Hey, welcome to sensual self.

I'm Evian Whitney, and this is a space for you to slow down, tune in, heal and feel the sensations and

pleasures of your sensual body. Thank you for being here.

Hello folks and welcome to this podcast if this is your first time listening.

And if you've been here before, thank you for coming back. It's nice to have you again.

Today, I am so excited to share with you a conversation between me and Alex L about the many layers,

pains, and joys of being on a self-healing journey in celebration of her new best-selling book,

How We Heal.

We got into so many beautiful corners of this topic that I know are going to move things

within you, things like what it means to center joy and pleasure within our healing journeys

that honestly can feel so exhausting. The frustration and anger that comes from being the first in our lineage to embark upon

healing. How inner child work also includes inner teenager work. And so, so much about the

complexities of healing ourselves while being in relationship with others and all the triggers that that can bring up.

This conversation with Alex happened during a time of great change and transition for me.

I don't want to get into it too much, but I feel like I'm being asked to step deeper into my own

self-healing right now. And because of that,

a lot is moving in me. I've been uncovering parts of myself that I haven't given proper attention

to in years. And it's been painful and delightful and very revealing, to say the literal least. So hearing Alex speak to the

complexities of what it means to heal, to the complexities of her own healing journey,

it was very, very impactful for me because I'm very much in the thick of it right now.

I was also pleasantly surprised that this discussion about healing landed so much for me because

I'm usually such a cynic when it comes to these kinds of conversations.

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