Dating & Belonging in a Trans Body - with Grey Doolin

24/10/2024 28 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Grey Doolin shares their personal journey of transformation through somatic practices. Grey explains how Somatics can provide the first glimpses of hope and the potential for a different life experience, especially for trans individuals dealing with body dysphoria and gender euphoria. They emphasize the importance of forming a deeper relationship with bodily sensations and making decisions that make the body feel like home.
Grey also discusses their own transition process, including the contemplation of top surgery, and stresses the significance of expanding one's capacity to inhabit their body.
Ultimately, Grey embraces transness as a beautiful gift and a unique path that allows for holding nuance and complexity.
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Grey Doolin, M.Ed. is a trauma-informed somatic coach, mentor, facilitator, and speaker who supports queer and trans folks to be magnificently themselves.
After going from a life marked by severe depression, addiction, abusive relationships, and the far-reaching effects of cPTSD to one of self-devotion, freedom, inner safety and belonging, Grey uses their personal experience, training as a therapist, and their own nervous system to help other queer and trans folks create lives with more intimacy, joy, and enoughness.
A radically authentic and rigorous visionary, Grey is a mystical-hearted seeker and devotee of their divine path. They have been featured on Magic of the Spheres and Abbey Normal podcasts and have helped thousands of people become more intimate with their own experience and more connected to themselves.You can find more of their work on Instagram @grey_doolin or www.greydoolin.com
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Your Host is Sabrina Sundari, Somatic Therapist and Relationship, Attachment, and Nervous System Expert. She can be found at www.sabrinasundari.com and @sabrinasundari