In the previous episode, we explored what happens when you stop overriding your body —and why body awareness doesn’t feel like instant success.

In this follow-up episode of the Bodyful Minds Podcast, we take the next step.

Because for many ambitious mothers, the challenge isn’t understanding why they override themselves —it’s learning how to stay present when slowing down, uncertainty, or discomfort arise.

In this episode, I explore:

• why many nervous systems remain in overdrive even when nothing is “wrong”

• why slowing down can feel threatening rather than calming

• why body awareness has to be practiced in neutral, everyday moments — before you can practice during overwhelm

• how self-empathy, rather than self-correction, changes how we meet difficulty

• what begins to change when you learn to stay present instead of abandoning yourself under pressure

This episode isn’t about fixing yourself, building routines, or getting it right.

It’s about cultivating the capacity to stay present with yourself —so that when life gets hard, you don’t disappear from your own life.

A grounded, reflective listen for ambitious mothers who want to live, work, and lead with more steadiness, clarity, and self-trust — without continuing to override themselves to make it all work.

For more resources on motherhood, career, and body awareness, visit www.bodyfulminds.com, connect with me on LinkedIn, or follow along on Instagram @bodyful_minds.

Many ambitious mothers have learned to override their bodies in order to stay reliable, capable, and in control.

They push through tiredness.
They hold it together.
They keep going — at home and at work — even when something inside is asking for pause, space, or adjustment.

In this episode of the Bodyful Minds Podcast, Katherina explores what happens when you stop overriding your body — and why doing so doesn’t make life instantly easier, but ultimately makes it steadier, clearer, and more powerful.

This conversation isn’t about slowing down, doing less, or becoming someone new.
It’s about accessing the strength, authority, and clarity that are already within you — but that often get shut down when you override yourself out of habit.

You’ll hear:

• why many high-achieving women learned early on to override their bodies

• why tuning in doesn’t feel like instant success — and why that’s not a problem

• how body awareness helps you set boundaries without overexplaining

• how it allows you to step out of conflict before it escalates — and return with clarity

• how it supports you in being a loving, present mother and a grounded, respected professional people listen to

This episode is for you if you want to lead — at home and at work — with more steadiness, presence, and trust in yourself, without constantly pushing past your limits.

For more resources on motherhood, career and body awareness go to www.bodyfulminds.com, connect with me on LinkedIn or follow on Instagram @bodyful_minds

January often brings renewed focus on exercise, discipline, and getting “back on track.”
But for many ambitious moms, movement quickly becomes another place where worth is measured by output — intensity, frequency, or consistency — rather than support.

In this episode of the Bodyful Minds Podcast, I explore why movement doesn’t automatically reconnect you with your body — and how exercise, when approached without awareness, can quietly reinforce pressure, self-optimization, and disconnection.

Drawing on body awareness, nervous system insights, and everyday lived experience, this episode invites you to rethink movement as a conversation rather than a performance.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why movement is often used as proof of discipline and commitment

• How early messages about control, productivity, and “good behaviour” shape our relationship with exercise

• Why the same movement can feel supportive one day and draining the next

• How everyday, organic movement can support regulation, creativity, and emotional processing

• A simple post-movement check-in to rebuild trust with your body

This episode is for ambitious moms who want movement to support their energy, clarity, and nervous system — without turning it into another self-improvement project.

Invitation for the week:
Notice one moment where movement changes how you feel — not how you look.