Before you said yes, your body already said no. Thetight chest. The stomach that dropped. The breath you held without realizing. Your body knew. This episode is about learning to listen to it.

Your body speaks in a specific language when a boundaryis being crossed. It tightens, holds, drops, clenches. But most of us were taught to override those signals, to smile, accommodate, and keep going. In this episode, Gwen explores the gap between what the body knows and what comes out of the mouth, why we learned to say yes when we meant no, and what that pattern costs us over time. This isn't about blame. It's about beginning to trust the wisdom your body has been carrying all along. We close with a gentlesomatic practice for learning to feel the difference between a yes and a no before you speak.

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