In this powerful episode of Sovereign Heart, Rachele sits down with Kate Leppard, a seasoned art therapist, somatic educator, and tantric facilitator, to explore how women can come home to themselves through the body, nervous system regulation, and creative expression. Together, they unpack how unresolved trauma lives in the body, how it shows up in daily life, and what true sovereignty looks like when you begin to embody your radiance and trust your inner knowing.

💡 Key Topics:

• Understanding the 4 trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn
• Why self-regulation is the foundation of feminine power
• How art therapy and somatic practices unlock subconscious memories
• What it really means to be in your window of tolerance
• The role of the vagus nerve in emotional healing
• How unresolved childhood patterns become adult coping strategies
• Signs that you're healing: yawns, sighs, gurgles, and the return of creativity
• How to shift from people-pleasing and overgiving to radiant sovereignty
• Why we need to make friends with our nervous system (hint: it's not the enemy)
• The magic of co-regulation in partnerships, parenting, and therapeutic spaces
• How art and symbolic language bypass the critic and awaken deeper truth
• The truth about femininity: it’s not performative; it’s somatic

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🌱 Takeaway Wisdom

🎨 Kate’s Tools & Techniques

• Feeling lines (somatic scribbling to process emotions)
• Bilateral drawing (for brain balance & nervous system reset)
• Symbolic object work (to uncover attachment patterns)
• Anger release practices (like sacred rage containers and self-holding)
• Personalized somatic tracking (recognizing low-level trauma cues)

📲 Connect with Kate Leppard

http://www.kateleppard.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/communityheARTspace

http://www.instragram.com/kate_leppard

Connect with Rachele:

http://www.rachelekehler.com