What if pleasure wasn’t the reward?
What if it was the remedy?

In this soul-awakening episode of Sovereignty Rising, Dawn Elgin invites you into one of the most sacred and shame-soaked conversations we rarely have with truth: the reclamation of pleasure. Not performative pleasure. Not aesthetic self-care. But deep, body-based, nervous-system-honoring joy—without guilt, justification, or needing to earn it.

Through a chakra-by-chakra framework, you’ll explore how trauma, conditioning, productivity culture, and people-pleasing disconnect you from joy… and how to return to it with power, softness, and truth.

If you’ve been feeling numb, stuck in survival, or guilty for enjoying life—this episode is for you.

This is spiritual rebellion.
This is nervous system healing.
This is pleasure as sovereignty.

🕰️ Time Stamps + Segment Highlights

[00:00] – Opening Transmission
Why this episode matters right now and why reclaiming pleasure is not optional for sensitive, intuitive, awakening humans.

[04:03] – The Cultural Programming That Disconnects Us From Joy
How the productivity matrix, collective trauma, and gendered shame block us from feeling good in our bodies—and what’s really underneath that.

[08:45] – “The Pleasure Pause” & Nervous System Awareness
Why your body resists pleasure even when your mind craves it, and the difference between comfort and aliveness.

[11:20] – Chakra-by-Chakra Pleasure Mapping
Dawn walks you through the 7 major chakras, asking soul-guiding questions to open each portal back to embodied joy.

[21:32] – The Reclamation Practice: The Pleasure Scan
A guided somatic moment to feel into where you’re holding, blocking, or ready to receive pleasure—without judgment.

[24:18] – The Permission Shift
The sacred moment of choosing joy not as a reward, but as a returning to yourself.

[26:42] – Closing Truth + Next Steps
The real reason pleasure feels dangerous—and how to honor that without bypassing your nervous system.

🎧 Key Takeaways

• You don’t have to earn joy—you were born wired for it
• The nervous system often resists pleasure because it remembers trauma
• Each chakra holds a map to receiving and holding more pleasure in the body
• Reclaiming joy is a revolutionary act of healing, not indulgence

🔗 Want more embodiment tools + real-time support?
Visit practicalspiritualismco.com or join the Awakening Circle Facebook group.

Ep. 16 – Why You Feel Lost After Growth (and What to Do Instead)
with Dawn Elgin | Sovereignty Rising

You’ve done the healing.
You’ve said the hard no.
You’ve set the boundary, left the thing, burned the old version of you to the ground…

And now?
You feel lost.

Let me tell you something no one says loud enough:
That lost feeling is not failure.
It’s the void between identities.
It’s not regression.
It’s rebirth.

In this soul-stabilizing episode of Sovereignty Rising, I’m naming the part of the healing journey that most people don’t prepare you for—the part after the fire, when the silence sets in and you start to wonder: Who am I now?

I’ll share why growth often feels like grief, why your nervous system is meant to freak out during up-leveling, and why integration—not more action—is your sacred task right now.

This isn’t a step-by-step roadmap.
This is a reclamation.
A return.
A reminder that your pause is holy, and your becoming doesn’t need to be rushed to be real.

🌀 In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why post-growth disorientation is a sign of transformation, not failure
• How nervous system grief shows up even when the shift is “good”
• A sacred embodiment practice to anchor you when clarity is nowhere to be found
• The real difference between integration and avoidance (and how to know the difference)
• What it means to trust yourself when the old you no longer fits, and the new you hasn’t fully landed

If you’re in the middle space—where the timeline is gone, the plans are blurry, and the only thing you know is you can’t go back—this episode is your soul’s compass.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 16 of Sovereignty Rising
Your void is sacred.
Your confusion is holy.
You’re not lost.
You’re landing.

If your “healing journey” feels like a never-ending to-do list, this episode is for you.

Dawn Elgin dismantles the myth that healing is something to complete, fix, or earn. In her boldest episode yet, she exposes the trap of performative healing, the burnout of constant self-improvement, and the sacred invitation to come home to presence.

This is not another self-help checklist.
This is your permission to stop fixing—and start living.

🎧 Tune into Sovereignty Rising to reclaim healing as your birthright, not your burden.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

✅ Why most “healing work” is rooted in trauma conditioning
✅ How to stop outsourcing your worth to growth milestones
✅ A powerful embodiment practice to anchor into wholeness
✅ What it means to live from the version of you that’s already worthy

Chapters
00:00 The Invitation to Healing as Rebellion
02:16 Breaking Free from the Self-Help Trap
04:03 The Ego and Identity in Healing
07:21 Understanding the Nature of Healing
09:16 The Power of Thoughts in Healing
12:31 Letting Go of Labels and Identities
15:13 The Essence of Presence and Being
18:38 Healing as a Lifestyle, Not a Project
20:49 Practicing Presence and Acceptance
22:50 Embodying Your True Self
24:59 Resources for Your Healing Journey
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Want to coach with Dawn? Check out Soul Alchemy and Aligned Living