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The Michaela Boehm Podcast

Listen to international teacher and relationship expert, Michaela Boehm, as she answers questions about intimacy, dating and relationships.

Learn how to create ‘the spark’, and keep it alive, while staying deeply connected to yourself and others in an increasingly busy world.

www.michaelaboehm.com

Michaela Boehm teaches and counsels internationally as an expert in intimacy and relationships. Born and raised in Austria, Michaela combines her training in psychology and extensive clinical counseling experience with her in-depth training in the yogic arts. A gifted speaker and counselor, her unique body of work centers on the intersection of intimacy and embodiment. Known for her work with high-performing individuals, her ongoing private clients include Oscar-winning actors, multiple Grammy-winning musicians, producers, and business pioneers. Michaela is the Author of “The Wild Woman’s Way” and the founder of The Non-Linear Movement Method®, a powerful somatic release modality. Her work has recently been featured in Gwyneth Paltrow”s Netflix Show “Sex, Love & goop” and Will Smith’s bestselling memoir ‘Will’. She lives on an organic farm in California where she rescues and rehabilitates animals.

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Episode #29: Get An Exceptional Man, People Pleasing, and the Discipline of the Heart Sep 17, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm dives into burning questions that range from men that commit to the biological clock and more from the women at her latest Wild Woman's Way retreat in Ojai, California. Topics include: •How to get an exceptional man •How does a capable woman find a man worth surrendering to? •Why do I intimidate men? •Why would a successful man commit to one woman? •What’s the point of monogamy? •How to find a man as a very successful woman •Being with a man without sacrificing your professional expertise •Don’t overextend yourself to please a man •Ree Drummond and radical life change for a man •Why women compromise for love •The mechanics of the opening of the heart •How to know when to open your heart •Trusting your spontaneous heart response •Trauma response or correct intuition? •Strategies to cultivate the blooming of the heart •The ache of the heart •Why Michaela doesn’t have children •The cost of freedom in a woman’s life •The consequences of going off the reservation •Should I have children? Important considerations. •Sexual market value and the biological clock •Realistic expectations when looking for a man •Michaela’s experience with women who waited too long to settle down •Different rules for a divorced women with alimony •Look before you leap, what is the evidence that a man is capable of a long term relationship? •How to be the sort of woman a man can commit to •Michaela points out a participant’s valuable and desirable traits •Why do women leave a marriage •How to get a man to change for you •Discipline and practice •The benefits and challenges of taking on a daily practice •Michaela’s tips for writing a book •How a lifetime of practice contributed to Michaela’s book •Michaela’s daily 18hr writing schedule •‘The War of Art’ •Meeting the world’s foremost highlighter of the I-Ching •Why do people keep sending vibrators to Michaela •The grand vibrator bonfire ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #28: Courtship, Praise Power, and The Far Side Jul 23, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm offers a glimpse into a live Q&A from her recent 5-Day Couples Intensive 'Embodied Ecstasy, Erotic Mystery' in Ojai, California. Topics include: • Michaela counsels a new couple who is planning to move in together • How to keep the spark alive when cohabiting • How to run a household as a couple • Lessons from the courtship phase for established couples • Michaela’s tips for living together • How Michaela runs her household • Unravelling a couple’s patterns around intimacy and insecurity • Key strategies for synchronizing different intimacy styles • How to work with difficult patterns within a relationship • Why Michaela loves Gary Larson’s ‘The Far Side’ cartoons • Pros and cons of living separately • Last ditch attempts to save a relationship • How to call in a partner through movement practice • ‘Why do I keep attracting weak men?’ • How to navigate polarity dynamics in the workplace • Neutralizing polarity and creating resonance in professional life • The dangers of indulging polarity in professional settings • The research director of the Kinsey Institute on relationship statistics • The dysfunctional coaches who launched a power couple course the day of their marriage and divorced one year later • Why relationship advice often doesn’t work in real life • Dating potential in a man • Working with a fear of commitment • How to integrate past commitment injuries • Clarifying the purpose of a relationship • The power of praise • Taking the occasion somewhere ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #27: Kundalini Psychosis, Yogic Expression, and Dating Over 40 Jun 02, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm works directly with women in a live Q&A excerpt from her recent Wild Woman's Way® Intensive in Ojai California. Topics include: • Strategies for freeing frozen expression • Liberating the voice • The psychological and physical muscle of expression • The geographical and historical factors in expressiveness • Principles of skill development • Technique vs artistry • Specific advice on voice and face training • Singing as yogic training • The power of the haka and Chinese opera • When should you leave a relationship and when should you dig in? • Michaela asks question about a new relationship in which the sex isn’t working • Advice for dating in your 40s and 50s • Strategies for interrupting relationship patterns • Why do I always pick psychologically unstable men? • Working with patterns of religious guilt and shame around sex • A woman has a history of her partners having psychotic breaks • Patterns of inadequacy and how to undo habits of invalidation • A woman struggling with her partner's body temperature • The phases of sexual attraction in long term marriage • A mantra for healing relationships • Why it’s so important to give love before it’s too late ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #26: Female Sexual Power, Mastering Your Craft, & Full Bodily Consent Apr 28, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm offers a live Q&A excerpt from her recent Wild Woman's Way® Intensive in Ojai California. Topics include: • My partner doesn’t satisfy me sexually • Growing together and apart in a relationship • How to elicit darkness in your partner • How to give a strong bodily ‘yes’ • When your karma runs over your dogma • Bodily invitation and conditional surrender • Active vs passive invitation • Expansion and snapback • Being led by a man into new areas of pleasure • The absolute foundations of women’s practice • Using your full bodily capacity • Feeling and embodied processing • Decoding your body’s wisdom • Fine distinctions as a gateway to intuition • How to personalize your practice • A menu of practices and results • Consent and embodiment • Crazy Wisdom Mastery • What it takes to achieve mastery • Hard work vs burnout • The challenging truth of being a woman • The limitations of tantric ideology • The bubble of the tantric guru • What makes a good relationship • The mechanics of erotic friction • The poison of resentment • Strategies to uproot resentment • Sexless relationships • The power of female sexuality • Removing guilt and accessing pleasure • Devotion and the erotic • Sexual energy and vitality ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #25: Tea vs. Sex, Training the Masculine and Exploding Jade Eggs Mar 27, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm fields a wide range of questions from women at her recent Wild Woman's Way live event in London. Topics include: • Tea vs. sex • The pros and cons of sex for a woman • Solo practices for sexual health and aliveness • How to bring life to your partner’s body • The resonance effect and re-polarizing your relationship • The mechanism of erotic friction • Sexual preferences and variety • Factors that affect sexual preference • How to retrain the pathological masculine • How to develop power as a woman • Strategies for counteracting the strain of stress and work • Michaela’s pre-work rituals and productivity tips for women • Ritual as a training device for the body • Why a personal pleasure practice is essential • Using female sexual energy as a creative force • Practical steps to reawaken the senses and establish a personal pleasure practice • Working with neediness towards men and poor relationship choices • Why Michaela is ‘meh’ about jade eggs • Michaela’s funny jade egg story • Pelvic floor health advice • The yoni mapper who channeled aliens • Releasing trauma and the freeze response • The links between Celtic shamanic and Indian tantric practices • The Great Marriage in various traditions • Modern trauma research and ancient shamanic techniques • Should you have children? • The sacrifice of motherhood, is it worth it? • Why Michaela decided not to have children. • Retaining wildness as a mother and as you age • Why men don’t like female wildness • How to negotiate parental roles with a man ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #24: High Performance Tantra, the Glass Ceiling, and Billy Connolly’s Banjo Feb 14, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm and Steve James offer a live Q&A excerpt from a recent Man Unbound™ Weekend Intensive in Ojai California. Topics include: • Specific and counter-intuitive strategies to reignite the spark in a relationship • A case study of corresponding trauma patterns in a relationship • The process of learning a high-level sexual skill • Unraveling limiting patterns in the body • The difference between effortless mastery and the amateur’s glass ceiling • Developmental cul-de-sacs • Poor skill instruction in tantra and the banjo • Metabolizing information through the body • Integrating ground-level change in the nervous system • Cultivating interest over efficiency • Balancing enjoyment with results • High-performance sex vs a good sex life • How do I grow in sexual practice if my partner is uninterested? • Are there practices helping me be with my partner’s anger and abuse? • Why do men accept abuse in a relationship • How to deal with a partner who persistently gets triggered and aggressive • The limitations of meditation in dealing with trauma • Recommendations for dealing with accumulated trauma ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #23: Women, Boundaries, and the Sacred Female Lineage Jan 21, 2018

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm discusses women's unique challenges with setting personal boundaries, making the ordinary sacred, and stories of her early training in Kashmir Shaivism. Topics include: • Competition and people pleasing among women • Expressing strong emotions with an open heart • How to set boundaries without destroying the relationship • Why women struggle to set boundaries • Setting boundaries with friends • Setting boundaries in sexually predatory situations • The open heart and your sixth sense • The power of full feeling awareness • The history of female cooperation and competition • The doormat with teeth • Michaela’s journey as a teacher • Apprenticing to a herb witch as a teenager • Details about her early tantric training • The personality and teaching style of Michaela’s Indian teacher • How Michaela endured her teacher’s initial training requirements • Learning tracking, silent movement, and navigating in nature • The overlaps between Jungian psychology and Kashmir Shaivism • Early struggles when arriving in LA and the birth of the Wild Woman’s Way® • Who qualifies for lineage instruction • The death of Michaela’s teacher and receiving the lineage • Reorienting towards finding a successor and transmitting the lineage • The philosophy of the Wild Woman’s Way® • Empowering women without reinforcing limiting stereotypes • Fostering the individual’s talents • Making sacred practice out of the drudgery of women’s lives ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #22: Steve Interviews Michaela - Wildfire & Overcoming Adversity Jan 01, 2018

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In this episode, Steve James interviews Michaela Boehm for a special episode about facing adversity. (This episode was first featured on Steve's 'Guru Viking Interview Series') Steve's Intro: Michaela's house was destroyed in the Thomas fire, the largest wildfire in California state history. We discuss the story of what happened, how Michaela used her extensive training and lifetime of practice to face this crisis and the surprisingly inspiring themes of determination and community. Disasters of any kind are something we all hope to avoid but that can happen to any of us at any time. There are many useful lessons and takeaways in Michaela's story for facing adversity and for supporting others who are in times of crisis. Topics include: • Michaela’s house destroyed by Thomas Fire, the largest wildfire in California State history • 50ft firewalls sweeping across the landscape at the speed of an acre a minute • The race from Europe to California and entering a disaster zone • How different people coped with the shock and trauma • Fight, flight, and freeze responses • Michaela’s game plan and personal shock-prevention strategies • How to use the fight or flight response without being overwhelmed by it • Working with trauma after the initial event • Working productively in a stressful situation • Body movement as the key to unlocking freeze and trauma • Why Michaela prioritizes beautifying her environment and the positive effects of ordering your environment • The practice of Vastu and the practical tips on organizing your surroundings • Stepping down from daily activity to nighttime rest • Using water to de-stress and cleanse • Michaela’s favorite meditation approach to relax and open the body • Journaling and Jungian dream work as tools of psychological integration • Self-care in times of adversity • Epigenetics and archetypal work around loss and fire • Unusual conversations with the insurance adjuster • The inspiring resilience of human beings in the face of adversity • How to effectively support others in a crisis (and not make things worse) • Unexpected acts of kindness • The strength of community in a crisis • Final thoughts ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/ For more interviews, audio, and articles check out: www.guruviking.com Find out more about The Non-Linear Movement Method at: www.thenonlinearmovementmethod.com

Episode #21: Shadow Tantra, Secrets of Achievement, and the Unformed Noodle Dec 12, 2017

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm and Steve James offer a wide-ranging Q&A covering in-depth explorations of shadow tantra, Jungian archetypes, relational dynamics, and Michaela and Steve's personal secrets for optimal performance in the face of adversity. Topics include: • Individuation and polarization • The unformed noodle of chaotic drama • What makes a good man • Female empowerment and male power trips • Pitfalls of embodiment • The natural state of human beings • The birthright of embodiment • Examples of embodiment into old age • Steve analyses Michaela • What makes Michaela so prolific • How to build large capacity • Developing concentration power • Strategies for managing the nervous system under chronic stress • Michaela’s big picture motivation • Michaela on Steve’s traits • Michaela on tantra • Sacred ordinariness • Tantric shadow work • Jungian shadow work • Common misinterpretations of shadow work • Working with Kali • Jungian mythical archetypes • Individuation and childhood development • Early imprints of love • Strategies for working with strong relational patterns ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

Episode #20: Finding a Man, Oxytocin and the Sisterhood Nov 04, 2017

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In this episode, Michaela Boehm hosts a Q&A at her Wild Woman's Way Retreat at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Topics include: •Women’s practice and the unique energetics of a woman’s body •The effects of the demands of modern life on a woman’s body•Pleasure as a woman’s birthright •How to deal with an awakening of your sexual energy •Keys to unlocking embodiment •What to do with excess sexual energy •How to infuse a house or a business with living energy •Channeling energy into creativity •Combining with nature to recycle your energy •Using your energy to call in your future partner •Defining your ideal man and clarifying your desire for a future partner •Don’t date potential •How to actually use lists to call in a partner •Non-negotiables in selecting a partner •Michaela’s advice for men •Don’t go to the supermarket hungry •Advice for casual sex •The unprecedented choice that modern women enjoy •The oxytocin high and the power of hormones •Female vs male experiences of oxytocin •Hooking a man with sex •How to bond a man to you •The number one factor for a successful long term relationship •How to kill a relationship •How to tell if your movement expression is authentic or a copycat?•Discipline vs spontaneity •How women learn •The world of women in tribal culture •High agreeableness and the urge to be accepted •The juxtaposition of the tribal sisterhood and modern competition•Edge pushing is not conducive to integration •Effective learning strategies that stick •How to give your man feedback with generosity •The double bind of unreasonable female expectation ... For instant access courses, events, and teacher training: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way": https://amzn.to/3FJEBEa Music by Steve James: https://www.guruviking.com/

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