Episode 59: Ailey Jolie

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Written By Ailey Jolie

04/01/2026

What if Botox is not just changing how you look, but how you feel and connect?

In this episode, Ailey explores the quiet bind many women live inside, where beauty culture tells you your body is a problem to fix, and wellness culture tells you it is something to optimise. Both can sound supportive, yet both can pull you away from your lived experience.

Using Botox as an entry point, we look at research on facial feedback, emotional processing, and how expression shapes connection. She also shares clinical insights from somatic work, where micro expressions and co regulation are central to how we relate.

From there, we move into real life. Dating, friendships, and early attachment, exploring how reduced facial responsiveness may impact how we read and feel with one another. We also touch on objectification, interoception, and how self monitoring can distance you from your body long before any intervention.

This conversation invites you to step out of the cycle of fixing and into something quieter and more honest. Learning to listen. Learning to feel. Learning to be in your body.

About In This Body: Conversations with leading experts about the importance of embodiment in living an authentic life. In This Body asks the important questions: How does connecting to your body change your life? How will connecting to your body allow you to love better and live more authentically? And how does connecting to your body change the trajectory of our shared world?

In this episode:

  • 0:00 Welcome To In This Body

  • 2:25 The Beauty And Wellness Bind

  • 9:54 Facial Feedback In Therapy

  • 16:16 When Symptom Relief Hides Danger

  • 18:47 The Research On Emotion And Botox

  • 30:14 Objectification Cuts Interoception

  • 35:34 Wellness Culture Rebrands Self Surveillance

  • 40:51 Leaving The Loop Through Presence

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