In this episode Jaclyn Shea chats with Rachel Rae Halder, a somatic trauma resolution coach focused on sexual healing. They explore:

• Why sexuality practices like tantra can be triggering and ultimately detrimental for people who've experienced trauma and what to start with instead
• How attempts at 'healing' can be traumatizing and abusive if they're too much, too soon, or too fast
• Rachel's journey with sexual trauma healing from therapy to tantra to somatic trauma resolution
• The trauma to higher achiever to health crash pipeline and Rachel's experience with it
• How religion and purity culture can disconnect us from our bodies, cause trauma, and set us up for abusive relationship dynamics
• Why trying to fix yourself or believing you're broken can undermine efforts to heal
• Why understanding your 'No' is essential to understanding your 'Yes'
• The importance of going slow when healing sexual trauma
• Why small doable steps is more helpful than doing more
• How smut aka erotica novels can be healing for sexual trauma
• Why growing your nervous system capacity is at the core of trauma resolution, especially sexual trauma healing
• The power of validating your self and making yourself right
• Rachel's Slow Burn program for somatic sexual trauma healing and discovering your unique eroticism
• An orienting an grounding practice led by Rachel

Rachel, also known as Rae, is a seasoned somatic trauma resolution practitioner whose work currently focuses on sexual healing, codependency, and sovereignty. She often works with coaches, healers and leaders who’ve done all “the work” and yet still sense there are unseen life-degenerating patterns dictating their reality. Her work goes far beyond the typical somatic experiencing principles and enters into the nature and energetic or mystical realms of the unseen. She currently lives in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the original home of the Tiwa, also known as Taos, New Mexico.

Website: https://www.raehalder.com/

Slow Burn: https://www.raehalder.com/work-with-me/slow-burn/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.rae.halder/

Jaclyn Explores is hosted by Jaclyn Shea (she/they) a somatic coach, embodiment facilitator, science communicator, and health researcher. With a Masters in Public Health, trained in Somatic Stress Release and Mind Body Coaching, and ten+ years of experience facilitating and conducting research, Jaclyn is passionate about communicating the latest research into somatic practices that help you release stress, process trauma, and live life on purpose. Jaclyn works one-on-one clients through somatic coaching, facilitates a group program called Body Language Lab, and in person and zoom workshops. Learn more about Jaclyn's work on her website ⁠⁠www.jaclynexplains.com⁠⁠ and follow her on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@jaclynexplains⁠

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