In this episode of Your Dream Business Podcast, I’m joined by the amazing Claire Thorpe, a somatic practitioner, yoga teacher, and embodiment coach. We explore the powerful connection between body awareness and business success. We talk about how somatic coaching can help you strengthen your nervous system, make clearer decisions, and grow your business from the inside out. If you’ve ever felt like mindset work and strategy aren’t quite enough, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on why tuning into your body can be the missing link. Clair shares her own journey, and we dive into practical ways to bring somatic practices into your daily routine. Whether you're new to this or already curious about embodiment work, this episode is full of insights you won’t want to miss.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS COVERED IN THE PODCAST

1. Somatic awareness is a powerful tool for business growth. -Tuning into your body helps you make clearer, more grounded decisions beyond just mindset and strategy.


2. The nervous system plays a big role in your business clarity and confidence. - Strengthening it through somatic practices can reduce stress and improve focus.


3. Integrating embodiment techniques can unlock new levels of creativity and leadership. - It’s about connecting mind and body to lead your business in a more aligned and authentic way.

 

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LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

Connect with Claire on Website, LinkedIn, Instagram 

Connect with Teresa on Website, (Grow, Launch, Sell), Sign up to Teresa's email list,  Instagram, LinkedIn, or Facebook

 

Transcript

Teresa: What if I told you that the key to your next business breakthrough isn't another mindset, technique or marketing strategy, but lies within your own body. In today's episode, the guest and I explore the transformative power of somatic coaching and how developing your nervous systems capacity could be the missing piece to your business.

Growth puzzle. Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or simply curious about the difference approach to business growth. This conversation reveals how somatic awareness might be the most powerful business tool that you're not yet using. Welcome to the Your Dream Business Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Heath Wareing.

An international bestselling author, award-winning speaker, TEDx speaker, certified coach, and the host of this number one ranked podcast. I am so excited to guide you on the journey of creating a business and life that you not only love, but one that perfectly aligns with you and the season of life that you are in.

In each episode, I'll share with you easy, actionable, [00:01:00 ] and insightful strategies to grow your online business. Plus we'll be diving into some mindset, tools and strategies that keep you focused, motivated. And gonna stop you from getting in your own way. So if you're a course creator, membership owner, or coach, you're in the right place.

Let's get started. Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Your Dream Business Podcast. As always, I'm your host, Teresa Heath Wareing, and as always, thank you so much for spending time with me, for listening to this episode for hanging out. I greatly, greatly appreciate it, which. Can I start by asking a favor?

There is a huge percentage of you who listen to the podcast, who don't actually subscribe to the podcast, and I would love it if you could do me a favor and hit that subscribe button wherever you are listening, because what happens when you subscribe is more people see it, especially if you review more people see it.

I get to help more people, and by doing that I get to [00:02:00 ] have more amazing guests. On the podcast because sometimes when I pitch to someone to be on the podcast, I get asked how many downloads I have, and the more downloads I have, the more amazing people I can bring and get their brilliant ideas for you.

So we'll make a deal. You subscribe. Do me a review and I will make sure that I bring on the best people who can help you accelerate your business. Okay, on with today's episode. Today I am interviewing Claire Thorpe, who is a somatic practitioner yoga teacher and embodiment coach, and she supports female founders who are yearning for deeper nervous system stability.

That's easy for me to say. And. Resilience as they grow and scale their business. And she offers a body led nature inspired approach to inner healing and growth. Now, I just wanna say something before I continue with this episode. If you've been listening a long time, you will know that I. [00:03:00 ] Certified as a coach a few years back.

You'll also probably know if you've been listening a long time, that I went through a real journey of getting sober, which once I had gone through the worst of the journey, I shared a teeny tiny bit on this podcast, and then I actually went and did another podcast all about that. But what happened was I needed the mindset stuff in my world, and therefore I bought it into my business, and I'm not sorry.

I bought it in. But it was a distraction that I didn't need, and now I'm really glad to being back and doing strategy and marketing and stuff that I really do excel in and the stuff that I am brilliant at. And I say that with all intention. I think we should be getting more comfortable with saying we're brilliant at things if we are anyway.

I've kind of come away from all the mindset stuff. Not personally, I still do a lot of mindset stuff, but I didn't want it on the podcast. And the other reason I've kind of come away from it is 'cause I actually interviewed a couple of people who were a bit more [00:04:00 ] on the Woo side and. The episodes weren't great, like, and I didn't put the episodes out because when I came to do the hook, which is the bit at the very beginning of every episode before we start the intro, I couldn't think of what to say.

I couldn't give you a good reason why to listen to that episode. And if I can't give you a good reason in a one minute hook, then it really isn't a good episode. And it kind of put me off having mindset slightly woo steff on, even though it's still very much in my world. Anyway. Someone mentioned Claire to me and said, you should have her on.

I didn't say you should have her on, 'cause I'm never really a big fan when people say that, but they said she's awesome. Yeah, I think you'll like her. And she could possibly be a guest of the podcast. I listened to her staff. I really enjoyed what she said and thought, actually no, this could be really good.

And then as weirdness, woo. Universe, whatever you wanna call it, would have it. So I interviewed Claire ages ago, when am I looking? Actually, back in April and beginning of April. And because as you know, I batch [00:05:00 ] ahead and, and we're always a good number of episodes ahead in terms of the interviews. More than a good number's, probably a good few months ahead.

Anyway, I'd done this episode, really enjoyed it, and then I found a guy called Joe Hudson and I found Joe Hudson through Ali Abdul's YouTube channel. I watched the YouTube channel and I watch a lot of YouTube at night. It's all gardening stuff in the day. It's all works up. Joe is a coach for Silicon Valley CEOs, like I'm talking Apple OpenAI, who has chat GPT, and you would think so.

He's obviously coaching some hugely successful, very serious business people. I'm assuming the most of the men. And I was kind of watching him thinking he'd be more of like a masculine energy of coaching and he talks all about body emotions and the importance of us understanding our body and emotions in business and as business owners.[00:06:00 ]

And it's just so interesting that I've been watching that and really engaging in that and actually. At the same time have this episode coming out, and it kind of just proved to me that it's