64. From Wounded Healer to Wise Woman: The Journey to Healing and Balancing the Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine with Sara Gustafson

Wow one of my favorite episodes to date! It's real, it's raw, it's powerful and both Sara and I where in tears at points! I'm so grateful to Sara for being so honest and vulnerable and sharing so much wisdom and interesting and useful information. I LOVED this conversation and learned a lot and I sure hope you do do too! Sara Gustafson is a CHEK Practitioner, Instructor, and a research analyst in all fields of exercise and health sciences. As a holistic practitioner, and through her work as an educator and counselor, Sara draws from a wide background in exercise science & kinesiology, holistic nutrition, metaphysical & somatic psychology, as well as integrative transformational therapy gaining her doctorate in Philosophy with a specialization in Metaphysical Counseling. She is the author and creator of Holistic Health & Performance for Women, a course program published through the CHEK Institute, which is the first of its kind to outline every variation that sets women apart on a physiological, musculoskeletal, limbic, somatic, biochemical and even cellular level. At Primal Fusion, Sara focuses on her continued research in order to achieve the highest integrity blending science and spirituality for work with individuals and groups seeking to embrace the unseen, repressed aspects of Self as a pathway to connection, healing and awakening. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:27 Intro to Sara Gustafson 06:20 About Sara 09:45 The wounded healer 11:02 Becoming a life coach 15:47 What is a CHEK practitioner? 16:13 Beyond the symptom 17:26 The power of the mind 23:06 Archetype exercise 26:18 Overachiever complex 27:06 Living with fibromyalgia 28:56 Leaving Western medicine 30:20 Waking up to your purpose 37:30 Overcoming victimhood 47:13 Finding self-forgiveness (through 52:17) 52:20 Polarity between sexes 1:00:00 Shadow side in stories 1:02:51 Reconnecting with the feminine 1:11:48 Navigating arrogance 1:17:46 Immunity against misinformation 1:22:01 Sara shows her art 1:23:27 How to find Sara 1:24:12 Closing CONTACT: theprimalpride.com primalfusionhealth.com IG: @wisewomen.rise Amy Fournier WEBSITE: http://amyfournier.com/ EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @FitAmyTV TIKTOK: @awakeningaphrodite FACEBOOK: Amy Fournier TWITTER: Tweetwithamy PODCAST: Awakening Aphrodite on iTunes and Spotify Amy Fournier is a former People-Pleaser turned Healthy Lifestyle Entrepreneur who specializes in developing self-awareness and total mind-body transformation. She is a fitness and health expert, host of the Awakening Aphrodite podcast, author, inspirational speaker, artist, international cover model and a powerhouse of inspiration for looking and feeling your best no matter what your age, background or ability. With over 30 years of experience in fitness, health and personal development, Amy's mission is to help YOU realize the power you have to control the way you look and feel and do it in a way that you enjoy and to optimize your ENERGY and life! Amy considers herself to be a student of life and a work in progress and most importantly, she also loves to nap and is a lucky Mom to cute little fur-baby, Charlotte.:)