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Ep. 54 Interview with Brodie Welch

In this conversation Brodie and I unfold the effects of contemporary living on women’s health, eroticism, connecting to our dharma and Traditional Chinese Medicine perspectives on living and loving.

In this episode we discuss:

~What is Yin & Yang

~How to embody Yin in a Yang obsessed world

~Cultural implications of contemporary life on women

~How we embody self-respect

~What is the erotic?

~How women can connect with their eroticism

~How do we get our heart aligned with our dharma

~Self-care as a radical act of feminism

~Being a change-maker and having confidence in our knowledge

~Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective on auto-immune disease

~Being an introvert in an extrovert crazy world

~Survival strategies for the Element types in TCM

~The Self-Care Manifesto: BrodieWelch.com/remindme/

~Find Brodie online: BrodieWelch.com

~Interested in Ayurveda school? Book a free coaching call with Amaury here

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