This Body Is Home with Ailey Jolie

Join Ailey Jolie and her interviewer, Giselle La Pompe-Moore for the first episode of In This Body. Giselle is a slow living advocate, author of "Take It In," artist, and writer of "Be Difficult, Darling" on Substack. Her approach to slow living emphasizes making joy, healing, and reflection more accessible to help us cope with fast-paced, distracted, and disconnected living. Giselle explores how we can find Quiet Joy in simple, everyday things, practice Quiet Rebellion by questioning hustle culture, and embrace Quiet Healing without the pressure of perfect wellness. Her ultimate goal is to inspire a Quiet Revolution, where we slow down enough to reconnect with our humanity and create meaningful social change.In this episode Ailey reflects on her early childhood experiences of sexual abuse and neglect, and how this led to her life almost ending due to an eating disorder. She speaks to how struggling with an eating disorder was a result of wanting to numb the pain she had experienced as a young girl. Ailey reflects on how her personal experiences are woven into her professional life, and how her work as a psychotherapist is rooted in what her younger self needed. This interview is vulnerable, tender, and will open your heart to the grief and joy that is inhabiting a body. We hope you enjoy. In this episode: 1.04 - Ailey speaks on why it was so hard to record her own solo episode9.09 - Ailey reflects on how the relationship with her body has influenced her personal and professional life14:40 - Ailey speaks to the unconscious mechanisms which led her to dancing17:50 - The experiences that shaped Ailey’s understanding of embodiment19:39 - Ailey shares some personal stories highlighting the journey it has been to connect with her body22:09 - What Ailey wants everyone to know about the relationship she has with her body25:04 - How Ailey reconciles feeling safe as an individual vs feeling unsafe as a woman in the world 28:59 - What led Ailey to be so passionate about embodiment 32:44 - The challenges Ailey had to overcome in her journey towards embodiment 42:54 - How the relationship Ailey has with her body has influenced how she moves through life 47:49 - How connecting to Ailey’s body impacted the relationships she has with others 51:34 - The role people play in their own embodiment 54:54 - How societal expectations affect the relationship Ailey has with her body 59:44 - How Ailey’s work in embodiment contributes to deeper social and political change 1:03:04 - How embodiment can lead you into authenticity with your Self 1:11:04  - Ailey speaks to the misconceptions people have around embodiment 1:14:49 - How your body can communicate with you1:17:59 - The advice Ailey would give to her younger self1:21:49 - What Ailey hopes listeners will take from this podcastTo find out more about Giselle La Pompe-Moore:InstagramWebsite SubstackLearn more about Ailey Jolie:Find: WebsiteFollow: InstagramExplore: SubstackExperience: Online CourseTo follow along with the In This Body podcast:Follow: Instagram Find: WebsiteEmail: [email protected] more about Ailey Jolie:Find: WebsiteFollow: InstagramExplore: SubstackExperience: Insight TimerSign up: InBodyMethodEmail: [email protected] follow along with the In This Body podcast:Follow: InstagramFind: WebsiteEmail: [email protected]