From Self-Doubt to Turn-On: Rewiring the Nervous System for Pleasure | Pleasure & Power Recoded Episode 9

In this intimate, fireside episode of *Pleasure & Power Recoded*, Lucy Hutchings Hunt interviews Elizabeth Gilmour about what it *really* took to reclaim her sensuality, sexuality, and life force in midlife. Liz shares how she moved from living in her head (achievement, perfectionism, fear, self-doubt) to living in her body, where pleasure becomes presence, power, and spiritual connection. Together, Lucy and Liz explore why “just think positive” doesn’t work when your nervous system feels unsafe, and why learning to meet emotion (instead of suppressing it) is the doorway back to joy, desire, and aliveness. Liz speaks candidly about leaving a high-achieving legal career path as a corporate solicitor, confronting shame and shadow patterns, the catalyst of divorce, and the somatic practices that helped her shift out of overwhelm and into clarity, confidence, and turn-on. You’ll also hear simple frameworks you can use in real life, including her “reverse → neutral → forward” method for emotional states and decision-making, and a powerful process for moving stuck energy through the body (anger → sadness → turn-on). This episode is for you if you want more freedom in your body, more truth in your relationships, and a grounded way to transform emotional intensity into pleasure, self-trust, and momentum. **Let’s stay connected:** If this episode stirred something in you, we’d love to meet you. We’re actively growing the *Pleasure & Power Recoded* “Inner World” community and have exciting things planned for our beautiful, free-living humans. **Start here (updates + ways to connect):** [https://www.pleasureandpower.co.uk](https://www.pleasureandpower.co.uk) (Contact us via the site) **Find us online:** Lucy’s Substack (Generative Humanity): [https://generativehumanity.substack.com/](https://generativehumanity.substack.com/) Lucy’s Coaching (Les Libérées): [https://www.lesliberees.com/](https://www.lesliberees.com/) Lucy on Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/lucyhutchingshunt/](https://www.instagram.com/lucyhutchingshunt/) Elizabeth on Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/elizabethgilmour_coach/](https://www.instagram.com/elizabethgilmour_coach/) Elizabeth on Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.gilmour.75/?locale=en_GB](https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.gilmour.75/?locale=en_GB)