Working Under Pleasure – Details, episodes & analysis

Join me in todays episode as I take you on a raw and transformative journey from high- flying, soul-crushing world of corporate success to the profound healing power of psilocybin. After decades of battling eating disorders and perfectionism. I found myself in a life- altering shift that helped me rewire my mind, and re discover a sense of peace, purpose, and safety on my body.

Now I am empowering others to break free from burnout, rediscover their voice, and unlock their true potential.

To find out more about how you can work with me, head on over to my Instagram: Iamlucywood_ and drop me a DM.

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*Trigger warning!!!!!! This episode refers to scenes of domestic violence and abuse. Please tread carefully if these topics are sensitive to you, or anyone else listening with you. If you are affected by anything raised in this episode, please reach out to Leah or myself.* Leah Spasova, a psychologist specializing in love and sex, discusses the importance of open communication and the impact of shame and guilt on relationships. She shares her personal journey and how her upbringing in a sex-positive family influenced her career choice. Leah explains how people can be conditioned to repeat unhealthy patterns in relationships and offers advice on breaking those patterns. She emphasizes the need for self-awareness, examining past relationships, and addressing emotional issues. Leah also highlights the power of conflict in relationships and the opportunity it presents for growth and rebuilding. In this conversation, Leah Spasova discusses the importance of allowing people to hit rock bottom in order to facilitate personal growth and change. She emphasizes the need to step back and let individuals experience the consequences of their actions, rather than trying to keep them afloat. Leah also highlights the signs of manipulation and abuse in relationships and offers advice on how to recognize and address these dynamics. She emphasizes the importance of healing from past wounds and breaking the cycle of hurt. Leah encourages listeners to seek professional help and resources to support their journey towards healing and personal growth. Takeaways Open communication and a lack of shame and guilt are essential for healthy relationships. People can be conditioned to repeat unhealthy patterns in relationships, but self-awareness and a desire for change are key to breaking those patterns.

Examining past relationships and addressing emotional issues are important steps in creating healthier dynamics. Conflict in relationships can be an opportunity for growth and rebuilding. Allowing people to hit rock bottom can be a necessary step in their personal growth and change. Recognizing the signs of manipulation and abuse in relationships is crucial for both victims and perpetrators. Healing from past wounds is essential to breaking the cycle of hurt and creating healthier relationships. Seeking professional help and resources can provide valuable support on the journey towards healing and personal growth. Sound Bites "Wrap sex and genitals in shame and guilt, and you control people." "Pathology comes from outside; what feels normal may not be healthy." "Complimentary dynamics: break the connection or confront to destroy what doesn't work." "That's huge." "I'm going to use that rock bottom to push myself up and figure it out." "Sometimes we do need to give people the opportunity to hit rock bottom." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 08:29 Breaking Unhealthy Relationship Patterns 24:44 Hitting Rock Bottom for Personal Growth 30:47 Recognizing and Addressing Manipulation and Abuse 39:19 Seeking Professional Help and Resources

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Hello!

And welcome to todays episode, where there are debates, some upfront conversations, and some home truths talked about on todays show.

Take what you want from the show, as always, and use your own mind with what you do/ don't relate too, everyone has their own opinion.

If you enjoy hearing about this conversation with Isaac, I recommend you check out my conversation with Best Selling Author, and Embodiment Guru, Alana Mckenzie, all about the art of seduction , which you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49AMpdPVE7rkX18qWSPe81?si=VEWqMMgfR3aOyoxHfEjfOw If you ever wanted to hear from an addict who turned their life around from being addicted to sex, drugs, & living on a mates sofa eating ketchup to now being a multi millionaire who now strives to help others to do the same. In this conversation Lucy and Isaac discuss topics, such as -How he overcame a sex addiction -Where Isaacs addictions have passed onto further things such as drugs, alcohol, and partying -Isaacs childhood, living with abusive parents -Living in poverty -Incarceration -The certain 'roles' that a husband and wife 'should' play- yes there is quite a few debates going on here. -Open relationships -Trust in relationships -Boundaries -Girls Trips... to trust or not to trust... another debate here -Ejaculation retention -Male PTs... hahaa! -Cheating in relationships -Man 'boobs' To keep upto date with the show, check out the following: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/workingunde... ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF7VGz7xaqy0nSLPI8HhbVg ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : https://www.tiktok.com/@workingunderpleasure You can check Isaacs Instagram here to hear more about him, and his community the "Wolfpack" : https://www.instagram.com/isaacbglobal/ See you next week, my pleasure seekers!

Hello my Pleasure Seekers, And wow what a conversation we have today for you! In this weeks episode I have Serial Entrepreneur Jenny Alday Townsend, who after finding out that her husband was cheating on her with a work colleague, used this experience to go deep into her own inner work, her husbands, and how she and her husband transformed their lives, and their business' by admitting how they both played this part in the cheating, and how Jenny now is on a mission to help others to heal from relationship issues. To hear more about the show, and to stay up to date, check out the following: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/workingunde... ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF7VGz7xaqy0nSLPI8HhbVg ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : https://www.tiktok.com/@workingunderpleasure If you are trying to determine if you should end or mend your marriage, go check Jenny out on the below. If you are considering giving up your career for your spouse, she is also great to connect with! She is here to show and tell you can have it all! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennyinsrq Website: https://www.jennyaldaytownsend.com/

Welcome my pleasure seekers, to todays episode where I have Author, Coach, & Public Speaker Karin Freeland.

In todays episode we talk all about how Karin walked away from her corporate career, and into a life of true fulfilment, including how she had to courage to write a memoir of quite literally her own yoni (aka v*gina). Karin and I talk all about the realities, and practical steps as how we as woman can transition from the corporate world, into fulfilling our dreams, and thus having a career that fully lights you up.

Karin Freeland is a recovered corporate workaholic. She traded her personal goals and dreams for a six-figure salary, only to wake up one day and find herself in a midlife crisis. Coming out on the other side, she has rekindled her spirit and her dreams. Now she’s empowering other women to get out of their comfort zone, take action, and live their best life. Karin was recognized by Entrepreneurs Herald as one of the Top 20 Life Coaches To Look Out For In 2021. Based in the US she coaches women virtually from anywhere in the world.

If you are currently on your daily commute heading into work, or feeling super stuck, and uninspired then tune into this episode. Karin is one motivating woman!

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*Trigger Warning Here*, We discuss Child Labour, Childhood S*exual Assault, Rape, and Pedophilia. If you feel you would like to not listen to this part, please skip over the following times:

04:25- 07:17 mins

Welcome to todays episode my loves with Shana Francesca. Shana is a Speaker, Writer and Entrepreneur. She has been published in Medium, Authority Magazine, Shoutout LA, emotional intelligence + magazine and Emerge Magazine. Shana’s work centres around Intentional Leadership and Living (life design).

She believes we become infinitely more impactful as leaders, and as humans when we understand the power of community and our role inside of it. Knowing that a corporation, team, family or organisation is a type of community, and that community is an ecosystem where it is vital that every part and person is honoured, and empowered.

We talk all about Shanas background in growing up as a child within a cult, and how this level of trauma, and intensity, that she went through, has transformed her life, in so many levels. Particularly in her business, relationships, and purpose in life.

Shana, shares the complexities that come when you are raised within a cult, and how she by accident left when she was 25. How the illness of her Grandfather, brought her the freedom, and the ability to feel genuinely loved by a man, within a family dynamic. And how she learnt what it would feel like to genuinely feel safe. A feeling she had never experienced in her life.

We talk about the complexities, around how to decondition the mind, and body to attract people who are genuinely healthy for you in your life , and the importance of following, and learning your intuition.

Shana shares how she has now learnt how to have aligned boundaries, and she applies her tools with working with Leaders, her own personal life, and her own business.

We also touch upon how psychedelics how have helped heal, and create new neural pathways to establish a healthy, and transformation in her life. However, the importance of feeling grounded in your body first, and having a strong relationship with your intuition first, and foremost, before stepping into the plant medicine world was crucial for her.

Shana believes that creativity, and sharing our perception of the world, with others around us is what we are here to do, but first we must feel safe within our bodies.

We discuss the power of dominance, and hierarchy, and how in Shanas view peoples language, and body language is the recipe to knowing someones intention, and perception of you. To navigate this is to set intentions, and expectations with others, and if these are violated, how she walks away from them, no matter how long the relationship.

Shanas work is to now help others to understand what is appropriate, within interactions, and the natural world around us. Nothing or no one is perfect, and to continually acknowledge, and respect one another is a healthy way of creating a healthy culture, rather than an unhealthy cult. "Curiosity without respect is intrusive, respect without curiosity is uneducated" (Yep let that digest) . And how good, and bad is the result of recognising the impact, as well as taking accountability for our own impact is super important. The bare minimum isn't enough to thrive within a community!

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This is one incredibly intimate, and wisdom filled episode. Showcasing so many insights into the power of community, and how we can enter into true healthy community, which is what we all deserve.

Enjoy!

Hello my loves,

Welcome to todays episode! Where I have Somatic Healer, Veteran of 10 years, Matthew Bruce. Whose current mission is to facilitate men to open up their hearts, and to empower them to open up their heart, by working through one of the biggest addictions in the world, porn.

In todays episode Matt shares his own journey from starting his healing journey after being in the Forces for over 10 years, as well as his stint in Afghanistan, and how this part of his life took him down a path of being addicted to the dopamine hit, that comes with porn. Resulting in no energy, and disconnected heart, and how this rippled into all relationships in his life.

Matt is a Serial Entrepreneur, and Somatic Healer, and someone who is dedicating part of his life, to bring Psilocybin to help heal men with transforming their lives, by opening their hearts, and living their life to the absolute fullest of their capacity.

This is one magical episode!!!!

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Welcome to todays episode my loves! Today I have Serial Entrepreneur, Afghanistan Commando survivor, & Coach Cyrus Rustom.

In todays episode we talk all about how Cyrus' life transformed when his parents split from the age of 12, leaving him not having a relationship with his mum for the next 20 years, through to how he nearly died in Afghanistan. And how these experiences have had such a profound effect in his own marriage, business, and how he is as a father to his son.

If you are going through a tough time, give this episode a listen, and put it on repeat for any motivation. Cyrus is one inspirational person!

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Hello Hello my pleasure seekers,

Welcome to todays episode, which is a super intermate, and personal conversation with one of my own Psychedelic therapists, Zo. Where I share my story, and experience with doing psilocybin with her.

Zo, and I talk all about the journey that she takes people on, and trust me it is one hell of a journey! That can lasts for hours!

How Zo sees such a difference in facilitating men vs woman when it comes to their own personal experiences, and guiding them through a private session. We also talk about the common themes she sees in her clients, and how they overcome these challenges from sitting with the mushrooms.

There is ALOT we cover in this episode. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!

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Welcome my Pleasure seekers to todays episode!

And what a juicy episode we have today, with Bijou Finney, who is a Psychedelic Facilitator.

Bijou has come from a corporate background, and started her career as a Business Consultant. To now educating Entrepreneurs on how to use Pleasure, Purpose, Prosperity & Plant Medicine to save the world, including in your sex life, and connection with yourself.

We talk all about her journey, with how she got from that place into where she is today. We discuss about how a previous relationship was the catalyst to her opening up, and wanting to help couples to come closer together through the power of psychedelics.

Bijou also shares stories with past experiences, with clients whereby they have run away from continuing, and how Bijou also had experienced her own mistakes, and dark times with the medicine. However her persistence, education, and determination is inevitable from the get go of this interview.

Enjoy, this is one juicy Ep so enjoy!

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