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
62. Track Your Cycle & Improve Your Life with Leslie Draffin
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In today's mini-episode, Menstrual Cycle Coach Leslie Draffin breaks down the details when it comes to tracking your cycle.
She explains why it's important, how to get started and a few tricks to help you remember to track your cycle.
Why would you want to track your cycle?
- To clear up confusion about when you ovulate and when you bleed
- To live in tune with the ever-changing hormones associated with the menstrual cycle
- To plan out life’s big events (like asking for a raise & going on a first date) in conjunction with your optimal cycle days
- To boost productivity, happiness, inner peace & beat burnout
- To help boost body image & sex drive
- To honor the divine cyclical nature within you!
LINK TO MY FREE CYCLE TRACKER
LINK TO THE SUPPLEMENTS I USE
(USE MY PRC CODE 676502 FOR A DISCOUNT!)
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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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...