The Michaela Boehm Podcast
Michaela Boehm
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.
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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Oct 26, 2024 • 6min
Ep134: Time Leaks & Relationship
Join Michaela as she discusses how to offer high quality attention to your partner, how to find time in a busy schedule, and where to direct your efforts when cultivating deep intimacy.
00:00 - Leaking time
03:11 - Relational attention
03:32 - How to give your partner quality attention
05:06 - Ongoing relationship takes skill and practice
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Oct 15, 2024 • 19min
Ep133: Fighting Dirty & Salvaging Goodness
Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent in-person Relationship Bootcamp workshop about the #1 mistake people make when giving and receiving compliments, how to make space for connection, how to shift your partner’s bad mood, and how to salvage goodness from dirty fighting.
Register for the next Relationship Bootcamp: https://www.michaelaboehm.com/product/the-relationship-bootcampa-3-day-intensive-feb-2025/
00:00 - How to create an intentional space for connection
03:48 - How to give your partner what they want
04:54 - Cultivate curiosity in your partner’s interests
06:57 - #1 mistake when giving and receiving compliments
09:37 - Getting out of transactional dynamics
10:41 - Fighting dirty in relationship
12:39 - Assume goodness
15:00 - Using praise and humour to break a mood
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Sep 29, 2024 • 29min
Ep132: How to Work With Anger
Join Michaela as she discusses anger including two types of anger, common mistakes when working with anger, how to learn from anger, and the dangers of spiritual bypass and rage circles.
00:00 - How to work with anger
01:12 - Two types of anger
02:33 - Working with anger in one’s practice
03:13 - Anger is an important part of being human
04:58 - Anger vs sadness
06:14 - Anger in relationship
08:23 - How to handle anger
10:38 - Passion or violence?
11:04 - What can anger teach us?
12:04 - Old vs fresh anger
18:23 - Primary vs secondary emotion
19:54 - 70s encounter groups and strategies of catharsis
26:04 - Spiritual bypass
27:20 - How to work with strong emotion to cleanse your system
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Sep 15, 2024 • 30min
Ep131: Yearning, Feminism, & Relationship
Join Michaela as she answers a viewer question about the struggles to find a man in one’s 30s and 40s, how to find and align your values, and whether or not the desire for a relationship betrays feminist ideals.
00:00 - Struggling to find a partner in my 30s and 40s
02:05 - Isabel Angélica Allende and intimacy in later life
03:22 - Pros and cons of dating in your 30s and 40s
04:18 - Am I bad feminist for wanting a relationship?
07:28 - Who do you want to attract?
07:56 - Yearning vs neediness?
15:34 - Vulnerability and the risk of relationship
20:39 - Aligning values
22:12 - Defining your core values and not selling out
7:22 - Self-assessment and becoming more dateable
28:10 - Relationship toolkit
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Aug 31, 2024 • 16min
Ep130: How to Optimise Your Evening Routine
Join Michaela as she shares the surprising power of an evening routine, reveals her own evening routine, and offers tips about how to construct your own.
00:00 - On routine
01:16 - Why have an evening routine?
01:41 - Your evening starts in the morning
03:08 - The miracle of the human design
03:35 - Evening sunlight and avoiding bluelight
04:58 - Ancient energy
06:15 - Mental health considerations
06:37 - What makes a good evening routine?
07:01 - Optimising body temperature
08:03 - Hot bath or cold dip?
08:49 - Michaela’s evening routine
11:44 - Michaela’s evening practices and rituals
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Aug 17, 2024 • 36min
Ep129: Attachment Styles 101
Join Michaela for an exploration of attachment theory including secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganised styles. Michaela explains each style and answers a viewer question about how to work with avoidant tendencies in otherwise positive long-term relationship.
00:00 - Trends in psychology
02:30 - What is attachment theory?
03:59 - 4 attachment styles
04:31 - Anxious attachment
06:18 - Avoidant attachment
08:22 - Disorganised attachment
09:38 - Secure attachment
13:00 - Truly avoidant?
14:18 - Anxious and avoidant in relationship
15:12 - A lens not a disorder
18:15 - How to work with your attachment style?
26:13 - Fight or flight and regulating the nervous system
32:27 - Lens capture
34:00 - Using NonLinear Movement Method®
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Aug 3, 2024 • 34min
Ep128: Morning Routine & Michaela’s Practice
Join Michaela and Steve for a Summer catchup as Michaela discusses her own morning routine and Summer practice regime, how to design a personal practice, how to use journalling and other techniques, upcoming creative and teaching projects, and productivity tips.
00:00 - Summer catch-up
02:13 - Michaela’s Summer personal practice
03:30 - What makes a good daily practice?
04:58 - Michaela’s morning routine
08:57 - Extended Summer sequence
10:00 - Morning pages vs journalling
13:31 - How to choose a deity or archetype
16:01 - Creating a masculine flavour deck
19:49 - Unique retreat in Portugal, October 2024
24:34 - Michaela’s muscle building routine
27:52 - How to optimise your schedule
30:28 - Time blocking
31:51 - Freedom App and social media
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Jul 7, 2024 • 10min
Ep127: My Successful Partner Finds Other Women Attractive
Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about the pros and cons of dating successful men who find other women attractive.
00:00 - Why does my man still find other women attractive?
02:19 - Pros and cons of dating successful men
06:11 - Using the Coolidge effect to keep the spark alive
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Jun 16, 2024 • 11min
Ep126: Finding Love & Dating Multiple Men
Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about dating strategies to find a partner, dating multiple men, and how to regulate fight or flight in relationship.
00:00 - Is it too late for me to find love?
00:44 - Dating strategies to find a partner
03:19 - Dating divorced men
05:06 - Streamlining your dating mission statement
05:44 - Dating multiple men
06:29 - Regulating fight or flight in relationship
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
Jun 2, 2024 • 13min
Ep125: Female Sovereignty & Nature
Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about female sovereignty throughout history, nature merging, and tells a story of her grandmother’s life struggles.
00:00 - Merging with nature
02:40 - Early morning sun exposure
06:16 - Female sovereignty throughout history
07:54 - Stories about Michaela’s grandmother
Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/
For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com
To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com
