EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 20 MIN
Why You Feel Stifled & How Your Wildness Comes Back
from Murmuration · host Sarah Matlock and Debbie Beharrell
In this episode, we explore the quiet, heavy feeling so many women live with:the sense of being stifled.Not stuck. Not broken. But held in. Contained. Edited.We unravel how this begins so young - how instinct, intuition, desire, anger and truth slowly get replaced with being “good,” being palatable, being easy. And how the patterns we learned to stay loved and safe become the very things that silence our wildness.Inside this conversation, we explore:Why your wildness felt unsafe to expressHow the body holds the cost of being palatableThe hidden pressure of being “good,” “nice,” or “easy”The numbness, tightness, and anxiety that come from self-containmentWhy desire and intuition feel embarrassing or “too much”How wildness returns - gently, quietly, through honesty and sensationWe also share real-life moments where we noticed our own wildness come back in the simplest ways - skipping down the street, getting on the swings, letting joy move through the body again.At the end, we guide you into a gentle inquiry:Where do you feel stifled?Where is your wildness pressing against the edges?What would you want… if you didn’t have to be palatable?If this episode stirred something in you, come and find us on Instagram:@sarahmatlockcoaching@debbiebeharrellcoachingAnd if you want to explore this work more deeply, the doors to Embodied Woman are open - get in touch to find out more.
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