Lauren Joyce

Conception is the most feminine thing you can possibly do, so disconnection from feminine energy creates a recipe for disappointment

Rosanne conceived naturally at 43 during a year of saying bigger yeses to pleasure, including a sensual European trip doing everything experts say not to do - wearing heels on cobblestones, eating cheese, drinking wine.

Most women aren't actually in their masculine energy as much as they have control issues because they feel unsafe in their body and in the world as a woman

Lauren Joyce spent ten years in Catholic school receiving daily conditioning about what it means to be a good and moral woman, leading to disconnection from her body and over-reliance on achievement for validation.

Pleasure brings you into your body and into the present moment - you can't be freaked out about what's happening next week or obsessed about what didn't happen last month

Lauren recommends making a pleasure list on your phone of simple things like specific peppermint tea or 20-minute walks to access during stressful moments when you can't think of what's pleasurable.

Living a pleasurable life is about micro moments - are you completely present to the sensations of that cup of coffee or tea, or are you looking at your phone already freaked out about emails?

Lauren explains that pleasure doesn't require five hours at the spa or luxurious bubble baths - it's about being present to simple sensory experiences throughout the day.

Your body is the first home of your child - how are you treating this home? How are you taking care of this home?

Lauren connects this to why women in France experience menopause differently because they're told it's the second spring of life rather than being dried up and old, resulting in fewer physiological symptoms.

We need to kill the martyr mother mentality - if you're choosing suffering and doing things the most challenging way possible, you're already signing up for that pattern

Lauren points out that cultural messaging of 'no pain, no gain' and 'suffer to prove you deserve it' creates resistance to pleasure even before becoming a mother.

The feminine is not just soft and surrendered - it's also bloody righteous rage, unshakable boundaries, the power to burn down things that aren't serving us

Lauren references Goddess Kali energy and explains that most polarity work only teaches the soft side of feminine while ignoring the fierce protective aspects.

The feminine desire is what leads - it's feminine desire first, then the masculine reacts and starts taking action toward that desire

Lauren challenges the common belief that masculine energy leads, explaining that desire initiates everything and then masculine energy responds with action.

In 2022, the safest place for a woman is deeply grounded in her feminine power - it's actually less safe to be disconnected from our bodies and pleasure

Lauren explains that while disconnection may have been survival during the Spanish Inquisition and witch trials, now discernment and intuitive knowing provide energetic and emotional safety.