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
223. How to Break Relationship Patterns & Build Real Intimacy with Christian de le Huerta
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In this episode, Leslie welcomes Christian de la Huerta — transformational coach, award-winning author, and TEDx speaker — for a powerful conversation on love, power, and the spiritual evolution of relationships.
With over 30 years of experience guiding individuals and couples toward deeper fulfillment, Christian has dedicated his life to helping people break free from internal barriers to love and awaken their authentic power. His latest book, Conscious Love: Transforming Our Relationship to Relationships, invites readers to reimagine love as a spiritual practice — one that dissolves unhealthy dynamics and opens the door to connection, courage, and grace.
Together, Leslie and Christian explore:
- What it really means to practice conscious love in modern relationships
- How to reclaim personal power without control or manipulation
- The spiritual lessons hidden inside heartbreak and conflict
- Why authentic self-expression is the foundation of intimacy
- How awakening your soul’s power transforms not only your relationships, but your entire life
Whether you’re single, partnered, or in the process of healing, this conversation will leave you inspired to see love as the most sacred teacher of all.
Connect with Christian:
Website
IG: @christiandelahuerta
Books: Conscious Love & Awakening the Soul of Power
If this episode felt like I was reading your mind… this is where you start.
1. 🌀 Stop spiraling & finally feel like yourself again
If this conversation hit a little too close to home…
If you’re sitting there thinking, “holy shit, this is exactly what’s been happening to me…”
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- and start feeling grounded, steady, safe, and connected to yourself again
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If your nervous system has been carrying too much for too long…
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If this episode hit, don’t just think about it - experience it.
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