43: Sophie Messager - The Beat of Your Own Drum

Sophie Messager bridges worlds that rarely meet. A former reproductive physiologist with a PhD, she traded her microscope for a medicine drum after experiencing the transformative power of an empowered birth. Her decade-long journey as a doula, birth educator, and author of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters deepened her exploration of the rhythms surrounding women's transitions.Now a holistic life transition mentor, Sophie guides women through significant life thresholds—from birth to perimenopause and beyond. Her unique combination of scientific expertise and spiritual insight allows her to serve as a compassionate space holder for those seeking to harmonise their analytical and intuitive selves.Her new book The Beat of Your Own Drum: the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for women’s wisdom, health and transformation is published by Womancraft Publishing and available everywhere now.Her podcast The Wisdom Messengerwww.sophiemessager.comWe talked about: Drumming as nervous system regulationDrumming and birthBridging the intellectual and spiritual worldsWearing many hatsIntuitive drum and intuitive danceWomen’s life transitionsReclaiming childhood joysNeurodivergence and regulationHow we have lost regulation in contemporary patriarchal society.For a deeper dive, join us for the Extended Episode – just $3/ month, exclusively on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce - where we discussSchuman ResonanceMicrodosing – drumming and psylocibin.ResourcesThe Beat of Your Own DrumBurnout – Amelia NagoskiCome as You Are – Emily NagoskiJane Hardwicke CollingsThe Emerald – The Revolution will not be PsychologizedJeff StrongPeter LevineWomen Making Noise conversation series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.