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
65. 5 Crystals to help honor your Menstrual Cycle with Leslie Draffin
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In today's episode, Menstrual Cycle Coach & Crystal connoisseur Leslie Draffin explains how to use crystals to help honor your menstrual cycle.
Crystals force us to slow down and connect us with the Earth & the Moon. Leslie believes they also hold high vibrational energy and have the power to heal.
Her top 5 crystals for menstrual cycle health are:
1) carnelian
2) moonstone
3) amethyst
4) rose quartz
5) chrysocolla
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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.
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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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If this episode felt like I was reading your mind… this is where you start.
1. 🔥 Reset your nervous system in 9 minutes
If this episode hit, don’t just think about it - experience it.
The SHIFT Method is a simple, body-based ritual you can use anytime you feel yourself starting to spiral - so you can come back to yourself in real time.
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2. ✨ Want support where it actually matters?
If you’re done understanding your patterns and ready to change them in real time ... Sacred Reset is my 10-day nervous system container where I support you inside the exact moments you normally spiral.
So you can stop abandoning yourself under pressure and finally feel steady, clear, and in control again.
👉 Start Sacred Reset
3. 🖤 Stay in my world
For real-talk, nervous system healing, and daily reminders that you’re not broken - you’re just stuck in patterns your body learned to survive:
Instagram: @lesliedraffin
TikTok: @thewombmystic
About Leslie
Leslie Draffin is a certified trauma-informed somatic practitioner and psychedelic guide for high-functioning women who look successful on the outside - but spiral under press...