The Light Within: Embodied Nervous System Healing for Spiritual Women
The Light Within is a podcast for high-functioning, spiritually curious women who are ready to stop abandoning themselves and step into embodied self-leadership.
Hosted by Leslie Draffin - trauma-informed somatic practitioner, psychedelic microdosing guide, and former television news anchor - this show explores what it actually takes to heal your nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and reclaim your embodied power.
Because many successful women look calm and capable on the outside… while their nervous system is quietly living in survival mode.
Inside these short, powerful episodes we explore:
• nervous system healing for women
• burnout and the hidden patterns of self-abandonment
• somatic practices for emotional regulation
• womb wisdom and feminine embodiment
• intuition, expansion, and sacred psychedelic medicine
You’ll also hear conversations with therapists, healers, coaches, and thought leaders exploring the messy, beautiful, and sometimes taboo ways women reclaim their embodied sovereign power.
This show isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about remembering who the f*ck you are and learning how to trust your body again.
Welcome to The Light Within.
The Light Within: Embodied Nervous System Healing for Spiritual Women
63. Why your Diet & Exercise Routine is Messing up your Cycle with Leslie Draffin
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Your diet and exercise routine is (PROBABLY) screwing up your menstrual cycle. There, I said it.
In this episode, Menstrual Cycle Coach Leslie Draffin explains why the things you've heard when it comes to diet and exercise are NOT meant for menstruators. And what you can do instead, if you're looking to get in alignment with your cycle while still working toward your health and fitness goals.
LINK TO MY FREE CYCLE TRACKER
LINK TO THE SUPPLEMENTS I USE
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If this at all resonates with you, I'd love to chat! You can book a free 30 minute cycle check-in with me or message me on Instagram @lesliedraffin or @thelightwithinpodcast to find out about my new group coaching course launching in May.
Remember our planner giveaway with Creekside Press is still going on. Find out how to enter by checking out episode 57 with Jaclyn Van Beek.
Email us if you have questions or you know someone who'd make a great guest on this show: thelightwithinpodcast@gmail.com
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Please note: The views and opinions expressed by guests on The Light Within are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host.
Want to be a guest on The Light Within? Send Leslie Draffin a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/thelightwithin
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