119. Your body knows what your brain keeps ignoring with somatic coach Fiona Walsh
If you feel like you’re lost in a life that looks amazing from the outside, crushing it on paper, but inside, it still feels… off?
Andrea sits down with Fiona Walsh, somatic coach, who helps high-achieving parents recalibrate their lives by blending neuroscience-based mindset tools with somatic practices. Fiona shares her own rock-bottom moment during COVID—three kids, a thriving corporate career, and zero sense of who she was anymore—and the breathwork experience in Tulum that cracked her wide open.
This isn't about positive affirmations, a wish, and a prayer… but rather getting you to realize that you're overwhelmed because you're still running on old wiring that no longer fits who you've become as a parent.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(03:29) Why most working parents are running on patterns that no longer fit
(08:15) Fiona's burnout moment: lost in a busy, full life
(11:39) The Tulum retreat that changed everything
(14:10) What somatic coaching actually is (and why your body holds the answers)
(26:42) How to release protective patterns without just "thinking" your way out
(38:48) The truth about perfectionism and people-pleasing as survival strategies
(45:17) "Finding your purpose" is about remembering who you are
(55:39) Creating intimacy with yourself (without adding another to-do)
(57:53) What Fiona is still figuring out
KEY TAKEAWAY
Identity recalibration is your real power move when your body is telling you that who you were before kids no longer matches who you need to be now.
About Fiona Walsh
Fiona Walsh is a Life Transformation Coach and the creator of the Inner Freedom Method, a unique process that blends neuroscience-based mindset, parts work, somatic practices, and intuition. She works with high-achieving parents and leaders who look like they have it all figured out, but underneath are carrying the quiet weight of overwhelm, pressure, and self-doubt.
Connect with Fiona Walsh
Website | www.fionawalsh.co
Instagram | http://instagram.com/fionawalshcoaching/
Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-walsh-coach/
Podcast | https://www.fionawalsh.co/podcast