why trauma tools designed for single events often fail to address lives shaped by repetition, surveillance, and the gaze. Ailey explores how trauma research centered on male bodies overlooks a common female experience: disembodiment without a clear origin story. From self-objectification to the dulling of interoception, she traces the cultural and clinical forces that teach bodies to doubt their own knowing. Rather than chasing perfect regulation, this episode reframes healing as capacity—the ability to feel fear, grief, and hope while still moving toward what is right. Distinguishing “scoreboard” healing from “story” healing, it invites a different question: not what broke you, but what you were shaped to hold. This episode is for anyone who’s tried every somatic tool and still feels far from home. In this episode: Opening And Embodiment MissionThe Gap In Trauma TheoryA Child’s Wish And Split SurvivalPatterning Danger And AdolescenceViolations In Medicine And AftermathSelf‑Objectification And Losing InteroceptionBeauty Culture’s Profitable WoundsChoosing Explant And Choosing TrustRepair Through Consent And CareYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    44 min

  3. JAN 29

    Stories The Body Won’t Let Us Forget with Hala Alyan

    What if the stories your body carries are the map back to belonging? In this conversation with Palestinian–American poet and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan, we explore how narrative, trauma, and the nervous system meet inside a living body. Hala shares how displacement shaped her love of books and oral histories, why writing still arrives as mystery, and how creative practice can offer coherence when life feels scattered. We move beyond buzzwords to talk about embodiment as a political act—how storytelling becomes witness and resistance when institutions fail. Hala offers practical ways to return to your body: hand over heart, 4-7-8 breathing, hot baths without a phone, and the simple mantra “this is just what’s happening.” She also unpacks why perfectionism makes somatics feel inaccessible and how choosing to feel—even discomfort—builds resilience. This episode is for anyone curious about creativity as healing, building distress tolerance, and holding grief and agency at the same time. Expect clear language, grounded tools, and gentle guidance for reconnecting to your body and your story. In this episode: 0:00 – Welcome And Episode Setup3:37 – Narrative As A Unifying Thread9:53 – How Narrative Works In The Body14:46 – Displacement, Reading, And Early Survival20:47 – Creativity As Conduit And Mystery30:17 – Safety, Downregulation, And Rewriting36:52 – Storytelling As Survival And Alliance42:12 – Memory, Erasure, And Resistance49:07 – Embodiment As Political PracticeYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    53 min

  4. JAN 22

    From Yoga Mat To Therapy Room: Embodiment, Burnout, And Belonging with Megan Campbell

    What if a devoted practice is quietly pulling you away from your body instead of deeper into it. In this episode, we sit down with Megan Campbell, yoga teacher, trainer, retreat leader, and psychotherapist, to explore what embodiment really asks of us beyond perfect poses or polished language. Megan shares how grief surfaced unexpectedly through practice, the allure and limitations of modern wellness culture, and the steady courage it took to move from the studio into the therapy room. Together, we examine the ways embodiment can become performative, and how returning to sensation, cycles, and nervous system awareness creates a safer path back to self. This conversation offers a compassionate look at healing that values both story and somatics, honors fluctuation rather than fixing, and reminds us that sometimes the most therapeutic move is to slow down and feel more, not do more. In this episode:  0:00 – Setting The Embodiment Intent7:08 – Teaching Early And Finding Voice10:02 – Women’s Bodies, Ritual, And Safety17:06 – Seasons, Cycles, And Chakras20:28 – Naming Burnout And Aging Out27:32 – Pedestals, Patriarchy, And Credit34:27 – Fixing The Body Or Feeling It39:42 – Seeing Nervous Systems In Motion45:42 – Windows Of Tolerance In PracticeYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    47 min

  5. JAN 15

    What If Your Body Is Where The Divine Lives with Brandon Nappi

    What if your body isn’t a barrier to spirituality, but the place where the sacred actually meets you. This is the heart of the conversation with spiritual teacher and retreat leader Brandon Nappi, whose work weaves together Christian mysticism, Zen practice, and somatic healing. Together, we explore a spirituality that is grounded, honest, and lived through the body. Brandon shares how his understanding of faith was transformed through contemplative practice and relationship, learning to hold both insight and belovedness at once. We name the ways body and spirit have been divided through history, and we also remember the quieter traditions that insisted on an embodied faith. This episode offers a practical, compassionate invitation to begin where sensation and breath are available, to build capacity through daily practice, and to meet discomfort without bypassing it. For anyone engaged in leadership, healing, or inner work, this conversation is a reminder that the body can be a place of refuge, devotion, and return. In this episode:  0:00 – Welcome And Embodiment Framing3:26 – Body As Home: Defining Embodiment 11:11 –  Meeting Buddhism And Somatics16:43 – Practice Grounding: Zazen And Breath22:24 – How The Body Was Split From Spirit29:27 – Slow Repair: Somatics And Unlearning32:42 – Men’s Work: From Fragility To Feeling39:34 – Why Spirit Still Matters In Somatics46:00 – The Bandage Story: Sitting With PainYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    49 min

  6. JAN 8

    Why People-Pleasing Isn’t Kindness: Healing The Fawn Response With Dr Ingrid Clayton

    In this episode of How To Be In This Body, we explore the fawn response as an adaptive survival strategy (not a character flaw) and trace a gentle path from self-abandonment back to self-contact. Dr. Ingrid Clayton, clinical psychologist and author, brings together clinical insight, lived experience, and practical tools for building internal safety and reducing shame. Together, Ailey and Ingrid unpack how fawning develops, why danger can feel familiar, and how our bodies learn to prioritize connection over selfhood. This conversation offers compassion, language, and embodied understanding for anyone who has learned to appease in order to survive and who is ready to begin coming home to themselves. In this episode: 0:00 – Embodiment And Show Welcome1:47 – Meet Dr Ingrid Clayton8:16 – Agency, Validation And Reclaiming Story16:28 – The Missing Discourse On Fawning20:26 – Codependency Versus Trauma Response23:27 – How Fawning Feels In The Body28:34 – From Self-Abandonment To Self-Contact34:57 – Fawning In The Therapy Room 41:34 – Trust Your Body’s Unique Path44:27 – Everyday Practices For RegulationYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    46 min

  7. JAN 1

    Who Am I When I'm Not Needed: Health, Identity, and the End of Performing with Ailey Jolie

    Join Ailey Jolie for a raw and personal solo episode of How To Be In This Body. In this New Year's reflection, Ailey shares what happened when her body stopped letting her perform; a year of health crises, the real story behind her viral posts, and the decision to focus her attention on her upcoming book and course INBODY.  In this episode, she explores what it means to let go of an identity built around being needed, why she's done setting goals from the neck up, and the question she's carrying into this year: how do I actually want to spend my time? This episode is for anyone in their own season of stopping, listening, or questioning what comes next.  In this episode:  0:00 – Welcome and Embodiment Focus 1:16 – New Year Messaging Challenged 3:06 – Illness as Unwanted Teacher 8:15 – Writing from Inside the Body 10:31 – Calm Versus Capacity 22:31 – Stopping the Performance 26:00 – Self-Regulation Needs Co-Regulation 33:20 – Holding Less to Live More 39:20 – Capacity, Fawn Response, and NeedsYou can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    41 min

  8. 08/14/2025

    The Body Knows: Healing, Hypervigilance, and the Pace of Trust with Ailey Jolie

    Join Ailey Jolie for a tender and personal solo episode of In This Body, where she weaves a health update, insights from a sacred MRI, and listener questions into a nuanced meditation on embodiment. Ailey explores the delicate terrain between anxiety and intuition, the truth about hypervigilance and self-trust, and how regulation can sometimes be disguised compliance. She reflects on the role of anger as sacred information, the necessity of honoring the body’s pace, and the deep practice of meeting life without forcing it. Through her own story, she invites you to listen more deeply; to yourself, to your body, and to the spaces in between. We hope you enjoy the episode. In this episode: 01:00 – Personal Journey through medical Challenges 03:18 – The Importance of listening to the Body 07:53 – Navigating Intuition vs. Anxiety 10:32 – Understanding Hypervigilance and Nervous System Regulation 28:29 – Navigating Disconnection and Cultural Norms 32:25 – Understanding the Threat of Embodiment Work 37:16 – Distinguishing authentic Needs from Conditioning 41:08 – The Challenge of receiving Love 45:06 – Authentic Regulation vs. Comliance 49:15 – Reclaiming Anger without bypassing You can read the transcript here Learn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: WebsiteFollow: InstagramExplore: SubstackExperience: Insight TimerSign up: InBodyMethodEmail: info@aileyjolie.comTo follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: InstagramFind: WebsiteEmail: inthisbody@aileyjolie.comLearn more about Ailey Jolie: Find: Website Follow: Instagram Explore: Substack Experience: Insight Timer Sign up: InBodyMethod Email: info@aileyjolie.com To follow along with the In This Body podcast: Follow: Instagram Find: Website Email: info@aileyjolie.com

    53 min
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In This Body is a podcast that explores the hidden impact of the unconscious on our lives. Through conversations with global experts, we reveal the silent stories shaping our experiences, paving the way for genuine change and deeper authenticity. In This Body asks the important questions: How does connecting to your body change your life? How will connecting to your body allow you to love better and live more authentically? And how does connecting to your body change the trajectory of our shared world?

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  • Creator
    Ailey Jolie
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 In This Body
  • Show Website
    In This Body

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