What happens when our relationships are driven by wounded energetics instead of grounded, healthy power?

In this episode, I sit down with Dené Logan — therapist, group facilitator, and author of Sovereign Love — to unpack how wounded energetics show up in our relationships, our sense of self, and the ways we abandon our own needs to stay connected.

Dené shares how healthy energetics are rooted in self-trust, embodiment, and inner authority — not control, perfection, or being needed. We explore how somatic work helps us shift these patterns, why so many women were conditioned to earn love through performance, and how sovereignty in love is less about independence and more about conscious interdependence.

This conversation invites you to recognize where your energy is coming from, meet your shadows with compassion, and begin relating — to yourself and others — from a place of wholeness rather than wound.

In this episode, we explore:

• The difference between healthy vs. wounded energetics
• How self-abandonment forms, and how to interrupt it
• Why love often gets tangled with performance and people-pleasing
• The role of the body in reclaiming inner authority
• What sovereignty in love actually looks like in real life

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your truth or stuck in relational patterns that don’t reflect who you are becoming, this episode offers a powerful reframe and a way home to yourself.

Connect with Dené:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dene.logan/?hl=en

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If you are tired of being told the holidays are supposed to be restful,or you're working harder than ever while everyone else seems to be winding down, or you're already exhausted and it's only December then this episode is for you.

In this episode, we're breaking down the myth of the holiday slowdown and why high-achieving women actually go into overdrive during this time of year. You'll learn what's really happening in your nervous system when you're stuck in "productivity override," why you can't just will yourself to relax, and the somatic signs that you're running on empty. Plus, I'm sharing a few practical tools you can use right now to actually downshift, even in the middle of the chaos.

Sign-up for the Out-Of-Office somatic coaching workshop on 12/7: https://luma.com/0cdadd7j

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• Resources: https://www.shanettamcdonald.com/free
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamshanettamcdonald/
• Newsletter sign-up: https://shanetta.substack.com/

The holidays can bring up a lot. Food overwhelm, family dynamics, old wounds, and the pressure to be “on” when our bodies are asking for something entirely different. In this episode, I’m sharing my honest experience with holiday gatherings growing up, how Thanksgiving became especially difficult during my eating disorder, and why the season still feels complicated for me today — especially being estranged from my parents and living far from my family.

Whether you love holiday gatherings or dread them, this conversation offers grounded ways to move through the season with more agency and nervous-system peace. I walk you through practical tools to help you support yourself around food, family, and social expectations — from envisioning your ideal holiday, to setting a plan before you walk into a gathering, to honoring your “no” without guilt.

Sign-up for Out-Of-Office: https://luma.com/0cdadd7j

Connect with me:

• Resources: https://www.shanettamcdonald.com/free
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamshanettamcdonald/
• Newsletter sign-up: https://shanetta.substack.com/