Ep. 58 - Why You're Stressed, Anxious & Exhausted (And Your Body Knows Why) | Liz Tenuto

What if your anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, or burnout isn't something to fight—but a message your body has been trying to deliver all along? Bestselling author and somatic healing expert **Liz Tenuto** is here to explore how trauma becomes stored in the body, why so many women feel disconnected from themselves, and how simple daily somatic practices can begin restoring safety, peace, and resilience. Liz vulnerably shares her own journey through childhood sexual assault, chronic pain, insomnia, and years of searching for answers before discovering somatic movement. Together, Alexis and Liz unpack embodiment, nervous system regulation, women's relationship with their bodies, modern stress, AI and disconnection, healing through movement, and why your body may be the most honest guide you'll ever have. *"Your body can't lie. It's the most honest messenger you'll ever have." - Liz Tenuto* *-----* **00:00** Welcome to Look At Me Now **00:47** Liz's childhood trauma and the beginning of chronic pain **03:02** The ballet teacher who introduced her to somatics **05:05** Thinking you're embodied... but actually disconnected **07:09** Why women become disconnected from their bodies **10:25** Alexis shares her own embodiment awakening **14:12** Has modern fitness become performative? **16:23** What your body is really trying to tell you **18:49** Why somatics is exploding in popularity **22:08** Making your body feel like home again **24:42** AI, technology, and our growing disconnection from ourselves **26:27** How movement completes the stress response **28:17** Your body tells the truth before your mind does **31:09** Why reclaiming the body is an act of power **33:27** Can five minutes a day really change your nervous system? **35:02** Liz's next chapter: learning to slow down **36:10** Liz's "Look At Me Now" moment \----- Follow Liz @theworkoutwitch\_ Follow Alexis @alexis\_artin Learn more at AlexisArtin.com Save 50% on any SoulSway experience with code LAMN50 This is an Operation Podcast production