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LIFE TURNED ON Podcast S4 E17
(CW: Sex trafficking.) In this episode, we talk with coach and trauma-conscious practitioner Joanna Arai about what it really means to reclaim intimacy with yourself. Joanna shares her path from survival and disconnection to deep embodiment and pleasure, all while never having experienced orgasm. Through vulnerability and self-honesty, she’s cultivated a rich, beautiful sex life rooted in presence, not performance.
This conversation explores how true intimacy begins within and how self-connection can transform every part of how we love and live.
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EMBODIED WOMEN Series
How to Feel Secure in Our Own Bodies with Joanna Arai
Although I’ve spoken publicly about parts of my story before, this is the first conversation where I explore the realities of surviving organized childhood abuse and human trafficking in this depth.
Together, we look beyond the events themselves to the ways developmental trauma shapes identity, relationships, self-worth, and the nervous system—and what it can look like to gradually reclaim a life that is no longer organized around survival.
We also explore embodiment, shame, chronic self-criticism, compassion, and the practical role of nervous system regulation in healing.
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