Root & Rise: A Return to Self From Body Control to Embodied Living

In this deeply honest and unfiltered episode, Cori Taylor shares her personal journey from fitness and bodybuilding culture, body control, and identity loss… into a slower, more embodied return to self.What begins as a story of striving, perfection, and control unfolds into a much deeper truth:Healing was never about fixing the body.It was about remembering the self.Through motherhood, nervous system healing, inner child work, and lived experience, this episode explores what it really means to stop performing life and start being in it again.In this episode, we explore:• The pressure to “earn worth” through body control and achievement• The shift from performance-based living into embodimenT.• Nervous system regulation as capacity (not perfection)• Why burnout, looping, and identity crisis are often invitations to go deeper• Inner child healing and unmet emotional needs• The difference between “becoming someone new” vs. remembering who you are• The beginning of Cori’s shift into her new work: Root & RiseCore Message:You are not broken.You are not behind.You are not meant to keep becoming someone else.You are meant to remember.To root into what’s been buried.And rise into what has always been there.Guided Practice Included:This episode ends with a grounding somatic reflection to help you reconnect to your body and ask:Where am I rushing past myself?What would it feel like to stay here instead of escape?Can I let this moment be enough?Closing Thought:This is not a program of becoming.It is a return to being.A remembering of who you’ve always been beneath survival, expectation, and noise.