There is an intimacy to learning to trust yourself. It asks you to notice what you feel, to take your own experience seriously, and sometimes to speak words you have spent years swallowing.
In this episode, I’m joined by Sam Hadadi, known as The Hormone Goddess and author of Hormone Goddess: How to Live in Harmony with Your Cycle. Together, we explore our relationships with our bodies, the expression of anger, and the patient work of finding our voices.
Our conversation moves between the deeply personal and the beliefs so many of us have inherited about womanhood: the shame surrounding menstruation, the expectation of being agreeable, the unease around female pleasure, and the suggestion that growing older should mean becoming less visible.
We talk about menstrual cycle awareness, intuition, and making room for our own rhythms in lives so often organised around other people’s needs. We reflect on what it takes to speak up when conflict has taught us to fall silent, and how we might begin gently, with a boundary practised alone before it can be spoken to someone else.
Sam shares her spiritual approach to womb work, her sense of connection to the maternal line, and the place of grief in her own experience of healing. We bring our experiences of birth and motherhood into a wider conversation about feeling safe, expressing ourselves, and what we want more women to know about their bodies.
We also share personal experiences of finding greater safety after trauma, befriending our bodies, and discovering that pleasure and enjoyment can have a place alongside healing.
There is room here for the fullness of being a woman: tenderness and rage, grief and desire, wisdom and curiosity. And for the freedom of becoming more sure of ourselves with age.
In this episode we explored:
• Sam’s journey and the beginnings of The Hormone Goddess
• The beliefs we inherit about menstruation and womanhood
• Raising children with greater understanding of their bodies
• Stillness, intuition and learning to listen to yourself
• The luteal phase and Sam’s experience of the “wild woman”
• Working with your cycle in business and everyday life
• Anger, expression and making room for difficult feelings
• Sam’s approach to womb work and connection to the maternal line
• Grief and the personal meaning of healing
• People pleasing, boundaries and learning to speak up
• Feeling supported in birth and using your voice
• Sam’s perspective on the womb and throat connection
• Pleasure, shame and a fuller experience of being alive
• Ageing, wisdom and growing self-trust
About Sam
Sam is a women’s health and hormone coach, somatic practitioner, womb healer, and author. She is passionate about helping women to reclaim their anger, and find their voice and power.
Connect with Sam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hormone_goddess/
As a special invitation for listeners of this episode, Sam is offering 33% off anything in her shop. Use code MARTA to explore what calls to you.
Shop: https://samanthahadadi.podia.com/ef9a79c4-0f92-497e-850f-91a59bc7ff4c
Her book, Hormone Goddess: How to Live in Harmony with Your Cycle, is available from Waterstones, Amazon and independent bookshops.
Connect with Marta
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A gentle note: this conversation includes discussion of miscarriage, abortion, sexual violence, abusive relationships and eating disorders, as well as strong language. Please listen in whatever way feels right for you. We share personal experiences and spiritual perspectives alongside discussion of women’s health. This episode is not a substitute for medical advice.
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Lots of love,
Marta 🩷✨
