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. 1d ago

    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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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
  2. 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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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
  3. 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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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. 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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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
  5. 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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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
  6. Jan 30

    S2 EP23 From Rock Bottom to Real Presence: Recovery, Truth, and Reclaiming Your Life with Wardell Harding

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by Wardell Harding. In this conversation, we talk about addiction, recovery, and the moment life asks you to choose differently. Wardell shares his journey through substance abuse, incarceration, and the slow rebuilding of trust, purpose, and connection. We speak about vulnerability as strength, community as medicine, and the kind of honesty that gives others permission to come forward. This episode is about resilience, responsibility, and the quiet courage it takes to keep showing up, one day at a time. Episode Summary  In this episode, Wardell and I talk about what it means to choose life when old patterns are pulling hard, the long arc of recovery, and the courage it takes to tell the truth about addiction without hiding or polishing the story. We explore belonging, accountability, grief, and the role of community in real change, as well as how creativity, music, and new tools like AI can become pathways for expression and purpose. This conversation is an invitation into honesty, responsibility, and the steady work of rebuilding a life from the inside out. Key Takeaways  Recovery Is a Daily Choice Change doesn’t arrive in one moment. It’s built through repeated decisions to step away from what destroys and toward what sustains. Belonging Heals What Isolation Breaks Real support comes from people who have walked the road themselves and are willing to stand beside you without judgment. Honesty Opens Doors Speaking the truth about addiction, grief, and struggle doesn’t weaken you. It creates permission, connection, and momentum. Discomfort Is Part of the Work Growth asks you to leave familiar patterns, familiar places, and familiar excuses. There’s no transformation without unease. Vulnerability Creates Safety When one person goes first, others follow. Being open turns silence into shared ground. Purpose Can Be Rebuilt Through service, creativity, and giving back, life finds shape again. What was once used to escape can become a way to contribute. Resources and Links 🔗 Find out more about Wardell and the work he brings into the world. Connect with him if you’re drawn to honesty, recovery, creativity, and lived experience. Instagram: @wardellhardingI'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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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.

    20 min
  7. Jan 16

    S2 EP22 The Cost of Being Real: Power, Truth, and Staying When You’re Being Called Out with Cassie Howard

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by the unapologetically real Cassie Howard. We speak about staying with yourself, authenticity without performance, and the power of being called out with love. We touch polarity, mentorship, and what happens when you stop pretending in spaces that reward sameness. This is about holding your ground and letting success and intimacy meet the real you. Let yourself feel what lands as you listen. Episode Summary  In this episode, Cassie and I speak about staying with yourself when being real costs approval, authenticity without masks, the subtle ways self abandonment shows up in business and mentorship, and the moment you choose truth over being liked, touching on polarity, nervous system safety, energetic sovereignty, and the power that returns when you stop managing yourself and let yourself be known, an invitation back to your center, your lived truth, and the part of you that refuses to perform. Key Takeaways  Staying Rooted Changes Everything The moment you stop bending to be chosen, your system settles. Love, work, and intimacy no longer pull you off course. Authenticity Is Felt, Not Framed It isn’t a character or a tone of voice. It’s the signal you live from. Others sense it immediately. Grief Has Intelligence When you let it move without explanation or self management, the body recalibrates around what’s true. Self Abandonment Rarely Shouts It whispers through politeness, restraint, and the habit of making yourself easier to hold. Safety Emerges From Presence Not from control or technique, but from staying honest when the edge appears. Your Center Is Where Power Waits When you return there, instead of reaching outward, life meets you without demand. Resources and Links 🔗 Find out more about Cassie and the work she brings into the world. Connect with her if you’re drawn to guidance rooted in authenticity, power, and lived truth. Instagram: @cassiehowardbiz 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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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.

    22 min
  8. 12/19/2025

    S2 EP21 Staying With Yourself: Love, Truth, and the End of Self Abandonment with Michael Edwards

    Welcome Hello, lovelies. It’s Juliette here, and today I’m joined by the deeply attuned Michael Edwards. In this conversation, we speak about staying with yourself, especially in love. We explore authenticity beyond personality, the subtle ways self abandonment shows up, and what it takes to remain centered when intimacy asks more of you. We touch grief, nervous system safety, and the courage to stop shrinking, even when it would be easier to be chosen than to be true. This is about holding your own field, feeling fully, and letting love meet you without leaving yourself behind. Let yourself feel what opens as you listen. Episode Summary  In this episode, Michael and I move through what it means to stay with yourself, especially in love. We speak about authenticity beyond personality, the quiet ways self abandonment creeps in, and the moment you choose truth over being chosen. We touch grief, nervous system safety, energetic sovereignty, and the power that returns when you stop managing yourself and start listening to your body. This conversation invites you back to your center, your lived truth, and the part of you that was never meant to be negotiated. Key Takeaways  Staying With Yourself Is the Work When you stop leaving your center to be chosen, something steadies. Love no longer pulls you off your axis. Authenticity Is an Energetic Truth Not a personality, not a performance. A frequency you live from, or don’t. Grief Is a Gateway When you let yourself feel it fully, without story or collapse, the body reorganises around truth. Self Abandonment Is Subtle It hides in silence, in softening your edges, in managing yourself to keep connection. Safety Is Built From the Inside Not through control or strategy, but through presence, honesty, and staying when it gets tender. Power Lives in the Center When you stop chasing and return to yourself, life meets you there. Resources and Links 🔗 Find out more about Michael and the work he brings into the world. Connect with him if you’re drawn to guidance rooted in authenticity, energetics, and lived truth. Website: bio.michaeledwards.liveInstagram: @michaeledwards.liveYoutube: Michael Edwards LiveFor more episodes, inspiration, and resources, visit The Scrumptious Woman website. Scrumptious Woman Website: https://thescrumptiouswoman.buzzsprout.comI'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. Touch base: https://feelfullyyou.com/touch-base-anchorPick-A-Card: https://feelfullyyou.com/pick-a-cardIntimacy and Communication Card: https://shop.feelfullyyou.com/cards-1Find 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.

    33 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.