What if the sensations you’ve been trying to “think your way out of” are actually asking to be moved?

In this conversation, I’m joined by movement teacher Manu, who shares the missing link so many of us don’t receive in healing spaces: the body.

Together we explore how trauma isn’t only a story in the mind — it can be a physical imprint in the tissues, the posture, the breath… the places we clench, brace, hold, or collapse.

We dive into:

• What trauma actually is (and why it’s not only “big” events)

• Big T vs little t trauma — and how resourcing changes everything

• How the body stores incomplete survival responses (fight/flight/freeze)

• Why shaking, trembling, sound, tears and movement can be deeply normal

• The truth about somatics (and why “anything body-based” isn’t necessarily somatic)

• How to build emotional intelligence through movement — without pushing or re-traumatizing

• The power of baby steps: pendulating between collapse and opening, safely

• Why this is emotional hygiene — not another thing to “perform” or perfect

If you’re ready to stop judging your emotions, soften the armour, and learn how to meet yourself with compassionate curiosity from the inside… this one is for you.

Manu Mitevova

Yogi, somatic mover, and trauma-informed teacher obsessed with the mind-body connection. Manu created the much-loved online course Hips Like Honey, helping more than 37k people get relief from tight hips, the holistic way. This year, she launched her new somatic membership, Kaya, guiding people to process their emotions through movement so they can regulate their nervous system and feel better.

Connect with Manu on Instagram

Website | KAYA App

About Your Host

Monique Carmela is a somatic guide, feminine embodiment mentor, and space-holder for women devoted to healing, truth, and conscious relationships. Her work weaves nervous system regulation, inner child integration, embodiment practices, and devotional self-leadership to support women in coming home to themselves — not as a destination, but as a way of life.

Through her programs, community, and this podcast, Monique supports women to soften, deepen, and thrive — rooted in safety, self-trust, and embodied truth.

Website | Instagram | Devotional Woman FB Community

Welcome to The Devotional Woman Podcast.

In this episode, I’m sharing the heart behind a powerful evolution — the transition from Good Girl Unleashed into The Devotional Woman. This shift isn’t just a rebrand. It’s a reflection of my own lived journey, and the collective evolution I’ve witnessed within this community.

Unleashing ourselves from old conditioning was never the final destination. It was the beginning.

This new era is about devotion — devotion to your body, your healing, your truth, your path. It’s about releasing the idea that healing is something to “finish,” tick off, or perfect… and instead anchoring into a lifelong, nourishing relationship with yourself.

We explore:

• Why healing isn’t a quick fix — and why that’s a relief

• The difference between pushing for growth and being devoted to your path

• How devotion creates sustainability, safety, and true transformation

• Why things coming up doesn’t mean it’s “not working” — it often means it is

• How to stay connected to yourself through discomfort, uncertainty, and change

• What it really means to trust divine timing, your nervous system, and your sacred yes and no

This conversation invites you to move beyond bypassing, striving, and self-pressure — and into a way of being where your inner work becomes nourishment, not another item on the to-do list.

The Devotional Woman isn’t trying to get somewhere as fast as possible.

She is present. She listens. She stays.She meets herself again and again — no matter what arises.

This episode is an invitation into that energy, that frequency, and this next chapter we’re walking together.

If this resonates, I’d love to hear how this shift feels in your body — and to welcome you into our free Devotional Woman community, where we’ll continue deepening these conversations, practices, and embodied devotion together.

Thank you for being here.This is only the beginning.

Ways to Work Together

✨ Grounded In YouA foundational nervous system and emotional regulation journey to help you feel safe, supported, and anchored in yourself and your relationships.

✨ The Sacred Art of Loving YourselfA deep, heart-led pathway into self-love, self-trust, inner child integration, and releasing shame, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment.

✨ The Embodied WomanA long-term devotional container for women ready to live, love, and lead from truth — integrating nervous system work, conscious communication, boundaries, relationships, and embodied feminine power.

About Your Host

Monique Carmela is a somatic guide, feminine embodiment mentor, and space-holder for women devoted to healing, truth, and conscious relationships. Her work weaves nervous system regulation, inner child integration, embodiment practices, and devotional self-leadership to support women in coming home to themselves — not as a destination, but as a way of life.

Through her programs, community, and this podcast, Monique supports women to soften, deepen, and thrive — rooted in safety, self-trust, and embodied truth.

Website: https://www.moniquecarmela.com/

In this nourishing conversation, I’m joined again by sacred sexuality mentor Janine to explore what it really looks like to live a sensual, embodied life as a real woman in a very full season — business, kids, partnerships, responsibilities and all.

We unravel the pressure we put on ourselves to “do embodiment right” — the 3-hour practices, the perfect morning routine, the ideal conditions — and instead anchor into the truth that our power lives in the micro moments: being present with your morning coffee, watching your children play, driving under a rainbow, feeling the sun on your skin.

Together we speak to:

• Why pressure kills pleasure — in sex, business, motherhood and life

• How to start (or restart) sacred sexuality and embodiment practices when you feel tired, busy, or resistant

• The power of 2–5 minute “micro practices” and how they actually rewire your system over time

• Moving from destination obsession (orgasms, goals, milestones) into savouring the journey

• Remembering that you are cyclical — and why your practices should change with your seasons and your bleed

• Using your inner signals (yes/no, expansion/contraction) as your compass rather than external “shoulds”

• How reclaiming your sensuality and presence impacts your children, your relationships and the next generation

This episode is an invitation to stop trying to “keep up”, to let go of perfection, and to remember that your inner power has always been within you. It all starts with one tiny, loving micro practice.

Listen in if you’re ready to feel more alive in your everyday life, reconnect to your body and pleasure, and create a new normal where you are no longer on the back burner — you are at the centre of your own sacred, sensual life.

Jannine MacKinnon, Sex, Love, and Relationship Coach, supports moms in thriving as their most radiant and happy selves. Through using tools like breathwork, inner child healing, pleasure practices, and approachable rituals, she creates a pathway for holistic, long-lasting transformation in building confidence, connecting to your authenticity, awakening to pleasure, trusting your intuition, and softening into your feminine energy.

Connect with Jannine here: https://www.instagram.com/jannine.mackinnon/

Monique Carmela is a feminine embodiment mentor, somatic guide, and host of The Good Girl Unleashed Podcast. She supports women to unravel “good girl” conditioning, regulate their nervous systems, heal the deeper layers of shame and self-abandonment, and come home to their bodies so they can live rooted in love, truth, and authentic expression.

Connect with Monique here: https://www.moniquecarmela.com/