This episode is brought to you by Gut Food, BiOptimizers, InsideTracker, and Pendulum.\n\xa0\nRelationships can feel complicated. We often go into them looking for others to fulfill whatever we refuse to give ourselves. We want our unmet needs to be met by this other person, without doing the inner work to help ourselves. Owning our needs actually makes it easier for other people to meet our needs. This sounds counterintuitive, but it\u2019s one of those breakthroughs that can really turn toxic relationship patterns around.\xa0\nToday I\u2019m excited to share a conversation with my good friend Angelika Alana, all about tuning into our bodies, our physical and emotional needs, and healing our connection to ourselves and others. Angelika is the founder and CEO of the Somatic Healing Institute. She has been featured in Vanity Fair, Well+Good, and Modern Luxury. She certifies coaches and facilitators in her transformational body-based healing method. She has traveled and studied extensively in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, and the UK, and is a massive foodie with her husband Patrick Drake, co-founder of Hello Fresh.\n\xa0\nThis episode is brought to you by Gut Food, BiOptimizers, InsideTracker, and Pendulum.\n\xa0\nCheck out Gut Food at gutfood.com.\nGo to magbreakthrough.com/hyman and use code hyman10 at checkout for 10% off your next order of BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough.\n\xa0\nRight now, InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.\n\xa0\nPendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Akkermansia in a probiotic capsule. To receive 20% off your first purchase of Pendulum\u2019s Akkermansia probiotic supplement, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code MARK20.\nHere are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\xa0\n\nAngelika\u2019s journey into somatic and sexual healing work (6:38 / 2:47)\xa0\n\nGetting out of your head and into your body (10:59 / 7:20)\xa0\n\nCreating space from our emotions to safely integrate pain (16:43 / 12:06)\xa0\n\nHow to locate your wounds (21:15 / 17:10)\xa0\n\nClient stories from Angelika\u2019s work (24:41 / 19:28)\xa0\n\nWhat happens in a typical somatic healing session? (34:12 / 28:59)\xa0\n\nMoving out of a toxic relationship framework (38:24 / 33:12)\xa0\n\nHow to know if you\u2019re in a toxic relationship or a healing relationship (42:29 / 37:12)\xa0\n\nLearning new skills to succeed in sex and relationships (49:32 / 42:32)\xa0\n\nHolding more complexity with care (54:02 / 49:03)\xa0\n\n\nLearn more about Angelika\u2019s work at angelikaalana.com. Access her Somatic Self Care, Level 1 Training here, information about her upcoming retreat here, and a free guided somatic mindfulness practice here.\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices