Body Wisdom Rising
Body Wisdom Rising is a podcast for people navigating deep change — awakenings, identity shifts, healing, and the sense that the old ways of living no longer work.
We’re living in a time of collective disillusionment and awakening. Many are being asked to slow down, feel more, and re-orient their lives — often without support from systems that were never designed for this kind of transformation.
This podcast offers a grounded way to make sense of these experiences by reconnecting to the body as teacher, the Earth as stabilizer, ancestral wisdom as context, and spiritual support rooted in lived experience.
I’m Alyssa Stefanson, Somatic and Ancestral Healing Guide, and host of Body Wisdom Rising. Each episode weaves together somatic healing, nervous system regulation, ancestral remembrance, and earth-based wisdom to support personal and collective healing.
We speak honestly about initiation, death-and-rebirth cycles, trauma, addiction, disconnection, and what becomes possible when familiar identities fall away and something deeper begins to emerge.
If you’re navigating change and looking for a grounded, embodied way to understand what’s happening — you’re in the right place.
Body Wisdom Rising — where remembering becomes medicine.
IG: @wildfemininerise
Body Wisdom Rising
Episode 43: Alcohol Addiction & Sobriety
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Car crashes, drunk tanks, and self-destruction, in this compelling episode, join Alyssa and Shaun as they open up about personal struggles with alcohol addiction, sharing candid reflections on their lowest points. Together, they navigate the challenging yet transformative journey to sobriety, discussing the methods that empowered them to break free from the grip of alcohol. Tune in for raw honesty, resilience, and insights that could inspire anyone to rise above alcohol abuse.
IG: @thealyssastefanson
Alyssa's IG: @wildfemininerise
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