Podcast Episode

Rediscover Joy

Rekindling Your Relationship with Your Body and Creativity with Cathy Williams

Sep 08, 2025

Cait Wotherspoon

In this episode, Cait sits down with Cathy Williams from Intuitive Self
to explore how reconnecting with your body and creativity can support emotional healing and intuitive living.

Cathy shares her personal story of growing up with a creative mother who encouraged play, hobbies, and imagination, even though creativity wasn’t seen as a “real” career in her family or culture. She talks about how those early experiences shaped her relationship with art, dance, and expression and how she later returned to creativity as a vital outlet for self-discovery and healing.

Together, Cait and Cathy talk about:

Why so many adults say, “I can’t paint, dance, or draw,” and how Cathy gently challenges that belief.
How using creativity through movement, colour, and play can open us to new experiences and emotional regulation.
The role of the body as a resource, a way to process sensations, hold space for emotions, and build somatic trust without always needing words.
Cathy’s journey of learning to listen to her tired, burnt-out body and honouring what it needed, rather than pushing through or staying in her head.

This conversation is a beautiful reminder that creativity isn’t just about making art, it’s about reconnecting with your body, play, and the parts of yourself that know how to feel, express, and imagine.

Cait also shares a favourite book, The Dance Cure by Dr. Peter Lovatt, which explores the power of movement in shaping how we feel. You can check it out here: The Dance Cure

This episode is a beautiful reminder that creativity isn’t just about making art — it’s about reconnecting with the body, with play, and with those parts of ourselves that know how to feel, express, and imagine.

Want to learn more from Cathy?
You can explore her work and follow along here: