In this special episode, Steph is joined by her Uncle Mike — a seasoned physical therapist — to talk all things core stability, movement patterns, and how reconnecting to your body can transform the way you move, exercise, and feel. Together, they created Find My Core, a 7-day mini video course designed to help you properly engage your core, improve posture, and reduce pain.

Mike shares what he sees every day in his practice, how most people are doing core work wrong, and why slowing down and reactivating your deep stabilizers is the true path to strength and freedom in your body.

They also give you a behind-the-scenes look at how they created this program — and how you can start feeling more aligned and connected from the inside out.

🎥 Learn more about Find My Core and how to access the mini course here – use code BLISSUP for 50% off!! (expires 8/31/25)

2:04 – Mike D’Aquila’s background/education

4:46 – movement issues & misconceptions

6:48 – you can be strong with weak

9:50 – creating the stability program

10:15 – how to engage the core properly

20:45 – the reason for joint pain

30:25 – about Find My Core

32:40 – who is this program for

34:27 – benefits of the program

47:33 – results of program participants

56:18 – next steps/how to access

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As May comes to a close, Steph reflects on a month that brought deep transformation — mentally, emotionally, and energetically.

In this solo episode, she shares the subtle (but powerful) shifts that unfolded, how May tends to be a soul-stirring checkpoint in her personal year, and why change — even when it’s uncomfortable — is often the medicine we need.

If you’ve been resisting a pivot, craving clarity, or sensing something shifting in your life, this is your permission slip to trust the process, tune into your intuition, and take the next aligned step.

✨ Includes journal prompts + encouragement for your own season of change.

1:16 – energetic check-in

2:11 – synchronicities and signs

2:50 – reflection for yourself

3:57 – may is the half-way point of my personal year

6:00 – change = growth

8:36 – growth work for you

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Although trauma is never something we ask for, it can become a catalyst for powerful growth. In this episode, Steph opens up about a traumatic experience that caused her hip to dislocate — and how it ultimately led her down a path of deeper healing and self-discovery.

She explores how stress, stored emotions, and unresolved experiences can manifest in the body, and shares tools for processing and releasing these feelings so they don't stay stuck. This episode is a raw and real reminder that healing isn't about erasing the pain — it's about learning to alchemize it.

1:35 – Steph’s personal traumatic event

4:44 – supporting your current body

5:03 – how it impacted her undergrad studies

6:45 – the role of internal + external stress

8:35 – reflecting on the 13th anniversary

9:53 – personal growth from the experience

12:22 – storing emotions in the body

14:11 – tools for processing + releasing emotions

18:00 – seeing pain as a growth portal

20:31 – your growth work

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The Emotion Code by Dr. Bradley Nelson

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