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
109. How Psilocybin Impacts & Benefits Women with Jennifer Chesak
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In this week's episode, author & journalist Jennifer Chesak talks all about her groundbreaking new book, The Psilocybin Handbook for Women. This first-of-it's-kind manual discusses the way psilocybin impacts & benefits people born in female bodies SPECIFICALLY and I am SO THRILLED to have met Jennifer & can't wait to purchase her book when it comes out June 6th, 2023.
Inside this episode we discuss:
- studies around psilocybin & female brains
- how psilocybin may impact women differently
- psilocybin and your menstrual cycle
- Jennifer's own journey with psilocybin & it's profound impact on her anxiety & grief around pet loss
How to buy Jennifer's Book:
To support The Bookshop Nashville (woman-owned): https://thebookshopnashville.com/item/htJG23OV3XBe2nAcVuU0aQ/lists/L6prSl7jBBd0/
Connect with Jennifer online:
https://www.instagram.com/jenchesak/
https://www.tiktok.com/jenchesak
https://www.facebook.com/jenchesak
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferchesak/
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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