For sensitive, high-achieving women who are done performing healing and ready for something that actually works. This podcast goes beyond mindset and surface-level tips, bringing you real tools rooted in nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and subconscious rewiring. If you're craving peace, steadiness, and a deeper connection to your true self, you're in the right place. Hosted by Diane Song, trauma-informed coach and somatic practitioner, this is your space to get resourced, feel safe in your body, and finally come home to yourself.
36. Why High-Performing Women Burn Out (& What Therapy Misses) with Samantha Johnson
You look successful on paper. You're hitting the goals, running the business, holding the relationships together. But underneath, your body is exhausted. The intensity that built your life is starting to break it.
This week, I sit down with Samantha Johnson, a somatic experiencing practitioner, to discuss how high-performance women's experiences in therapy doesn't quite cut it.
We get into:
Why survival mode is profitable (& that's exactly why it's so hard to leave)
The childhood blueprint that turns "good girls" into burnt-out CEOs
Why your attachment patterns show up in your sales calls, not just your relationships
The difference between regulation & resolution (most somatic work stops at the bandaid)
What it actually looks like to do the work before motherhood- the hormonal piece, the epigenetic piece, the "am I ready" piece
The shame spiral of "I should know better by now" (& why the wound keeps coming back in new costumes)
Why nervous system regulation is not breathwork & what it actually is
Holding the duality: loving your mother & being furious with her at the same time
If you've ever thought "insight isn't enough anymore" this one is for you.
🎧 Find Samantha on Instagram & Threads @somaticallysam.
5 May 2026
35. Why Doing Everything 'Right' Still Feels Wrong (For Eldest & Only Daughters)
You're meditating. You're journaling. You're in therapy. You're eating clean & moving your body & getting your sunlight & saying no to the things that don't serve you.
So why does it still feel like you're failing some invisible test?
This week is a solo episode for the eldest & only daughters who've turned healing into another performance.
I get into:
The difference between looking regulated & being regulated
How "doing it right" became the new people-pleasing (just dressed up as wellness)
The performative wellness trap & why the health space can feel so boring it kills you
Why eldest & only daughters slip into all-or-nothing thinking
The bubble you worked so hard to build & what it's actually for
How to tell the difference between "this feels good because I performed it well" vs "this feels good because it's mine"
Why I'd rather you aim for self-respect than self-love (at least at first)
A parts-work reframe for the moment you swing from rigid wellness to binge mode (& back)
🎧 If you're ready to stop performing healing & actually integrate it, Regulate & Release is open. Learn more here (https://www.dainwellness.com/regulateandrelease).
Come say hi!
Instagram: @dainwellness (https://www.instagram.com/dainwellness/)
TikTok: @dainwellness (https://www.tiktok.com/@dainwellness)
30 Apr 2026
34. How to Talk to Your Kids About Death Without Making It Scary (with Jenny Robinson Clark)
Grief doesn't live in your head. It lives in your body- in the breath you hold, the words you couldn't say, the longing that shows up at the most inconvenient moments.
In this episode, I sit down with Jenny Robinson Clark- author of the children's book Are You Here?- for a tender conversation about losing her mother to cancer, the signs that started showing up after, & the quiet ways love continues even when someone is no longer physically here.
We talk about:
Why grief is a full-body experience (not just an emotional one)
The dragonflies, owls, & gusts of wind that became her language with her mom
How becoming a mother reshaped the way she carries loss
Talking to kids about death without making it scary or "taboo"
Conscious parenting & what we get wrong about praise, punishment, & emotional safety
The Joe Dispenza retreat that cracked her heart open & led to the book
How creativity (dance, writing, song) becomes a doorway for grief to move
If you've lost someone you love or you're trying to figure out how to talk to your kids about loss without all the heaviness you grew up with - this one is for you.
🎧 Find Jenny's book Are You Here? & her grief community at jennyrobinsonclark.com (jennyrobinsonclark.com)& on Instagram @jennyrobinsonclark (https://www.instagram.com/jennyrobinsonclark/).
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