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Dear body, I'm listening

Dear body, I'm listening

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Dear Body, I'm Listening is the podcast for women living with chronic pain, mysterious symptoms, and invisible illness. Hosted by movement therapist, Pilates instructor, and chronic illness navigator Donna Piper, this show is a sanctuary for those who've tried everything, felt dismissed, and are still searching for answers. If you've ever felt like your body is speaking a language no one else understands—you're not crazy, and you're not alone. In this space, nothing is off the table. We talk openly about swelling, fatigue, brain fog, body shame, and more. We go beyond diagnosis to explore what may be worth investigating—and more importantly, how to reconnect with yourself in the process. Through somatic spirituality, movement, and truth-telling, Donna offers support, insight, and hope. Because healing isn't linear, and neither are we.2025 Higiene y Vida Saludable Medicina Alternativa y Complementaria
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  • Transformation Boundaries: Protect Energy And Design A Purposeful Life with Didi Selwa

    Transformation Boundaries: Protect Energy And Design A Purposeful Life with Didi Selwa
    Dec 11 2025
    "Move forward, take action. It may happen, it may not, but it's just about putting one step in front of the other— doing that is so important. When you go forward, you realize, 'oh, that's not for me', but in the process, you discover what is." —Didi Selwa Drop the guilt of being stuck and discover a movement that meets your body where it is. Press play to hear how embodiment, faith, and small practical steps shift shame, chronic illness limits, and stalled dreams into forward motion. Didi Selwa went from a 25-year banking career to a Certified Transformational Life Coach and Level Two TranscenDance Facilitator by following a mix of mindset training, embodied practice, and faith-guided risk-taking. Her work blends mind-body-spirit coaching with guided movement to help women reclaim confidence and take consistent action. Press play to hear a grounded conversation about how to make affirmations actually work, how movement becomes a tool for trauma release, and why tiny actions matter now. What transcenDance movement is and how it differs from a dance class How to use embodied movement to release shame and trauma Practical mindset tools to turn affirmations into real habits and visioning practice Adapting transcenDance for chronic illness and low-energy days The role of faith and spiritual practice in coaching and embodiment How small, repeatable actions build confidence and creative momentum Connect with Donna: Website: https://www.donnapiper.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnapiper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedonnapiper Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedonnapiper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedonnapiper Episode Highlights: 02:38 Meet Didi— From Banking Grind to Life Coaching 05:49 True Change— Faith + Mindset 10:52 Why Transformation Feels Uncomfortable 14:31 Breakthrough Tools 18:16 TranscenDance— Healing Through Joyful Movement 24:40 Breaking the Mold— Trusting Your Body 31:05 Breaking Old Beliefs and Celebrating Yourself 36:07 How Affirmations and Manifestations Really Work 42:36 Creativity for Healing and Growth 48:53 Confidence, Action, and Letting Go X: You're allowed to celebrate even the smallest wins—celebration rewires shame into momentum. Hear this episode for baby-step tools, repatterning, manifestation, and mind-body movement as Donna sits with Dream By Design Coaching Founder, Didi Selwa. #DearBodyImListening #MCAS #Lymphedema #Lipedema #ChronicIllness #mindset #selfcare #movement #transcenDance #transformation #confidence Quotes: 03:52 "Our purpose is there, we just don't uncover it. It's there speaking to us, and we're not listening." —Didi Selwa 09:01 "You have to find what works for you, what speaks to you and your soul, in order for it to actually have a transformational impact in your life." —Didi Selwa 12:19 "With transformation, it has to have an anchor— and it's uncomfortable." —Donna Piper 13:05 "Just being you and being authentic makes people feel safe to do the same." —Didi Selwa 25:26 "Transcendance is about moving to honor how your body wants to move in that moment. By doing that, you get more in touch with your body to what they need." —Donna Piper 35:50 "Honor and love your body where you are and yourself where you're at, still giving yourself that freedom to transform it as well." —Didi Selwa 36:17 "Affirmations and what you tell yourself 100% affect how you do your life. However, just by saying certain things doesn't always make them come true." —Donna Piper 37:46 "There's more to manifesting than just saying these things and putting them up on your vision board. And what it really comes from is our energy, becoming a vibrational match to that affirmation. So, it's not only saying the words, but also envisioning it." —Didi Selwa 44:18 "I like to tap into the creative aspect, because spirit loves fun, our body loves fun, our mind loves fun. And a lot of times, we don't really give ourselves enough time to do that creative expression." —Didi Selwa 50:38 "Move forward, take action. It may happen, it may not, but it's just about putting one step in front of the other— doing that is so important. When you go forward, you realize, 'oh, that's not for me', but in the process, you discover what is." —Didi Selwa Connect with Didi: Didi Selwa is a Transformational Life Coach and Certified Level II TranscenDanceTM Facilitator in Los Angeles, California. Her life-changing workshops and programs help women break through their limiting beliefs, achieve greater results, and learn to live with passion and purpose. Website: https://dreambydesigncoaching.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/didi-selwa/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/didiselwa/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachdidiselwa
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  • The Science of Feeling Safe: Gentle Practices to Regulate Chronic Stress with Ann Diment

    The Science of Feeling Safe: Gentle Practices to Regulate Chronic Stress with Ann Diment
    Dec 4 2025
    "We are the experts in our well-being and our own bodies, and it's important for us to advocate for ourselves. We're not defined by our past. Our past is gone. It's in the past, and the beliefs we formed about ourselves based on what we've been told by other people or experienced in the past aren't necessarily true." —Ann Diment Some seasons of life push us past our limits, and the body keeps score long before we understand why. Many of us try to outwork the chaos, yet the real shift begins when we finally question the version of resilience we were taught to admire. There is a quieter kind of strength that lets us breathe again and rebuild without losing ourselves. Anne Diment learned this after years in science, health and safety, caregiving, chronic burnout, and a late ADHD diagnosis that reframed her entire story. Her work now blends coaching, EFT tapping, and creative practices to help people unlearn survival mode and create space for healing that feels humane and sustainable. Press play for a grounded conversation that meets our whole humanity, not just our symptoms. In this episode, we explore: • burnout that hides in plain sight • late diagnosis and the emotional impact of reframing a lifetime • ADHD, menopause, and the biology that shapes daily capacity • creative practices that regulate the nervous system • EFT tapping for stress, hypervigilance, and chronic pain • safety, acceptance, and the beliefs that keep us stuck • the pressure of productivity and the truth about energy budgeting • purpose, identity, and the healing power of creative community Connect with Donna: Website: https://www.donnapiper.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnapiper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedonnapiper Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedonnapiper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedonnapiper Episode Highlights: 03:08 Meet Ann: An Unexpected Career Pivot 09:19 Ne Burnout, Inequities in Healthcare, and the ADHD Discovery 14:57 How EFT Tapping Works 23:43 Medical Gaslighting and Weight-Centric Bias in Healthcare 31:00 How Stress Quietly Destroys Health- Global Research Insights 37:35 Energy Budgeting and the Invisible Load of Neurodivergent Households 47:45 Purpose, Identity, and Chronic Illness 55:49 Turning the Tables on Burnout Resources: Get Ann's bestselling book 'Turning the Tables on Burnout": https://worksafeandwell.co.uk/turning-the-tables-on-burnout-book/ Redefine resilience, create calm, and beat burnout: https://www.resilience-rebel.com/ Want to talk about how Ann can support you? Book a Call: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/3wrxrRJIh7CAVnPq7Tc3 All of Ann's Creative links: https://linktr.ee/anndimentartist Buy Art Card and Prints: https://lovefromtheartist.com/Artists/glastonbury/ann-diment Listen to the Creating Resilience Podcast: https://anchor.fm/ann-diment-changemaker Podcast guests can apply at: https://forms.gle/Ec72aQ7wKFs8LWac6 X: Burnout isn't a personal failure—it's your body asking for a softer way forward. Listen in as Donna and Turning the Tables on Burnout author, Ann Diment, unpack safety, acceptance, menopause, ADHD, and the healing power of creativity. #DearBodyImListening #MCAS #Lymphedema #Lipedema #ChronicIllness #ResilienceReDefined #EFTTapping #MentalHealthMatters #BurnoutRecovery #NervousSystemHealing #TraumaInformedLiving #NeurodivergentWomen #HealingJourney #ADHDWomen #MenopauseSupport Quotes: 05:53 "I thought, I'm done— I'm done with the hustle, done with the traveling, the stress." —Ann Diment 06:45 "I could see the benefits of expressing yourself through the creative arts—music, arts, poetry, dance—all these things that help people regulate themselves and express themselves in a safe way." —Ann Diment 11:30 "Our sense of safety can fool us, because you might feel safe, but that could be codependency, and that isn't really healthy." —Ann Diment 12:00 "The damage caused by adverse childhood experiences, trauma can reduce your life expectancy by about 20 years because of this toxic stress that manifests in your body." —Ann Diment 12:37 "I didn't realize that I was in that hyper-vigilant state from a very young age. So to keep myself safe, before I was aware all this, there'd be people pleasing, there'd be avoidance of conflict, there'd be putting your own needs last— that is a tick box for a burnout." —Ann Diment 18:39 "I do come from a prevalence that everything my body does, even though it has all these things I don't always want, is doing everything to protect me. We create safety to survive." —Donna Piper 26:08 "There is no medical research on specifically women and girls until 2017— that's eight years ago, so all the DSM diagnostic criteria are based on men and boys." —Ann Diment 32:16 "Stress kills around three-quarters of a million people globally, which means that lost years of quality living are due to chronic illness...
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  • Loving You Through the Hard Days: A Caregiver's Honest Conversation

    Loving You Through the Hard Days: A Caregiver's Honest Conversation
    Nov 27 2025

    "The holiday is around the corner, and what do you want for Christmas? All I really care about is I just want you to get healthy. I just want your body to stop causing you so much pain, and I want you to be excited about the clothes that you're wearing and the way that your body looks and feels, and to feel like you're back in the driver's seat of your life. And if I can give that to her, that's more than anything I could ever have hoped to get for my wife in her entire life. And so that's why, that's why I keep going." —Timothy James Piper

    Some days ask more of a relationship than anyone ever planned for, and the weight of it can land in quiet places. Chronic illness has a way of changing routines, stretching patience, and shifting the small details that once felt effortless. This conversation sits inside that reality and explores what love looks like when the body rewrites the rules.

    In this episode, Donna's husband, James, opens up about the slow, unclear unraveling that led to her diagnoses and how those moments reshaped their marriage. His story traces confusion, fear, tenderness, and the unexpected growth that comes from caregiving in real time.

    Press play for a conversation that tells the truth without losing hope.

    Key topics:

    • The early signs of chronic illness that made no sense at the time

    • How physical changes impact identity and self-perception

    • The emotional load partners carry behind the scenes

    • The fear, grief, and loyalty woven into caregiving

    • Intimacy shifts and how couples adjust

    • Practical support during flares, crashes, and unpredictable days

    • What this journey taught them about love, acceptance, and long-haul commitment

    Connect with Donna:

    Website: https://www.donnapiper.com/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnapiper

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lipedema_donna

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedonnapiper

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedonnapiper

    Episode Highlights:

    04:03 A Husband's Honest Perspective

    08:53 Unselfish Support: It's a "We" Thing

    25:55 Shared Struggles: Navigating Relationship Challenges

    32:21 The Caregiver's Emotional Rollercoaster

    44:59 When Healthcare Fails: Navigating Costs and Coverage

    49:14 How Has Chronic Illness Changed the Caregiver

    58:39 The Best Gift

    Resources:

    🤔Got a question for me? Every month, I do a listener coaching episode—and I'd love to hear from you!

    Send your questions, stories, or flare-up confessions to donna@donnapiper.com, and you just might hear your answer on the show.
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