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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 16 MIN

A woman's body knows before her mind does: Dating Red Flags, Nervous System & Body Signals

from Pleasurelit with Patricia · host Pleasurelit Patricia

Have you ever dated someone and suddenly your body started reacting?Maybe it was headaches, anxiety, exhaustion, bloating, skin breakouts, UTIs, BV, losing your libido, gaining weight, losing weight, feeling emotionally confused or simply feeling “off” after spending time with them.In this episode, Patricia speaks about how the body often knows someone is misaligned long before the mind catches up. Inspired by her own recent dating experience, she explores nervous system safety, body signals, somatic self-trust, and why so many women override their body’s wisdom in relationships.This episode is for the woman who has spent years being the strong one, the good girl, the caretaker, the over-thinker, disconnected from her body and normalising stress, tension and emotional confusion.Inside this conversation:Why your nervous system scans for safety and threat automaticallyThe body signals women often ignore in dating and relationshipsHow high-functioning women override misalignmentThe difference between trauma responses and embodied intuitionWhy self-trust changes the way you dateLearning to honour your body’s yeses and nosHow nervous system safety affects intimacy, desire, digestion, sleep and emotional wellbeingWhat changes when you finally feel safe in your bodyFeel turned on by your own life.Lit up by your own pleasure.Be & live PleasurelitStart your journey at ⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com⁠⁠⁠I’m Patricia.I was the "good girl", high-achieving, independent, high-functioning. I survived an ED and a DV marriage. For years I lived disconnected from my body. Somatic pleasure changed everything for me - in my life, motherhood, business, and relationships. From people pleasing to pleasure leading.Now I wake up feeling deeply alive in my body. I feel pleasure in ordinary moments. I claim my power while I also soften. I can receive love, pleasure, wealth and rest without shutting down or rushing past it.I am the founder of Pleasurelit®, the bestselling author of The Pleasurelit Way, host of the top 5% podcast Pleasurelit with Patricia and an award winning pleasure explorer and educator. Through trauma-informed somatic pleasure, nervous system regulation, tantra, breathwork, yoga, kink and feminine embodiment, I guide women on their journey to feeling radiant, regulated & deliciously turned on.Choose your path to awaken, deepen and widen your pleasure potential:Join The Pleasurelit Circle at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/the-pleasurelit-circle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Access Women's Pleasure Notes at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://womenspleasurenotes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Access all my Online Courses at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://pleasurelit.com/courses⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use Code Pod10 to save)Men: https://pleasurelit.com/pleasurelit-men Get my bestselling book The Pleasurelit Way at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/the-pleasurelit-way-book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply for 1:1:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/sessionContainer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/mentorshipBook Patricia for your speaking/workshop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/book-workshop-and-speaking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Access my FREE workshop, episodes & more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelitwithpatricia.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen/watch my podcast at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow & connect with me at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://pleasurelit.com/social-media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support my work & mission at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/support-pleasurelit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What has resonated with you from this conversation?With love & pleasure,Patricia*For educational and informative purposes only

Have you ever dated someone and suddenly your body started reacting?Maybe it was headaches, anxiety, exhaustion, bloating, skin breakouts, UTIs, BV, losing your libido, gaining weight, losing weight, feeling emotionally confused or simply feeling “off” after spending time with them.In this episode, Patricia speaks about how the body often knows someone is misaligned long before the mind catches up. Inspired by her own recent dating experience, she explores nervous system safety, body signals, somatic self-trust, and why so many women override their body’s wisdom in relationships.This episode is for the woman who has spent years being the strong one, the good girl, the caretaker, the over-thinker, disconnected from her body and normalising stress, tension and emotional confusion.Inside this conversation:Why your nervous system scans for safety and threat automaticallyThe body signals women often ignore in dating and relationshipsHow high-functioning women override misalignmentThe difference between trauma responses and embodied intuitionWhy self-trust changes the way you dateLearning to honour your body’s yeses and nosHow nervous system safety affects intimacy, desire, digestion, sleep and emotional wellbeingWhat changes when you finally feel safe in your bodyFeel turned on by your own life.Lit up by your own pleasure.Be & live PleasurelitStart your journey at ⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com⁠⁠⁠I’m Patricia.I was the "good girl", high-achieving, independent, high-functioning. I survived an ED and a DV marriage. For years I lived disconnected from my body. Somatic pleasure changed everything for me - in my life, motherhood, business, and relationships. From people pleasing to pleasure leading.Now I wake up feeling deeply alive in my body. I feel pleasure in ordinary moments. I claim my power while I also soften. I can receive love, pleasure, wealth and rest without shutting down or rushing past it.I am the founder of Pleasurelit®, the bestselling author of The Pleasurelit Way, host of the top 5% podcast Pleasurelit with Patricia and an award winning pleasure explorer and educator. Through trauma-informed somatic pleasure, nervous system regulation, tantra, breathwork, yoga, kink and feminine embodiment, I guide women on their journey to feeling radiant, regulated & deliciously turned on.Choose your path to awaken, deepen and widen your pleasure potential:Join The Pleasurelit Circle at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/the-pleasurelit-circle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Access Women's Pleasure Notes at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://womenspleasurenotes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Access all my Online Courses at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://pleasurelit.com/courses⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use Code Pod10 to save)Men: https://pleasurelit.com/pleasurelit-men Get my bestselling book The Pleasurelit Way at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/the-pleasurelit-way-book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply for 1:1:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/sessionContainer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/mentorshipBook Patricia for your speaking/workshop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/book-workshop-and-speaking⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Access my FREE workshop, episodes & more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelitwithpatricia.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen/watch my podcast at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow & connect with me at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://pleasurelit.com/social-media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support my work & mission at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pleasurelit.com/support-pleasurelit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What has resonated with you from this conversation?With love & pleasure,Patricia*For educational and informative purposes only

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Have you ever dated someone and suddenly your body started reacting?Maybe it was headaches, anxiety, exhaustion, bloating, skin breakouts, UTIs, BV, losing your libido, gaining weight, losing weight, feeling emotionally confused or simply feeling...

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