In this episode, we explore the kind of wanting many women have been quietly trained out of — not achievement or performance, but honest, embodied desire. The kind that feels vulnerable to admit.

We talk about “desire smuggling,” the subtle ways we hide what we want to avoid rejection, and how naming our desires builds self-trust, intimacy, and aliveness — even when the answer is no.

Your wanting isn’t selfish or dramatic. It’s information. It’s integrity. It’s the doorway back to feeling turned on by your life.

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We’re between podcast seasons, but I didn’t want to disappear on you completely, so I’m dropping in with a short mini-series on a theme that keeps surfacing in my life and work: receiving.

In this episode, we explore why receiving can feel uncomfortable — even selfish — especially for high-capacity, high-achieving women.

If you’re the planner, the emotional anchor, the one everyone relies on, this conversation is for you.

We talk about:

• Why we default to giving
• How cultural models of extraction shape women’s relationship to desire
• The connection between receiving, nervous system regulation, and sexuality
• Why generosity without replenishment becomes depletion

Giving is beautiful. But when you do not know how to receive — emotionally, energetically, or sexually — your generosity can quietly turn into exhaustion.

Learning to receive is not indulgent. It is what makes your strength sustainable and your relationships reciprocal.

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In this special episode, Kayla Moore and Shauna Stewart reflect on the magic and transformation that unfolded at the recent Shed Retreat. They share intimate behind-the-scenes moments, the unexpected breakthroughs, and the profound sense of connection that emerged as a diverse group of women came together to share, heal, and transform.

From guided meditations and deep, vulnerable conversations to singing circles that cracked hearts open, this retreat created a space where participants could return to themselves — and to each other — in powerful new ways.

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