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Listen to international teacher and relationship expert, Michaela Boehm, as she answers questions about intimacy, dating and relationships. Learn how to create 'the spark', and keep it alive, while staying deeply connected to yourself and others in an increasingly busy world. www.michaelaboehm.com Michaela Boehm teaches and counsels internationally as an expert in intimacy and relationships. Born and raised in Austria, Michaela combines her training in psychology and extensive clinical couns ...
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Join Michaela as she discusses how to make the most of the honeymoon phase, what to do when the spark fades, and how to know when it’s time to leave. 00:00 - Phases of relationship00:48 - First exciting phase of relationship03:26 - Building a life together04:36 - When the spark fades05:49 - Is it all going down hill?08:36 - When your partner starts…
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Join Michaela as she discusses how to offer high quality attention to your partner, how to find time in a busy schedule, and where to direct your efforts when cultivating deep intimacy.00:00 - Leaking time 03:11 - Relational attention03:32 - How to give your partner quality attention05:06 - Ongoing relationship takes skill and practiceBuy Michaela’…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent in-person Relationship Bootcamp workshop about the #1 mistake people make when giving and receiving compliments, how to make space for connection, how to shift your partner’s bad mood, and how to salvage goodness from dirty fighting.Register for the next Relationship Bootcamp: https://www.michaelaboehm.c…
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Join Michaela as she discusses anger including two types of anger, common mistakes when working with anger, how to learn from anger, and the dangers of spiritual bypass and rage circles.00:00 - How to work with anger01:12 - Two types of anger02:33 - Working with anger in one’s practice03:13 - Anger is an important part of being human04:58 - Anger v…
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Join Michaela as she answers a viewer question about the struggles to find a man in one’s 30s and 40s, how to find and align your values, and whether or not the desire for a relationship betrays feminist ideals.00:00 - Struggling to find a partner in my 30s and 40s02:05 - Isabel Angélica Allende and intimacy in later life03:22 - Pros and cons of da…
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Join Michaela as she shares the surprising power of an evening routine, reveals her own evening routine, and offers tips about how to construct your own. 00:00 - On routine01:16 - Why have an evening routine?01:41 - Your evening starts in the morning03:08 - The miracle of the human design03:35 - Evening sunlight and avoiding bluelight04:58 - Ancien…
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Join Michaela for an exploration of attachment theory including secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganised styles. Michaela explains each style and answers a viewer question about how to work with avoidant tendencies in otherwise positive long-term relationship. 00:00 - Trends in psychology02:30 - What is attachment theory?03:59 - 4 attachment sty…
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Join Michaela and Steve for a Summer catchup as Michaela discusses her own morning routine and Summer practice regime, how to design a personal practice, how to use journalling and other techniques, upcoming creative and teaching projects, and productivity tips.00:00 - Summer catch-up02:13 - Michaela’s Summer personal practice 03:30 - What makes a …
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about the pros and cons of dating successful men who find other women attractive. 00:00 - Why does my man still find other women attractive?02:19 - Pros and cons of dating successful men06:11 - Using the Coolidge effect to keep the spark aliveBuy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: htt…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about dating strategies to find a partner, dating multiple men, and how to regulate fight or flight in relationship.00:00 - Is it too late for me to find love?00:44 - Dating strategies to find a partner03:19 - Dating divorced men05:06 - Streamlining your dating mission statement05:44 - Dati…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about female sovereignty throughout history, nature merging, and tells a story of her grandmother’s life struggles.00:00 - Merging with nature02:40 - Early morning sun exposure 06:16 - Female sovereignty throughout history 07:54 - Stories about Michaela’s grandmotherBuy Michaela’s Flavors o…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about sourcing vitality, working with deep patterns, when to use structure and when to loosen up, and why a regulated nervous system is not just being Zen’d out.00:00 - Working with patterns and sourcing vitality02:56 - Linear vs Non-Linear Movement03:43 - Introspective awareness05:20 - Mic…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about trauma, how to heal maladaptive coping, curating relaxation, and establishing boundaries.00:00 - What is trauma?04:00 - The pain of maladaptive coping 06:04 - How to heal what’s underneath08:00 - Curating relaxation10:32 - Establishing boundaries in relationshipsBuy Michaela’s Flavors…
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Michaela Boehm tells a story of how she trained herself to face danger after suffering a home invasion in LA and answers questions in a recent live workshop about how to recovery from traumatic violation, dialogues with a woman who’s massage therapist assaulted her, and describes how to train oneself to be a fighter rather than a freezer. 00:00 - C…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about why she does not want enlightenment, freedom, codependency in relationships, boundary function, and the power of energy distribution in the body.00:00 - Why I don’t want enlightenment03:18 - Enlightenment claims04:36 - Co-dependency and proper boundary function 10:42 - The secret of e…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about spiritual disciplines, gradual training, introspection, and how to direct attention.00:00 - Spiritual disciplines and preliminary trainings03:17 - The importance of perception04:20 - When to go deep and how to direct attention06:40 - Chronic pain Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine…
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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives.00:00 - What is a living lineage?03:26 - Why practice is useful for your life06:05 - Enrichment and emergency 07:26 - Gaining more pleasure08:14 - How to choose practices.09:22 - Why do I …
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives.00:00 - Individual and tribe02:56 - What is individuation?04:12 - Coping skills and high functioning trauma 05:58 - The stories we tell about our lives08:12 - Growing up 09:08 - …
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about cosmetic surgery, beauty pressures, bodily changes after ageing and childbirth, and whether or not to go gray.00:00 Beauty, adornment, and mate selection03:59 - Beauty rebellion05:25 - Body changes after children and ageing06:44 - Should I have cosmetic surgery?09:19 - Post-…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop and shares a powerful method to clear stored anger and pain.Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about energy vampires, setting boundaries with toxic people, how to undo a curse, and how to break a bad habit.00:00 - Giving up smoking and breaking a habit04:18 - Release and deescalation from fight or flight08:48 - Clearing accidental pick ups11:02 - Mental vs bodily imprints 1…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she discusses the powerful impacts that past familial, ancestral, and relational imprints have on one’s current experience of relationship.00:00 - Love, lineage, and liberation02:17 - Parental imprints and attachment theory04:12 - Assimilation and individuation05:18 - Parental love imprints10:02 - Ancestral imprints13:00 - Pr…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she discusses relationship myths associated with Valentine’s Day, considers the pros and cons of cultural myths, shares stories from her own dating life, and gives her tips for how to have a great Valentine’s Day without falling into the commercial traps.00:00 - Michaela’s Valentine’s Day date anecdote 02:15 - Misconceptions …
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers a viewer question about how to remain adventurous in relationship, free oneself from past imprints, and live in the fullness of relational and intimate expression.00:00 - Erotic skill development05:23 - Staying adventurous in relationship08:15 - How to reconnect with pleasure10:47 - Energy distribution in the body…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers a viewer question about how to support a grieving partner. Michaela discusses the most common mistakes people make in this area, how to remedy the mommy-son relationship dynamic, why men’s emotions are so often a turn off, new research in stages of grief, and shares her top tips for supporting the grieving.00:00 -…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers a viewer question about how to handle change and growth in relationship, the feeling that your partner is holding you back, and how to handle feelings of longing for romance outside of the relationship. 00:00 - Is my partner holding me back?03:33 - When growth cannot be integrated 05:09 - The benefit of difference…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers a viewer question about when to expect your partner to change, red flags of incompatibility, and what it means to fall for fairytales. 00:00 - Dating potential or not?02:19 - Pretending to be something you’re not03:28 - The spectrum of liking05:07 - Red flags 06:48 - How much change is reasonable to expect?08:32 -…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she discusses her approach to the new year’s period, a powerful journalling process, how to work with oracle cards, and reveals the promise she has made to herself for 2024.00:00 - New podcast season 01:42 - Looking back on 202304:48 - A powerful journaling protocol13:05 - Michaela’s new Substack column16:10 - Creating an ora…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she teaches at a recent live workshop on the subject of unlocking your natural expression, discovering your home flavor, and how to embrace new dimensions of your being.00:00 - Flavors of expression04:52 - Your home flavor ingredients06:52 - Finding your natural joyous expression08:15 - Unlocking new flavors09:30 - Michaela’s…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as energy distribution in the body, getting stuck in your head, addictive energy cycles, and the wisdom of the body.00:00 - Energy distribution in the body 01:34 - Getting stuck in your head02:52 - Overload and habitual tension 04:58 - Power of simple practices0…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as optimizing habits, the value of embodiment, and her hardcore writing regime.00:00 - Secret to regular practice02:22 - Habit optimization 05:54 - How habits form08:14 - The value of embodiment 10:17 - Why do we scroll on Instagram?12:31 - Michaela’s hardcore w…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as the mystery of the human heart and how to navigate a break up.00:00 - The mystery of the human heart 03:22 - The post-mortem of a break up06:16 - Soothing the aching heartFor workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Mich…
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Join Michaela Boehm as she talks with Dr Taz about her new book 'The Hormone Shift: Balance Your Body and Thrive Through Midlife and Menopause’ published by Goop Press.00:00 - About Dr Taz 02:24 - Sharing real information for women05:04 - Misconceptions about menopause 09:05 - The continuum of a woman’s journey10:14 - The key role of adrenals 12:40…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as should I open my relationship and what are the differences between polyamory and monogamy?00:00 - Polyamory vs monogamy08:08 - Should I open my relationship?For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild W…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as the attachment theory fad, healthy markers of a relationship, sub-personalities, and a client story.00:00 - the attachment theory fad01:39 - Healthy markers of relationship 03:25 - IFS and sub-personalities05:20 - Bad therapists project on their clients06:13 - Interac…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as visual experiences during somatic work, Michaela’s evening routine, holding the energy down, and a story of healing.00:00 - Visual experiences during somatic work 01:36 - NLMM practice advice02:01 - Michaela’s evening routine03:27 - Holding the energy down04:42 - The …
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as navigating the complex cycles of womanhood, finding out what you really want, and whether woman have it worse than men.00:00 - Navigating the complex cycles of womanhood03:33 - Finding out what you really want05:08 - When you don’t want to feel 06:28 - Giving your sys…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as how to access the varieties of one’s expression, how much should to give to your husband physically, the art of generosity, and the tale of dating the 5 Rhythms guy. 00:00 - Varieties of expression01:50 - There is energy behind our contractions02:17 - How much should …
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as why s*x can be so disappointing, how to be free of the imprints of an ex-lover, and how to find your voice.00:00 - God s*x vs disappointing s*x02:56 - Craving the imprint of my ex 06:35 - How to be free of the imprints of my ex09:58 - Finding your voice For workshops,…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as breaking through glass ceilings, healing energetic injury, and dealing with self blame.00:00 - Losing touch with my heart when working with trauma 01:34 - Forcing trauma to open03:30 - Breaking through developmental ceilings 05:50 - Working with the body’s energy syst…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as home practice, liberating a lineage, resilience, and high sensitivity.00:00 - Home practice tips 03:49 - Lineage and liberation 08:28 - High sensitivity and regulating intensity For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michae…
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Listen to an excerpt from a talk given by Michaela at a recent live event in which she discusses working with trauma, the art of subtle sifting, how to go deep in practice, and when to begin tantric exploration.00:00 - Turning towards triggered trauma responses 02:30 - How Michaela worked with her own traumas 03:22 - The art of subtle sifting 05:06…
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Listen to an excerpt from a talk given by Michaela at a recent live event in which she discusses trauma, the Zen of freeze, the pros and cons of holotropic breathwork, and how to navigate a relationship with an abusive, traumatised partner.00:00 - What is trauma?04:39 - How to recognise a trauma response 05:51 - The freeze response 08:04 - The Zen …
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Listen to an excerpt from a talk given by Michaela at a recent live event in which she discusses how to listen to the body, how to work with stress and anxiety, how to get out of the head, and how to deal with overload.00:00 - Listening to the messages of the body01:58 - Barriers to embodiment 03:08 - How to deal with stress and anxiety11:05 - Mich…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as the x-factor of attraction, trauma bonding, relationship imprints, and when praise becomes manipulation.00:00 - Ways in which humans are imprinted 04:58 - An example of early-family imprinting06:52 - How we search for love 08:19 - Safe but boring 11:40 - Epigenetics a…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as how to get your partner be more dominant in bed, how to repair a relationship that has drifted apart, how and how to open your partner’s heart through their body and your own practice.00:00 - How do I get my man to be more dominant in bed?08:09 - Tantra and affecting …
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as Neo-tantric fairy tales, how to attract an exceptional man, losing respect for a partner, and hard truths about dating dominant men.00:00 - The neo-tantra fairy tale 04:11 - Michaela tells a story about losing respect for a man05:45 - Hard truths about dating a domina…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as the yoga of the psycho-emotional asana, how to open new pathways in the nervous system, sounds that disperse energy, and more.00:00 - Psycho-emotional asana01:49 - Opening new pathways in the nervous system03:53 - Subtle vs gross04:49 - Michaela’s personal flavour pra…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as peak experiences, hitting new layers in practice, hotness vs communication problems, and the rhythms of long term relationships.00:00 - Relationship problems vs hotness problems 03:22 - Relationships ebb and flow 04:21 - Peak experiences and the doldrums 07:16 - Hitti…
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Listen to Michaela answer questions from a recent live workshop on topics such as hot relationships for super achievers, men’s testosterone, and good dominance play. 00:00 - Hotness for super achievers in relationship08:36 - Masculine and feminine dogmas 10:39 - Hotness vs harmony 13:26 - When men’s testosterone falls 15:25 - Good dominance playFor…
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