What happens when being strong begins to look a lot like overriding what your body has been trying to tell you?

In the first episode of Sacred She Reset, Cherie Ashana shares the deeply personal story behind the podcast and the experiences that shaped her relationship with her body. After years of surgeries, medical interventions, recovery, travel, and repeatedly finding a way to keep going, she began to question something she had long considered one of her greatest strengths: her resilience.

Drawing from her own journey, Cherie explores the space between resilience and self-override, what it can feel like to become disconnected from your own needs, and the possibility of participating more fully in the relationship you have with your body. She reflects on medical care, self-listening, midlife, menopause, identity, and the gradual process of learning to trust herself differently.

This is not a conversation about rejecting professional care or finding one perfect answer. It is an invitation to become curious about what you may have learned to normalize while keeping everything together.

Where in your own life might you have mistaken override for strength—and what could you begin to notice if you listened differently?

What You’re Invited to Discover:

• The hidden tension between being resilient and continually overriding what you feel
• A different way to consider the relationship between professional care and listening to yourself
• Where years of being capable, dependable, and strong may leave little room for your own needs
• The connection between body awareness, identity, self-trust, and the changes that can accompany midlife
• A possibility that opens when you become curious about what your body may have been communicating

Get your Copy of the 7 Day SacredSHE Reset ebook at https://awakenedshe.com/

About the Host:

Cherie Ashana is the author of Sacred SHE Reset, founder of AwakenedSHE, and host of the SacredSHE Reset Podcast. Drawing on her own journey through early menopause, burnout, healing and reinvention, she supports women in midlife to reconnect with their bodies, reclaim their voice and create a life rooted in greater vitality, self-trust and purpose. Her work blends lived experience with holistic practices including breath, sound, somatic healing and her Four Pillars of Radiance Framework: Health, Healing, Happiness and Heart.

Connect with Cherie

https://awakenedshe.com/

https://substack.com/@cherieashana

https://www.instagram.com/cherieashana/

https://www.facebook.com/CherieAshana

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.

Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!

Subscribe to the podcast

If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

Leave us an Apple Podcasts review

Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.

Disclaimer: Everything you hear on this show is for educational and informational purposes only. It's not medical advice, and it doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. Please consult your medical practitioner before making health decisions.