In this deeply honest and unfiltered episode, Cori Taylor shares her personal journey from fitness and bodybuilding culture, body control, and identity loss… into a slower, more embodied return to self.

What begins as a story of striving, perfection, and control unfolds into a much deeper truth:

Healing was never about fixing the body.

It was about remembering the self.

Through motherhood, nervous system healing, inner child work, and lived experience, this episode explores what it really means to stop performing life and start being in it again.

In this episode, we explore:

• The pressure to “earn worth” through body control and achievement

• The shift from performance-based living into embodimenT.

• Nervous system regulation as capacity (not perfection)

• Why burnout, looping, and identity crisis are often invitations to go deeper

• Inner child healing and unmet emotional needs

• The difference between “becoming someone new” vs. remembering who you are

• The beginning of Cori’s shift into her new work: Root & Rise

Core Message:

You are not broken.

You are not behind.

You are not meant to keep becoming someone else.

You are meant to remember.

To root into what’s been buried.

And rise into what has always been there.

Guided Practice Included:

This episode ends with a grounding somatic reflection to help you reconnect to your body and ask:

• Where am I rushing past myself?
• What would it feel like to stay here instead of escape?
• Can I let this moment be enough?

Closing Thought:

This is not a program of becoming.

It is a return to being.

A remembering of who you’ve always been beneath survival, expectation, and noise.

Today’s episode is a deeply personal one.

I’m sharing reflections from my 41st birthday…what it means to truly feel life again, to move out of survival mode, and to let yourself be seen, celebrated, and loved.

For a long time, I didn’t feel worthy of being celebrated. I pushed it away. I blocked it. I told myself I didn’t need anything… while secretly craving to feel seen.

But over the years, I’ve been learning how to receive. How to soften. How to let life touch me again.

This episode is about:

• coming back into your body
• finding beauty in the everyday
• allowing yourself to feel even when it’s hard
• and remembering… life is a gift

I also share a simple, powerful practice you can start today to help you step out of autopilot and back into presence.

What We Talk About:

• My journey with birthdays, worthiness, and receiving love
• How survival mode disconnects us from life
• The beauty of slowing down and noticing
• Letting go of perfection and embracing becoming
• Reconnecting with your authentic, creative self
• Why feeling is the gateway to healing and joy

Somatic Practice:

The Art of Noticing

A simple daily practice to help you:

• regulate your nervous system
• reconnect to your body
• and start feeling life again

✨ Pause

✨ Breathe

✨ Notice one beautiful thing

✨ Let yourself receive it

Ask yourself:

“How can I let myself receive this moment?”

Reminder:

You don’t have to change everything to change your life. You just have to start feeling again.

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As we step into 2026, this episode is an invitation to slow down, take inventory, and reconnect with who you’re being, not just what you’re doing.

In this honest, real-life conversation, I reflect on time, nervous system regulation, identity, and the power of small, intentional steps. Together, we explore how overcomplicating goals keeps us stuck, why presence matters more than perfection, and how to begin embodying the life you say you want without force or shame.

This episode is for anyone who feels tired, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in survival mode and is ready to move toward more presence, energy, and aliveness.

In this episode, we explore:

•Why time feels both fast and slow and how presence changes everything

•How to take an honest audit of your life

•What nervous system regulation actually means

•Why small steps matter more than big plans

•How morning intention shapes your entire day

•Releasing what no longer serves you as you enter a new season

•Embodiment over information, where real change happens

Season 3 of Watch Sunsets with Me begins here messy, real, and rooted in becoming.