The Mess, Beauty and Wildness of Womanhood with Kat Johnson

What happens when the life you’ve built no longer fits—when the version of you that once made sense starts to feel like a costume you can’t breathe in? In this episode of The Liberated Life, Lucy sits down with Kat Johnson, a holistic practitioner who, at forty, walked away from a twenty-year career in life sciences to follow a truth she could no longer ignore. Her body said enough. And she listened. Together, they explore what it really means to be the heroine between peaks—that raw, tender space between who you were and who you’re becoming. It’s not the glossy “after” moment. It’s the in-between: the unraveling, the trusting, the choosing-yourself-anyway. They flow through the edge Kat’s been sitting in since leaving a career of certainty for a path of purpose; the truth they both wish more women would say out loud about healing and “having it all together”; the often-unspoken realities of growth, motherhood, and what it takes to let your identity evolve; and the deep wisdom that comes from honouring your body’s no, even when your mind screams stay. This is a conversation about the wildness of following your gut when logic says don’t, and the grace it takes to live between the peaks—where the truest kind of growth happens. ✨ For the woman standing at her own edge, wondering if she can trust the fall. You can. Your body already knows the way.→ Come say hi on Instagram: @lucy__maeve https://lucymaeve133.lpages.co/the-liberated-life-retreat-2026/