Life, Released Podcast
Navigating and breaking free of our constraints, by unpacking the raw and realness of life and everything in between. Nathalie and Vanessa will navigate you through the mine(d)fields that are love, relationships, family dynamics, friendships, intimacy, sex, parenting, cultural conditioning, status quo, mental health, and inner truth. Shake yourself free from all that is keeping you from your ultimate happiness. Live life, released.
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Episodes
21 episodes
The Body Map and Our Pathways to Pleasure
In episode two of the "Pleasure" series, we explore the different pathways to pleasure. Many times we don't know our own pathway to pleasure. We also wrongly assume that our partner has our same pathway to pleasure. However, that is seldom the ...
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Pleasure, Please
Starting out the year/season on a juicy note! Ahhh pleasure. One of our favourite topics. It's a feast of the senses that we can embody and experience, not only in the bedroom, but in every aspect of our lives. Pleasure starts when sex ends, as...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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39:00
"Who am I?" with Poonam Stecher Sharma, Yoga Teacher Extraordinaire
Who am I? - The universal question. It's the one we spend a lifetime trying to answer. So many of us feel like we are not living our truth. We might also feel like we don't know what is our truth. On this episode, Nathalie & Van...
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46:47
Masculine & Feminine - Polarity in Relationships & Healing
Continuing on the topic of Masculine & Feminine energies, this week we look into Polarities in Relationships. Many times we come into relationships with wounded and/or not healthy energies and it screws everything up. Nathalie & Vanessa...
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44:20
Should I stay or should I go? - A Survivor's Story with Pili Montañez
Pili Montañez found herself at the difficult crossroads of "should I stay or should I go". She decided to leave. She shares her story with Nathalie & Vanessa. It's an incredible story of courage, self-love, learning, and resilience. It was ...
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38:25
Emily Tan - A Survivor's Story of Self Discovery, Resilience, and Helping Others
In this life, we survive so much. We survive family wounds, cultural conditioning, adversity, and even self-sabotage amongst other things. Meet Emily Tan, a survivor of many things: rape, cancer, patriarcal roles, prejudice, her own non stop to...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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39:33
Masculine & Feminine Energies - A Deep Dive
How many people are saying "I have to be more in my feminine. "I have to be more in my masculine." "The rise of the feminine."? It seems like the terms are thrown around so much these days but, actually, what do they mean? Nathalie and Vanessa ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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34:02
Therapy - Expert Conversation with Reshma Chugh
Honoring yesterday's Mental Health Day, we take a deep dive into Therapy. Vanessa and Nathalie talk with Reshma Chugh, a therapist out of Hong Kong. They talk all things therapy: why therapy, the taboos still associated with therapy, what goes ...
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Nutrition & Body Image with Melanie Angerer - A Survivor's Story
Food can take many roles in our lives. We use it as a source of comfort, security, as a way to pass the time and/or as a reward. We live in a constant war between the way we look, the way we should look, and food's part in all of that. It...
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45:47
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
At one point or another, most of us have asked ourselves if we should stay or if we should leave a relationship. If you have, this episode is for you.
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44:09
Parenting Rollercoasters
On this episode, we peel back the curtain on Parenting. Get ready for a raw and honest conversation about parenting...good, bad, and ugly. Vanessa, who is a mother of two, talks to Nathalie about her experiences with parenting. How it is the ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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44:15
Energy, Gratitude, and other Hippie Sh*t
Nathalie and Vanessa talk about energy, gratitude, intention, and spirits...yes...spirits. They discuss the power of energy and gratefulness. How intention can take you to your highest good and the importance of protecting your energy from ener...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:38
The Chicken, The Egg, or The Yoga - A Conversation with the Incomparable Cary Deuber
In this edition of A Survivor's Story, Nathalie and Vanessa talk with Cary Deuber - former Real Housewives of Dallas cast member, current Nurse Injector, and all around amazing person. Cary talks to the ladies about her journey in all realms - ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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42:03
Relationships - A Survivor's Story
On this episode, the ladies speak with Dan "Cat" Garrett. Dan tells of his story of survival. How he found himself in repetitive cycles of jealousy in relationships, his turning point, and how he adopted a detachment approach that has pla...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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43:20
Relationships - Expert Conversation with Nathalie Sommer
In the first of many Relationship themed episodes, Vanessa talks to Nathalie about her work as a Relationship Coach. What are the common relationship mishaps, where they come from, and how to work through them to develop and maintain healthy, l...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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40:37
Juicy Sensuality
Taking it one notch up Intimacy, the ladies explore Sensuality and Sexuality. Even Hendrix, Nathalie's dog, weighs in. Nathalie and Vanessa talk about sensuality: the definition, our relationship with it, what Tantra has to say about it, and di...
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42:37
Intimacy
Ahhh....intimacy. For many, intimacy is sex but the reality is that it's so much more. Intimacy involves connecting with yourself and others in the most honest and vulnerable way. It can be scary as hell. Also, there are a lot of social h...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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42:09
The Sabotaging Mind
In honor of May Mental Awareness Month, Nathalie & Vanessa take a deep dive into the mind. They talk about the nature of the mind, why does it f*ck with us so, and what they have done to release themselves from these overthinking cycles. En...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:16
Boundary Bound
Boundaries set the blueprint for successful relationships. They are the key to us valuing ourselves and having other do so as well. But man...they are so hard. There is so much guilt and fear surrounding boundaries. On this episode, Nathalie an...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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