{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62e46ecdb27b7b0012d2773c/6a90d89fd3e4bd9041858514?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reclaiming My Body","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e46ecdb27b7b0012d2773c/1789018233435-2b0222a6-3cdb-40a4-b61f-f55d571c42c7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What would change if, instead of waiting for our bodies to demand our attention, we began listening to them more closely and more compassionately?</p><p><br></p><p>In this first episode of Season 9 of Midlife Reclaimed, I explore something I’ve been thinking about in my own life: my relationship with my body.</p><p><br></p><p>For much of my life, I expected my body to carry me. To keep going. To accommodate whatever I wanted or needed to do. But burnout, midlife, and perimenopause have invited, and at times forced, me to pay attention differently.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode isn’t about getting our younger bodies back or turning our bodies into another midlife self-improvement project. It’s an invitation to become curious about the relationship we have with our bodies: the signals we may have ignored, the needs we’ve pushed through, and what it might mean to listen with care rather than criticism.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, we explore:</p><p><br></p><p>• What has my relationship with my body been throughout my life?</p><p>• What might my body have been trying to tell me?</p><p>• What does compassionate attention to the body look like?</p><p>• What might reclaiming my relationship with my body mean in this season of life?</p><p><br></p><p>I finish with a short guided practice, Gratitude for This Body, inviting you to pause, connect with your body as it is today, and perhaps offer a little appreciation to the body that has carried you this far.</p><p><br></p><p>The question I’ll leave you with:</p><p><br></p><p>What is this season of life asking you to reclaim?</p><p><br></p><p>Take gentle care of you</p><p><br></p><p>Shannon</p><p>Burnout Psychologist | Midlife Women's Coach | Midlife Woman</p><p><br></p><p>Website: www.shannonaswales.com</p><p>Email: admin@shannonaswales.com</p><p>Midlife Reclaimed Online Community: https://midlife-reclaimed.mn.co/</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannon.a.swales/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Shannon A Swales - Midlife Burnout & Women Over 40 Coach"}