Nov 28 2019 55 mins 7
Andrea Glik is a queer, somatic trauma therapist who uses body-based and queer/kink/trans/poly-affirming techniques to work with clients towards inhabiting their lives and bodies. She talks to us about the harm of over-pathologizing our experience, how to begin to feel safe in your body + opening up to your worthiness and capacity for pleasure. We discuss Andrea’s background working on a suicide hotline Identifying the resources and tools you already have Disembodiment while going through the motions of being embodied Using the breath as a neutral tool for somatic experience Where to start when “be here now” is unsafe? How it is unhelpful to over pathologize and over diagnose experiences or have that done to us. How pain and pleasure relate How our capacity for pleasure can signify healing Working through shame around pleasure, which can also be about worthiness Looking at attachment styles and how they affect relationships How to cultivate your capacity and consciousness around pleasure in your life Letting your experience be on a spectrum How healing play and curiosity are How kink can relate to somatic healing What kink has to teach us about communication, consent, play and body awareness How the earth holds so much pleasure for us LINKS Support the podcast Subscribe to the bi-monthly newsletter Book a Session Mary Grace’s IG Mary Grace's website * Andrea's website Andrea's IG Peter Levine’s books Pleasure Activism (book) Wired for Love (book) Come as You Are (book) Polyvagal Theory (book) ***If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy these conversations where we cover related topics. Episode 10 w/ Michael J. Morris - on connection as healing, political witchcraft + the aesthetics of ethics Episode 7 w/ Dara Metcalfe - on reiki, self-healing and balancing finances and running a business with energy work Support the show
