EMBODY with Michelle Major

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EMBODY explores real-life issues that cause stress, pain & trauma and how we can recover, repair and thrive through the challenges in our life.  

Welcome to the conversation!

EMBODY is hosted by, Michelle Major, who is passionate about breaking the stigma attached to women's mental health and wellbeing through a trauma-informed lens.
Michelle founded The Sunshine Project in 2012 after a lengthy career in leadership roles within the financial services industry.

For almost 12-years, Michelle, has supported clients and groups with emotional resilience, stress management and emotional wellbeing.

Michelle is a Somatic Experiencing Trauma Practitioner, Senior Accredited NLP Practitioner, Somatic Educator and Trainer, specialising in stress, pain & trauma.  

Michelle is a Professional Member of:


• ANLP – Association of Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioners (Gold Standard)
• IPMH International Accredited Training Provider
• Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists & Hypnotherapists (Senior Member)
• Somatic Experiencing® International 


When Michelle isn't working, you'll find her on the beach somewhere on the North Coast of Northern Ireland where she lives with her 8-year old son.

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Announcement - Pressing Pause

Mar 18 2024 14 mins  
Michelle is pressing pause on the podcast for a short time due to work commitments and an important work project that needs a final push to get over the line!Please remember to like & subscribe so you don't miss the episodes when we return in a couple of months time.We look forward to sharing the next stage of our journey with you all very soon.Thanks for all your continued sup

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S4, Ep9: The problem with female empowerment culture

Mar 04 2024 37 mins  
In this weeks episode, Michelle, shares her views on the female empowerment culture we see played out on social media platforms.Michelle shares:Why the female empowerment culture is not trauma-informed The link between patriarchy, capitalism, and narcissismThe harm caused by the promotion of privilegeThe difference between cultural norms V's biological norms Why our nervous system

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Feb 27 2024 28 mins  
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Feb 19 2024 55 mins  
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S4, Ep6: Self-love, toxic positivity & spiritual bypassing

Feb 12 2024 34 mins  
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S4, Ep 5: Spirituality, becoming a vegetarian and eating meat again after 17-years!

Feb 04 2024 32 mins  
In this episode, Michelle, shares how her spiritual journey lead her to becoming a strict vegetarian in 2005. For 17-years, Michelle, refrained from eating any fish, chicken or meat. Then, after discovering somatics and becoming more connected to her own body, Michelle, for the first time in almost two decades, began to get cravings for meat again.Michelle shares:What motivated and

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Jan 21 2024 36 mins  
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