Author and speaker Katherine Rose Woller shares the story behind her memoir Calling It Off: Memoir of an Almost Bride - why she ended an engagement two weeks before the wedding, the body signals that told her the truth, and how becoming a mother sharpened her intuition.
We also unpack tools like therapy, EMDR, movement, and mindfulness, plus how to support a friend in a troubling relationship with compassion and not pressure.
We talk about:
05:25 - Katherine’s story: Calling off the wedding two weeks before
12:45 - Distinguishing fear vs. intuition in your body
19:35 - Strengthening your relationship through parenthood
27:40 - How to trust your intuition when change feels scary
30:25 - Grounding tools: Movement, therapy, meditation, journaling
35:05 - Teaching kids intuition and bodily autonomy
40:25 - Modeling self-care so our kids see it and hear it named
45:40 - Taking personal time and handling the guilt
49:35 - Screens, intuition, and parenting in a digital world
52:40 - How to support friends in complicated relationships
Questions answered in this episode:
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What body signals can reveal a relationship or life choice is misaligned?
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How do you tell fear from intuition—physically and emotionally?
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Which practices actually help you stabilize during big life changes?
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What makes the maternal mental load so intense for entrepreneurs?
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How do we model self-trust and self-care to our kids?
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What’s a compassionate way to check in on a friend in a troubling relationship?
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How can screens dull intuition and how do we protect presence at home?
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