Episode 70: Alexis Florentina
06/18/2026
What if your nervous system is asking to be understood, not managed?
In this episode, Ailey sits down with Alexis Florentina, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, to explore how nervous system regulation has become another form of self improvement, and why that can leave us feeling even more disconnected from ourselves.
Drawing from her own experience with chronic illness and medical trauma, Alexis shares a gentler approach to embodiment, one that honors leaving the body as a valid survival strategy and recognizes that healing cannot be forced. Together, she and Ailey explore safety, titration, and the subtle signals that tell us when our nervous system is ready and when it is not.
The conversation also unpacks common misunderstandings about regulation, anxiety, and activation, offering a more compassionate perspective on emotions that are often treated as problems to solve. They discuss the difference between stress and trauma, the role of creativity in healing, and why aliveness, not perfect regulation, may be the real measure of healing.
If you have ever felt pressure to do embodiment the "right" way, this conversation offers a more spacious and supportive path forward.
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:
3:35 An Invitation Back To The Body
4:16 Lexy's Training And Origin Story
11:21 Holism Over Mind Body Polarity
16:46 Regulation Isn’t A Task
21:47 What Trauma Feels Like Clinically
28:15 Writing Creativity And Aliveness
37:13 Meeting Fear Without Fixing
44:59 Fawning People Pleasing And Needs
49:17 Your Body Is Fighting For You
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