Episode 46: Ailey Jolie

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2 Jan

01/01/2026

Join Ailey Jolie for a raw and personal solo episode of How To Be In This Body. In this New Year's reflection, Ailey shares what happened when her body stopped letting her perform; a year of health crises, the real story behind her viral posts, and the decision to focus her attention on her upcoming book and course INBODY.

In this episode, she explores what it means to let go of an identity built around being needed, why she's done setting goals from the neck up, and the question she's carrying into this year: how do I actually want to spend my time? This episode is for anyone in their own season of stopping, listening, or questioning what comes next.

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 and Embodiment Focus

1:16 – New Year Messaging Challenged

3:06 – Illness as Unwanted Teacher

8:15 – Writing from Inside the Body

10:31 – Calm Versus Capacity

22:31 – Stopping the Performance

26:00 – Self-Regulation Needs Co-Regulation

33:20 – Holding Less to Live More

39:20 – Capacity, Fawn Response, and Needs

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