Do you feel stuck in a cycle of pushing yourself harder, faster, and further, even when your body is begging you to stop?

Board-certified wellness coach Karen Canham joins Aimee to unpack the nervous system science behind burnout, perfectionism, and chronic overdrive.

From her own journey through an eating disorder and corporate burnout to now guiding organizations through nervous system regulation, Karen offers a refreshingly honest look at what real healing takes, including navigating her own separation in real time using the very tools she teaches.

Karen takes us through:

• Why expanding your capacity for stress matters more than eliminating stress entirely

• How to recognize shallow breathing, hiked shoulders, and constant busyness as nervous system red flags

• How a dysregulated leader's energy ripples through an entire organization

• Why nervous system regulation addresses root causes that positive thinking alone cannot reach

• A look at how workshops build trust and create psychological safety at work

And so much more!

Guest Bio:

Karen Canham is a Board-Certified Wellness Coach and founder of Karen Ann Wellness, where she helps driven professionals, entrepreneurs, and organizations move from stress and reactivity into calm, clarity, and sustainable success.

With a background in neuroscience, somatic practices, and parts work therapy, Karen’s mission is to teach nervous system regulation as the missing link between high performance and authentic wellbeing. Her work blends science and embodiment to create lasting transformation in how people lead, communicate, and connect.

Connect with Karen:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/karenannwellness

Instagram: @karenannwellness

Website: www.karenannwellness.com

Connect with Aimee:

Instagram: @aimeetakaya

Facebook: Aimee Takaya

Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education, and The Radiance Program at⁠⁠ https://www.freeyoursoma.com/

What if your body's pain is actually unprocessed grief asking to be felt?

Today, Aimee welcomes Jennifer Kubik—founder of Sacred Pause—to explore the deep connection between grief, the body, and healing.

Jennifer shares her personal journey of losing her two-year-old daughter 18 years ago, and how suppressing that grief led to years of chronic illness, disconnection, and losing herself.

Now, she holds space for others to do what she couldn't do alone: feel, process, and move through grief with community, compassion, and radical acceptance.

Jennifer takes us through:

• How unprocessed grief manifests as physical illness and chronic tension

• Why community and being witnessed are essential for healing

• The "in-between" space of grief and why it's okay to not know where you're going

• How grief work is a deeply somatic, body-based process

• Why holding space for others' grief is more powerful than trying to fix it

And so much more!

Guest Bio:

Jennifer is the creator of Sacred Pause, a space devoted to supporting others through grief, healing, and life’s in-between moments. After the death of her daughter and navigating profound personal losses afterward, she finally said enough is enough and began searching for ways to come back to herself. Through her own healing journey, she felt called to create something that honors the messy, nonlinear process of becoming.

Through Sacred Pause, she offers a grounded, heart-centered presence where people can reconnect with themselves, feel seen, and begin again—without pressure, timelines, or expectations. The biggest takeaway from her journey was that no one should have to navigate grief alone. And that is the center of her mission.

Connect with Jennifer:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CJzy76yhC/

Email: SacredPause.grief@gmail.com

Website: https://sacredpausegrief.com/

Connect with Aimee:

Instagram: @aimeetakaya

Facebook: Aimee Takaya

Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education, and The Radiance Program at⁠⁠ https://www.freeyoursoma.com/

Aimee gets radically honest about what it means to slow down when your whole identity is built on pushing through.

She shares the real story behind her congenital hip dysplasia diagnosis, the emotional excavation surgery has triggered, and why she believes this year of pain and transformation is actually a portal into deeper grace.

It’s an honest look at weight gain, insecurity, intimacy, financial stress, and what it means to choose to feel.

Aimee takes us through:

• The hurricane card–an oracle card pull months before diagnosis

• Her life with undiagnosed severe hip dysplasia

• Why somatic work makes old patterns feel sharper before they resolve

• How her Aries intensity collides with a year that demands radical rest

• How surrendering control in intimacy became an unexpected gift

• The power of slowing down and feeling instead of bypassing

• Reframing physical crisis as an invitation into deeper grace and self-understanding

And so much more!

Connect with Aimee:

Instagram: @aimeetakaya

Facebook: Aimee Takaya

Learn more about Aimee Takaya, Hanna Somatic Education, and The Radiance Program at⁠⁠ https://www.freeyoursoma.com/