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
103. Finding Inner Freedom through Psychedelics with Ana Maria Badila from Microdosing Guru
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In this episode, Ana Maria Badila from Microdosing Guru shares her story of using psychedelics to meet her true self and find inner freedom.
We discuss:
- mother wounds & psychedelics
- healing through play
- Ana's journey with multiple consciousness expanding medicines
Connect with Ana:
Instagram
Website
Buy her Microdosing Journal
More about Ana:
“Hi, I'm Ana Maria, a Romanian-born psychedelic educator and personal growth enthusiast. I have a bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Special education and I always loved learning about the human potential and depths of our psyche.
In 2017, psychedelics introduced me to a transformative journey, shifting my understanding of the human psyche from intellectual to embodied wisdom. Now, my mission is to empower you to find inner freedom, aligning your mind, body, and heart for a full expression of yourself. I am hoping to do this through Microdosing Guru, an educational platform for all things psychedelics, and Odin, the first journal for microdosing with systemic tracking, and Microdosing Stories Podcast I just launched. My motto: “Let life flow through you!”
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.
👉 Download the free SHIFT method
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...