Relationship Alchemy Marie-Elizabeth Mali

From the captivating notion that 'plants invented sex' to the orgasm gap and the transformative power of pleasure, my conversation with Kiana Reeves takes us on a journey through the realms of our most basic desires.
Kiana Reeves, a renowned somatic sex educator, and Chief Education Officer at Foria, brings a unique perspective to the conversation. With over a decade of experience in studying sex, embodiment, intimacy, pleasure, and wellness, she takes us on a journey that traces back to the very essence of life itself.
Tune in to this episode: Sex, Love, and Plants with Kiana Reeves
 Key points covered in this episode:
✔️ Intimacy is more than just the act itself. It's about deepening connection, bonding, and experiencing a myriad of neurochemicals like oxytocin and dopamine, which are connected to pleasure and orgasm.
✔️ sex isn't just about pleasure—it's also a form of wellness. Viewing sex through the lens of wellness reframes it from being an 'extra' activity in our production-driven society to an integral part of holistic wellbeing.
✔️ The orgasm gap is a critical topic that needs addressing. Kiana highlights the discrepancy between men's and women's orgasm rates, stressing the importance of bridging this gap for women to genuinely enjoy and desire intimate experiences.
✔️ Breasts are not just a physical attribute but a deeply sensitive and fluctuating part of our body. It's vital to give them the care and attention they deserve, especially given their tenderness.
✔️ Embracing self-love is essential. The body deserves love and appreciation in its unique form.
 Kiana Reeves is a Somatic Sex Educator, Doula, Intimacy and Relationship Coach, and the Chief Education Officer at Foria. She is a teacher, practitioner, speaker, and leading voice in the sexual wellness movement.
For over a decade, Kiana has been studying sex, embodiment, intimacy, pleasure, birth, and wellness. Her work in this field ultimately led her to join Foria as Chief Education Officer, where she has helped grow and shape the brand over the last five years. 
Her approach is holistic and includes the emotional, biological, social, and spiritual nature of sex & intimacy. 
She is a certified somatic sex educator & sexological bodyworker, embodiment, and intimacy coach, certified full spectrum doula, and mother.
Links:
Website: https://www.foriawellness.com/  
Use Marie-Elizabeth’s code for 20% off your Foria order: MARIEELIZABETH20
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiana.reeves/ 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiana-reeves-124184146/ 
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★★★ About Marie-Elizabeth Mali ★★★
Marie-Elizabeth is the founder of Relationship Alchemy, where she helps women near or in midlife reconnect with their deepest desires and truths so they can build lives of passion, purpose, and joy without shrinking themselves or dimming their light. She does this through coaching, retreats, and community, using her PassionBody Activation Method. 
 
★ TAKE THE “YOUR GROWN-ASS POWER” QUIZ ★
For passionate women having a “Now what?” moment who are ready to turn on their unapologetic power. http://relationshipalchemy.com/power-quiz. 
 
As the founder of Relationship Alchemy® and the PassionBody Activation™ retreats, and two-time TEDx Speaker, Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps women connect more deeply with themselves and communicate more effectively in their lives and businesses. Her clients transform patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way of love, connection, and success in relationships and business. Drawing on her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and over 20 years of working with clients, she teaches women how to show up as authentic leaders in their relationships and work instead of twisting themselves to fit in. Her work has been featured in Thrive Global, SWAAY, and Forbes

Navigating the complex dynamics of working with your spouse can be both rewarding and challenging. Today, we delve deep into understanding these intricacies with Cierra Lueck, an entrepreneur with vast experience in co-working with her partner.
Cierra and her husband started their entrepreneurial journey together, starting with a construction company and later transitioning through various ventures.
Motivated to show her children the power of determination and the reality of success, she has also invested heavily in her personal and professional growth.
Join us as we explore the balance between work, life, and love, and learn how to navigate co-working effectively with your spouse.
Tune in to this episode: Navigating Co-Working with Your Spouse with Cierra Lueck 
Key points covered in this episode:
✔️ Journey Through Entrepreneurship: Growth and adaptation are essential. Your past endeavors shape your present journey.
✔️ The Turning Point:  Facing personal challenges, like Cierra's son's health issues, can be a profound catalyst. It's about showing up, even in the toughest times, and being a living example of perseverance for our loved ones.
✔️ Understanding Individual Strengths: Recognizing and embracing each other's skills is key. Identifying what each person brings to the table can be game-changing.
✔️ Recognizing Needs in a Relationship: It's okay to have needs and to communicate them. Don't expect your partner to always intuitively know what you need. Be proactive in expressing yourself.
✔️ Feedback after Intimate Moments: Transparent communication isn't just reserved for disagreements or stressors. Providing feedback about what you liked or didn't in any interaction can improve intimacy and understanding.
Cierra Lueck has helped over 300 businesses build their audiences and groups on Facebook resulting in consistent and predictable 5-7-figure months with smaller audiences of highly qualified leads. 
She has been a featured speaker for Taylor Welch, Rich Schefren, & John Madsen and is the author of Not A Sales Book. 
She is a wife of 18 years to an Army veteran and a mother of 5 kids (one being a brain tumor survivor). 
She is passionate about supporting industry experts to get their voices heard by the people who need them most with high organic visibility & engagement.
Links:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cierralueckconsulting  
Website: https://cierralueck.com 
Facebook - https://facebook.com/cierra.lueck 
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@cierralueck 
 
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★★★ About Marie-Elizabeth Mali ★★★ 
Marie-Elizabeth is the founder of Relationship Alchemy, where she helps women near or in midlife reconnect with their deepest desires and truths so they can build lives of passion, purpose, and joy without shrinking themselves or dimming their light. She does this through coaching, retreats, and community, using her PassionBody Activation Method. 
 
★ TAKE THE “GROWN-ASS POWER” QUIZ ★
For passionate women having a “Now what?” moment who are ready to turn on their unapologetic power. http://relationshipalchemy.com/power-quiz. 
 
As the founder of Relationship Alchemy® and the PassionBody Activation™ retreats, and two-time TEDx Speaker, Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps women connect more deeply with themselves and communicate more effectively in their lives and businesses. Her clients transform patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way of love, connection, and success in relationships and business. Drawing on her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and over 20 years of working with clients, she teaches women how to show up as authentic leaders in their relationships and work instead of twisting themselves to fit in. Her work has been featured in Thrive Global, SWAAY, and Forbes. Marie-Elizabeth is also a philanthropist and pub

Your intuition is something that’s already in you. All it takes is for you to develop your connection to it, so you can make more powerful and aligned decisions.
But accessing your intuition also means accepting that you won’t be perfectly in tune all the time and challenges will still happen. 
But this doesn’t make your intuition less powerful. What matters is how connected you can be through the ups and downs of life.
Psychic medium and author Marilyn Alauria joins us to talk about how you can access your intuition with your physical senses and befriend it to guide you through life.
Tune in to this episode: How To Use Your Intuition To Make Powerful Decisions with Marilyn Alauria
Key points covered in this episode:
✔️ Notice how you feel before you do something. Have you ever had a weird gut feeling before going to that party or answering that email, and once you did, something bad happened? That’s your intuition teaching you to honor yourself and listen when these feelings come up.
✔️ Promise to trust for 30 days. Do this exercise if you’re struggling to surrender. Take in all the information your intuition gives you and see how it plays out. Keep an evidence journal to record good things that happened.
✔️ Your body is the instrument of your intuition. Summon up a pleasant and an unpleasant memory and associate a color for each. Pay attention if any of those colors show up for you before you make a decision. You can also observe where in your body these feelings are showing up.
✔️ Following your intuition doesn’t mean you’re immune to hard experiences. Shift your mindset: Everything in life happens FOR you. Hard times have something greater waiting for you on the other side.
✔️ The universe sometimes puts you on an active pause for a reason. Your life isn’t on hold, you’re being prepared for your desires to manifest.
Marilyn Alauria is a gifted psychic medium, teacher, and author of the book, “Guides: Mystical Connections with Soul Guides and Divine Teachers.” She has an unmatched capacity to ignite deep, soul-level transformation for her clients around the world. As the creator of Next Level Living and Soul Finder Academy, she has given us a clear action plan for developing our talents, following our purpose, fulfilling our dreams, and living in alignment with our souls. She simplifies the path to living a life of peace, ease, and alignment, making true fulfillment easy and achievable for her students.
After a successful, Emmy Award-winning career in the entertainment industry with MTV and NBC Olympics, Marilyn shifted her focus to sharing her natural gifts and helping others discover their own intuitive abilities. 
You can learn more about Marilyn at MarilynAlauria.com or on her podcast “Who Can It Be Now,”  wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
 
Links
Website: https://MarilynAlauria.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.alauria
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marilynalauria/
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilyn-alauria-8123641a/
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★★★ About Marie-Elizabeth Mali ★★★
Marie-Elizabeth is the founder of Relationship Alchemy, where she helps women near or in midlife reconnect with their deepest desires and truths so they can build lives of passion, purpose, and joy without shrinking themselves or dimming their light. She does this through coaching, retreats, and community, using her PassionBody Activation Method.
★ TAKE THE “GROWN-ASS POWER” QUIZ ★
For passionate women having a “Now what?” moment who are ready to turn on their unapologetic power. http://relationshipalchemy.com/power-quiz
 
As the founder of Relationship Alchemy®️ and the PassionBody Activation™️ retreats, and two-time TEDx Speaker, Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps

No matter your sexual preference, navigating marriage can be a challenge. It’s important to know where you stand and the power you have in making your relationship your own.
Creative powerhouses Sophia and Heleana Blackwell share their experiences as a married same-sex couple, how they handle problems and difficult tasks in their business, and the importance of aligning your marriage with what you want instead of what society expects of you.
Tune in to this episode: Wife Material with Sophia and Heleana Blackwell
Key points covered in this episode:
✔️ Marriage isn’t the endpoint of a relationship. Now that you’re committed, it’s actually where all the work begins, like learning how to set boundaries, saying no, and exploring each other’s different facets. Marriage provides safety and containment for a deeper exploration.
✔️ Marriage needs to be queered, no matter your preference. You don’t have to submit to societal conventions. Be empowered to create your own traditions. Feel free to leave aside wedding practices that you don’t feel comfortable doing.
✔️ There is happiness and joy in same-sex marriages. It’s about time we break the myth that gay relationships are doomed to fail. Sophia and Heleana Blackwell aim to demolish the stereotype and proudly share their journey with the world.
✔️ Couples can make a business relationship work. Sophia and Heleana have recognized each other’s strengths and weaknesses. This allows them to easily bounce off their ideas, take breaks, and focus on being a couple when needed.
✔️ Creative collaboration can open up different sides of people. It also encourages trying new things and taking on new challenges that you wouldn’t have tried if it weren’t with your partner.
Whatever your gender identity and sexual preference may be, relationships come with ups and downs. But it’s crucial to be firm in your values, know what you want the relationship to look like and how you want it to feel, and curate it to become an adventure that brings joy to you and your partner.
Sophia Blackwell is a performance poet, and radio and podcast host for Resonance FM, The Polari Podcast, and Virgin Radio Pride. Her most recent collection with Burning Eye Books, The Other Woman, was longlisted for the Polari Prize.
Heleana Blackwell is a stand-up comedian and Max Turner Prize Semi-finalist who has performed at a range of top London nights such as LOL Word at Battersea Arts Centre, Foc it Up at 21 Soho and 2Northdown, as well as at Brighton and Camden Fringes in 2022.
Links:
Website: www.wifematerial.co.uk
Heleana’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/h_a_blackwell
 
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★★★ About Marie-Elizabeth Mali ★★★
Marie-Elizabeth is the founder of Relationship Alchemy, where she helps women near or in midlife reconnect with their deepest desires and truths so they can build lives of passion, purpose and joy without shrinking themselves or dimming their light. She does this through coaching, retreats, and community, using her PassionBody Activation Method.
★ TAKE THE “GROWN-ASS POWER” QUIZ ★
For passionate women having a “Now what?” moment who are ready to turn on their unapologetic power. http://relationshipalchemy.com/power-quiz
 
As the founder of Relationship Alchemy® and the PassionBody Activation™ retreats, and two-time TEDx Speaker, Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps women connect more deeply with themselves and communicate more effectively in their lives and businesses. Her clients transform patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way of love, connection, and success in relationships and business. Drawing on her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and over 20 years of working with clients, she teach women how to show up as authentic leaders in their relationships and work instead of twisting themselves to fit in. Her

Dear high-achieving people, this one’s for you.
 You are the individuals who light up the world with your passion and zest for life.
But there’s a thin line between being driven and obsessive. It’s so easy to fall into the inability to accept where we are now as we chase after the next accomplishment.
Brandi Molitor aims to help energetic go-getters like you recognize your values, realign your life, and slowly enjoy the fruits of your labor. She joins us to share actionable tips and insights that you need to hear now!
Tune in to this episode: Why We're Obsessed with the Next Rung of Achievement with Brandi Molitor
Key points covered in this episode:
 ✔️ Detach yourself from the outcome. Identify the root of your desire. What are you hoping for when you get there? What will it mean if you fail? Accomplishing your goal isn’t going to fill the void or fulfill your unaddressed need to be loved and appreciated.
 ✔️ Check how you’re showing up daily. Have you been taking care of yourself? Focus on what lights you up about your work and how you’ve been treating yourself. Let go of imaginary milestones – you get to set the rules.
 ✔️ Break out from the blueprint by asking why. Media has conditioned us to pursue the typical image of success: a house, kids, and a high-paying job. Look at your goals through a judgment-free lens and think: Is this what you truly want?
 ✔️ Walk yourself through the worst-case scenario. What would you do if you were unsuccessful in reaching your goal? What’s the worst thing that could happen? Getting a clear idea will give you an objective view of what you’d have to deal with should the worst happen.
 ✔️ Not everyone is the best person to talk to about difficult decisions. Choose someone who is skilled in holding a safe conversation. A community or coach can see things through an outsider’s lens and give healthy feedback.
Brandi Molitor is a white, queer woman who is committed to living a life of truth. She works with high-achieving folks who want to align with their core desires and alleviate their frustration and confusion, bringing them closer to peace and clarity.
Links:
Website: courageandjoyatwork.com 
Instagram: https://instagram.com/brandi.molitor
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandi-molitor-96947016a/
 
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★★★ About Marie-Elizabeth Mali ★★★
Marie-Elizabeth is the founder of Relationship Alchemy, where she helps growth-oriented women develop clarity and alignment with themselves and their vision, so they can attract or deepen their relationship with their ideal partner and create a fulfilling life without compromising who they are. 
★ TAKE THE “GROWN-ASS POWER” QUIZ ★
For passionate women having a “Now what?” moment who are ready to turn on their unapologetic power. http://relationshipalchemy.com/power-quiz
As a Relationship Alchemist, two-time TEDx Speaker, and host of the Relationship Alchemy podcast, Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps women communicate more effectively and transform patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way of love, connection, and success in relationships and business. Drawing on her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and over 20 years of working with clients, she teaches women how to show up as authentic leaders in their relationships and work instead of twisting themselves to fit in. Marie-Elizabeth’s work has been featured in Thrive Global, SWAAY, and Forbes. She is also a published author with an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and an underwater photographer who has a thing for sharks. Learn more at https://relationshipalchemy.com.
 

There’s no denying it. Nice guys are toxic.
Take it from emotional analysis and resolution coach Ashley Cox, who’s been working with nice guys in taking back their personal power.
Men get stuck in this unhealthy archetype in response to unattended childhood trauma and unmet needs.
While it’s impossible for women to force their male-bodied partners to change, they can make decisions that benefit the relationship while transforming it by showing up with more authenticity and honesty.
Tune in to this episode: Why Nice Guys Don't Get What They Want (and What To Do About It) with Ashley Cox
Key points covered in this episode:
✔️ Be in touch with your rage and pain and get comfortable with it. Nice guys are afraid of becoming a threat. So they let go of taking charge. Ashley Cox advises men to be the protector against bad men, their partner’s self-sabotage, and their own unaddressed trauma.
✔️ Be a safe place for your man to express himself authentically. Instead of poking his buttons, explore your disruptive behaviors that block him from showing his real self. Be vulnerable — go first. 
✔️ Appreciate your partner’s efforts! Men and women are wired differently by nature. If you see your man being receptive and trying, don’t forget to praise him for that.
✔️ Women have more power than they realize. Not recognizing and disrespecting their efforts can hurt men emotionally and physically. In the end, both of you want connection. Work on building safety for it to happen!
Many women want an emotionally connected man but most of us aren’t ready to fully receive one. It’s time to find ways to soften up and own your role in the relationship and give him space to show up for you.
Ashley Cox MT, CTP-C, NLP is the first and only female international emotional analysis and resolution coach for ‘nice guys’.
She guides 'nice guys' to use their unreciprocated relationship to create personal power and more wealth.
In addition to getting and keeping their dream women, her clients have collectively generated millions of dollars from regaining their executive function and confidence after tackling subconscious blocks of fear, doubt, shame, guilt, anger, self-love deficit disorder, and pain with her.
Featured on The Conscious Man Podcast, The Profoundly Pointless Podcast, True Hollywood Talk, Disrupt Magazine, and in Lake Geneva Magazine.
Links:
Website: www.niceguyreformschool.com 
Facebook: https://facebook.com/niceguyreformschool
Instagram: https://instagram.com/niceguyreformschool
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/niceguyreformschool
 
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★★★ About Marie-Elizabeth Mali ★★★
Marie-Elizabeth is the founder of Relationship Alchemy, where she helps growth-oriented women develop clarity and alignment with themselves and their vision, so they can attract or deepen their relationship with their ideal partner and create a fulfilling life without compromising who they are. 
★ TAKE THE “GROWN-ASS POWER” QUIZ ★
For passionate women having a “Now what?” moment who are ready to turn on their unapologetic power. http://relationshipalchemy.com/power-quiz
As a Relationship Alchemist, two-time TEDx Speaker, and host of the Relationship Alchemy podcast, Marie-Elizabeth Mali helps women communicate more effectively and transform patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way of love, connection, and success in relationships and business. Drawing on her Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and over 20 years of working with clients, she teaches women how to show up as authentic leaders in their relationships and work instead of twisting themselves to fit in. Marie-Elizabeth’s work has been featured in Thrive Global, SWAAY, and Forbes. She is also a published author with an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and an underwater photographer who has a thing for sh