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Why You Struggle With Self-Care | SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast with Michelle Vande Hey
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Trigger Warning: In this episode of the SOVEREIGN Magazine® Podcast, host Nicole George reconnects with Michelle Vande Hey, SOVEREIGN Magazine®’s Love Your Life Columnist, to discuss her article “If Knowing Your Worth Isn’t Working” from the October Full Moon issue, “You Are Worthy and Enough.”
They explore how worthiness has become a common message that many people intellectually “know,” yet struggle to embody through actions like self-care and boundaries. Michelle defines embodiment as giving tangible form to an idea, and contrasts “trauma-informed” box-checking with truly “trauma-sensitive” practice that returns power to participants.
Nicole connects embodiment to readiness for change, addiction recovery, and her own health experience, and they discuss unlearning and relearning beliefs, including honoring pronouns and allowing nuance so others can embody their identity and worth.
Timestamps:
01:06 Meet Michelle Vande Hey
01:48 Knowing vs Embodying Worth
04:40 Embodiment Defined
05:28 Trauma Informed vs Sensitive
08:21 Readiness and Identity Shifts
09:51 Pronouns and Inner Work
11:19 Unlearning and Relearning Beliefs
12:57 Intersex Context and Nuance
15:15 Modeling Love and Grace
17:32 Closing and Next Issue
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Producer’s credits:
- Nicole George - Podcast Host | CEO/Founder SOVEREIGN Magazine® | Editor-in-Chief
- Ariane Lim - Podcast Producer + Engineer
- Sara Wagle - Audio Efficiency & Flow Manager
- Marielle Setenta - Enterprise Assistant
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