She built her whole life around helping people heal. Then she called out the community doing the most harm, and they deleted her from the group chat.

In today's episode, Haley sits down with Leah Drew, somatic facilitator, nervous system specialist, and founder of Mind Body With Leah, to talk about what happens when the spiritual community becomes the thing you need to heal from. What starts as a story about being cancelled quickly becomes a conversation about people-pleasing dressed up as enlightenment, and what it actually costs to live out loud.

• How the love and light movement uses the language of belonging, safety, and unconditional love to keep people small, and why Leah calls that a red flag
• The moment she was silently removed from a community group chat by people she called family, and what it took to get off the floor that night
• Why spiritual bypassing is just avoidance in a prettier outfit, and the three feminine wounds underneath it all: people-pleasing, perfection, and performance
• Haley opening up about spending the first 35 years of her life as the good girl, scanning every room for who she needed to be, and feeling completely alone as a result
• The difference between self-care and performing self-care, and why doing the bath-and-candles routine because you think you should is just another mask
• What living out loud actually means, and why it has nothing to do with being the loudest person in the room

This one isn't just about spiritual communities or burnout. It's about the masks we wear to be loved and what we lose of ourselves in the process.

About Leah:

Leah Drew is a somatic facilitator, nervous system specialist, and leadership consultant who helps high-achieving women recover from burnout at the root level. With a clinical background spanning rehabilitation, pain management, and trauma-informed care, her work sits at the intersection of nervous system regulation, feminine healing, and leadership development. She leads retreats, embodied dance journeys, and her Somatic Leadership Academy, and is currently exploring the intersection of freediving, ocean science, and women's health. She's the founder of Mind Body With Leah and host of the Mindful Evolution Podcast.

Connect with Leah:

• Website: https://www.leahdrew.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindbodywithleah
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindbodywithleah
• Free workbook to recalibrate your feminine power: https://www.leahdrew.com/Recalibrate

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