Ecstatic Life

There was a time when being in my body felt unbearable… so I left it.

In this deeply personal episode, I share my journey from disconnection and dissociation after trauma, to feeling safe, grounded, and fully at home within myself. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, numbness, overwhelm, or feeling like you’re living in your head instead of your body—this conversation is for you.

I break down the beginner’s path to embodiment—the gentle, foundational practices that actually helped me heal my nervous system and reconnect after 15+ years of searching. Nothing extreme. Nothing performative. Just simple, powerful ways to begin coming back to yourself.

Inside this episode:

• What disembodiment really looks like (and why it happens)
• My personal healing journey through trauma and anxiety
• The shift that changed everything
• 4 beginner-friendly practices to reconnect with your body today (breath, movement, self-touch, and mindful awareness)

This is your invitation to soften, to slow down, and to start building a relationship with your body that feels safe, loving, and alive.

✨ Ready to go deeper?
Join me for my free live experience: Embodied: The Beginner’s Journey — a free 1-hour online class where I’ll walk you through these practices in real time.

https://www.nicolegoffspeaks.com/embodiment-workshop-page 

✨ Want ongoing support and sisterhood?
Come inside The Ecstatic Life Academy—my online community where we explore nervous system healing, embodiment, and feminine reclamation together.

https://ecstaticlife.nicolegoffspeaks.com/communities/groups/ecstatic-life/home?invite=69e24cb27bec7f729878e6e3 

What happens when you finally “get the body”… but lose yourself in the process?

In this episode, I sit down with certified nutritionist and personal trainer Sarah Pettitt to talk about the messy, nonlinear path to true health. From navigating an unhealthy marriage, depression, and heavy drinking during COVID… to diving headfirst into extreme dieting and overtraining that led to burnout, injury, and gut issues—Sarah shares the raw truth behind her transformation.

And here’s the twist: her real healing didn’t come from pushing harder. It came from softening.

We talk about the pressure of diet culture, the lie that smaller always equals better, and why a body that looks “good” but feels like shit is not the goal. Sarah opens up about rebuilding her relationship with food through simple, nourishing meals—no tracking, no obsession—and creating a sustainable routine as a single mom.

She breaks down her PFF method (protein, fiber, fat), the importance of actually eating enough, and how to move your body in a way that supports your life—not consumes it.

This conversation is your permission slip to step off the hamster wheel… to release the all-or-nothing mindset… and to find a way of caring for your body that feels like freedom.

Because “small” doesn’t mean sexy if it costs you your joy.

If you’ve been stuck in cycles of restriction, burnout, or starting over—this one will land deep.

Connect with Sarah:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesarahpettitt/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesarahpettitt
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✨ Join The Ecstatic Life Academy

If you’re ready to heal your nervous system, reconnect with yourself, and be held in real sisterhood… come join us inside The Ecstatic Life Academy.

I share weekly somatic and trauma-healing practices to support you in creating a life that actually feels good.

Join us here:
https://ecstaticlife.nicolegoffspeaks.com/communities/groups/ecstatic-life/home?invite=69d82b6954e75d775ef50bd1

In part two of this conversation, I continue my dialogue with nature psychic and animal communicator Kerryn Karimalis—following the thread we began in “The Ethics of Raising and Eating Animals” (Part 1).

If part one opened the question, this episode deepens into the answers.

Over the past several months, Kerryn has been listening—bringing forward messages from the animals around topics many of us are only just beginning to examine: consumption, disconnection, and our place within the natural world.

A quick note before you dive in:
This episode came through despite some pretty major technical challenges. You may notice moments where the audio gets choppy, or sections that were cut and pieced back together after being re-recorded. We even lost parts of the original conversation entirely.

And still…
the message felt too important not to share.

So what you’re hearing is the most intact, heart-led version I could preserve.

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In this episode, we explore what animals have to say about humanity’s growing reliance on technology, our disconnection from nature, and the deeper question beneath it all:

Not simply “Is it immoral?”
But… “Is it necessary?”

The perspective that comes through is nuanced, compassionate, and at times confronting.

We talk about:

• The reality of factory farming and the lives many animals are living
• The idea that some of this collective experience may be awakening humanity
• The overwhelm that comes with trying to make ethical choices in a complex world
• Environmental harm, plastics, and the systems we’re all participating in
• Small, intentional shifts vs. all-or-nothing thinking
• Animal “soul contracts” and the roles different animals may play in human evolution

And woven through it all is a message that feels both simple and profound:

Come back to presence.
Release shame.
Remember your connection to the Earth.

This conversation isn’t about perfection.
It’s about awareness… and what we choose to do with it.

If you haven’t yet listened to Part 1, I recommend starting there to fully receive the foundation of this dialogue.

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🎧 Listen to Part 1:
The Ethics of Raising and Eating Animals: A Conversation with an Animal Communicator (Part 1)

This conversation did not come together easily… and honestly, that feels fitting.

Between a literal grass fire, wild winds knocking out internet, lost notes, and life doing what life does—this episode asked to be created in its own messy, real, human way.

But what emerged is something deeper than I even expected.

In this two-part series, I sit down again with Kerryn Karimalis, a nature psychic and animal communicator, to explore a question that might shift the way you move through the world:

What would animals say… if we were actually willing to listen?

Over the course of several months, I asked Kerryn to bring questions to the animals she communicates with—questions about consumption, ownership, ethics, and our relationship with them.

This episode is where we begin unpacking their answers.

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🐾 Inside This Episode:

• What it means to communicate telepathically with animals
• The collective message Kerryn received from the animal kingdom
• Ethical questions around eating, owning, and using animals
• My personal shift in how I approach consuming meat
• The tension between intuition, culture, and conditioning around food
• “Voting with your dollar” and making aligned choices without perfectionism
• Kerryn’s journey into veganism—and the fear of speaking up for animals
• The idea of animals as “persons” inspired by Braiding Sweetgrass
• Small, tangible ways to reduce harm and live more consciously

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A Thread Running Through It All…

This isn’t about shame.
This isn’t about getting it “right.”

It’s about awareness.

It’s about slowing down long enough to ask:

• What feels true for me now?
• What am I participating in unconsciously?
• And what might shift if I actually listened?

Because the message that came through—again and again—wasn’t rooted in blame.

It was rooted in a return to:
love, presence, instinct, and connection.

Also… just so you know what kind of episode you’re stepping into:

There was a lakeside grass fire (yep, really),
some slightly chaotic energy,
and a re-recorded intro that somehow made this conversation even more human.

Because this is what it looks like to live an ecstatic life—
not perfect, but fully alive.

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In this episode, I’m breaking down a belief that keeps so many women stuck in burnout: that our power comes from pushing harder, doing more, and keeping up with a fast-paced, hustle-driven world.

I don’t believe that’s true—and more importantly, our bodies don’t either.

I share how living in constant “go mode” keeps our nervous system stuck in survival, and why so many women feel anxious, exhausted, and disconnected… even when they’re doing everything “right.”

We talk about how the female body is naturally cyclical (not linear), and why trying to operate like we’re the same every single day leads to burnout, resentment, and feeling completely out of alignment.

I also introduce a different way of living—one that’s rooted in nervous system regulation, embodiment, and pleasure.

And no, I’m not just talking about that kind of pleasure.

I’m talking about everyday, accessible sensations that help your body feel safe again—things like slowing down, breathing deeper, moving your body, getting outside, or simply letting yourself enjoy a moment without rushing through it.

Because here’s what I’ve learned in my own journey:

When I started prioritizing how I feel instead of how much I produce, everything changed.

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Ready to go deeper?

If this resonates with you and you’re ready to actually apply this work in your life, I’d love to support you inside my program:

Pleasure-Led: The Feminine Rhythm Reset

This is where I guide you step-by-step to:

• Regulate your nervous system

• Reconnect with your body

• Work with your natural rhythms instead of against them

• And build a life that feels calm, grounded, and genuinely good to live

You don’t have to keep living in burnout and survival mode.

Join us here → https://www.nicolegoffspeaks.com/pleasure-led-sign-up-page 

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Connect with me:
Instagram: @nicoledesireegoff
Website: nicolegoffspeaks.com

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What happens when a healer stops forcing life… and starts aligning with their nervous system instead?

In this deeply honest and expansive conversation, Nicole Goff sits down with master numerologist and energy practitioner Jen Kohler to explore burnout recovery, energetic alignment, and building a business that actually supports your life.

Jen shares her 20+ year journey through the healing arts—from bodywork and birth work to Reiki, quantum energy, and her current work with Astro Egyptian numerology and the playing-card cardiology system. Her work now helps healers simplify their businesses and align their offerings with their deeper energetic blueprint.

Together, Nicole and Jen talk about the very real experience of burnout that many caregivers, entrepreneurs, and mothers face—especially when we’re wired to give, hold space, and support others.

They also dive into the intersection of nervous system regulation, neurodivergence, homeschooling, and entrepreneurship… and what it really looks like to create a life that supports your energy instead of draining it.

Jen shares the daily energetic practices that help her stay grounded—including movement, energy clearing, deep sleep, and what she calls “taking it to the land” when emotions run high.

This episode is a powerful conversation about honoring your energy, simplifying your path, and trusting the direction that feels most aligned—even when it doesn’t look conventional.

Inside this episode:

✨ Burnout recovery for healers, mothers, and entrepreneurs
✨ The connection between nervous system regulation and business clarity
✨ How Astro Egyptian numerology and the cardiology system support life purpose
✨ Why simplifying your work often unlocks the most abundance
✨ Creating an energetically aligned business instead of hustling harder

If you’ve been feeling burnt out, scattered, or pulled in too many directions… this conversation will remind you that alignment isn’t about doing more.

It’s about coming back to yourself.

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Connect with Jen Kohler

https://www.jenkohler.com/ 

@thrivingwithjen 

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Ready to bring your life and business back into alignment?

If this episode resonated with you, my next group coaching experience may be exactly what your nervous system is craving.

Pleasure-Led is a group coaching container for women who are ready to stop running on burnout and start building their lives, relationships, and work from a place of feminine energy, nervous system safety, and deep self-trust.

Inside, we explore embodiment, self-care, boundaries, emotional regulation, and reconnecting with your pleasure as a compass for your life.

✨ If you're ready to stop forcing and start flowing…

Join us inside Pleasure-Led: https://www.nicolegoffspeaks.com/pleasure-led-sign-up-page

For years I thought something was wrong with me.

One week I felt creative, energized, and unstoppable. The next week I was exhausted, emotional, and wondering why everything suddenly felt harder.

So I tried to push through.
More discipline.
More productivity hacks.
More forcing.

Until I realized something life-changing:

Women are not designed to operate like machines.

We are cyclical beings.

In this episode, I share how learning to track my menstrual cycle completely changed the way I approach my energy, my work, and my life. Instead of fighting my body, I started working with it—and everything began to flow.

In this episode we talk about:

✨ Why women’s energy naturally fluctuates throughout the month
✨ The 5 things I stopped doing when I began tracking my cycle
✨ Why resting during your bleed week is powerful, not lazy
✨ How cycle syncing can transform your productivity and creativity
✨ Reconnecting with your body, intuition, and the natural rhythms of life

If you’ve ever wondered why your motivation rises and falls—or why hustle culture feels exhausting—this conversation may change the way you see yourself.

I’m also hosting a free workshop where I’ll teach you how to start tracking your cycle and syncing your work, creativity, and life with your natural hormonal rhythms.

✨ Register for the free workshop here:
https://www.nicolegoffspeaks.com/cycle-syncing-for-productivity-page

And if this topic resonates with you, stay tuned—because the deeper conversation is learning how to build a pleasure-led life and business that honors your feminine energy instead of overriding it.

There are moments in a woman’s life when everything she thought she was… falls apart.

A traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The death of family members.
Miscarriage and complicated grief.
PMDD.
PTSD.
Another concussion — this time in a chicken coop, because life has a wild sense of humor.

And yet… joy.

In this episode of Ecstatic Life, I sit down with Keltie-Jean, author and host of the Do It Anyway, to talk about healing after trauma and what it really means to stop postponing your life.

After a traumatic brain injury forced her to leave the corporate world, Keltie had to rediscover her identity beyond productivity and titles. Add grief, hormonal shifts, menopause, nervous system dysregulation, and a second concussion — and she could have easily stayed in survival mode.

Instead, she chose awareness.
She chose nervous system healing.
She chose to live by design rather than default.

We talk about:

• How trauma impacts the nervous system and keeps us in fight-or-flight
• Living with PMDD and navigating post-menopause identity shifts
• Healing grief and loss without bypassing the hard emotions
• Using EFT tapping for trauma and nervous system regulation
• Creating joy in marriage even when your partner isn’t emotionally available
• Daily practices for self-trust, self-healing, and emotional resilience
• Why you don’t have to feel ready to start over

This conversation is for the woman healing from loss, brain injury, hormonal shifts, or burnout — and wondering if she still gets to want more.

You do.

You get to choose joy now.
You get to regulate your nervous system now.
You get to rewrite your story now.

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Connect with Keltie-Jean:
Instagram/Facebook: @keltiejean
Host of the Do It Anyway Podcast
EFT Practitioner & Reiki Healer

And if you’re ready to align your energy with your biology, join Keltie and I inside my free Cycle Syncing for Sustainable Productivity workshop on March 18.

(Keltie's in because you don’t actually have to be menstruating to live cyclically. Women are magic like that!)