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June 29th, 2026

Why We Stop Trusting Ourselves

Women’s wellness, nervous system regulation, self-trust, emotional healing, boundaries, and the Mind-Body Connection are essential conversations in a culture that often rewards overgiving, perfection, people-pleasing, and constant productivity. Many women spend years prioritizing everyone else’s needs, disconnecting from their intuition, ignoring their bodies, and pushing through Burnout until exhaustion starts to feel normal.

In this episode of the ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her conversation with board-certified holistic nurse, Health and wellness nurse coach, and founder of Oubaitori Wellness, Samalie Rivera, for Part 2 of a powerful discussion about self-trust, embodiment, women’s healing, nervous system health, and coming back home to yourself.

Together, they explore why so many women struggle to trust their intuition, how people-pleasing disconnects us from our inner voice, and why healing is not just about changing your mindset. It is also about reconnecting with the body, creating emotional safety, setting boundaries, and learning to listen to the signals that were always there.

Samalie shares practical ways to return to the body during Stress, the deeper meaning of the Wild Woman archetype, and what happens when women feel safe enough to be vulnerable, seen, and emotionally honest without performing or holding everything together.
Dr. Tovar and Samalie also discuss what is often missing from the current approach to women’s health and wellbeing, including the need to look beyond symptoms and include the emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, and nervous system aspects of healing.

If you have ever struggled with burnout, self-doubt, Anxiety, people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, overgiving, disconnection from your body, or feeling like you no longer know how to hear yourself, this conversation offers grounding insight into self-trust, emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and sustainable wellbeing.
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Timestamps
00:00 Welcome Back to Part 2
00:30 Rebuilding Self-Trust Through Self-Compassion
01:00 Why Small Steps Help Rebuild Inner Trust
02:00 Gratitude, Prayer, and Connecting Within
02:30 How the Nervous System Affects Intuition
03:30 Regulating the Body to Access a Wiser Inner Voice
04:15 Why Embodiment Matters More Than Mindset Alone
05:00 The Body Has Its Own Language
06:00 How the Body Communicates Before the Mind
06:40 What to Do When Your Body Sends a Warning Signal
07:00 Breathwork, Belly Breathing, and Body Awareness
08:00 Emotional Eating, Body Signals, and Asking “What Do I Need?”
09:30 Why the Intuitive Voice Is Loving, Not Mean
10:00 What the Wild Woman Archetype Really Means
11:10 How to Connect With Your Wild Woman
12:20 Aging, Wisdom, and Caring Less What Others Think
13:15 Letting Go of People-Pleasing Earlier in Life
13:40 What Happens When Women Feel Safe Enough to Be Seen
14:00 Dropping the Mask in Women’s Circles
15:15 Moving From Competition to Connection Among Women
16:45 Ketamine, ECT, and Treatment-Resistant Depression
18:00 How ECT Helped a Patient Begin Eating Again
18:30 Psychedelics, the Right Brain, and Expanded Awareness
20:00 Nature, Dance, Singing, and Right-Brain Healing
21:10 What Is Missing From Women’s Healthcare
21:30 Menstrual Cycles, Energy, Mood, and Productivity
22:35 PMS, PMDD, and Taking Women’s Symptoms Seriously
23:00 Why Women’s Symptoms Need to Be Taken Seriously
23:35 How to Connect With Samalie Rivera
24:10 Final Reflections on Intuition, Self-Trust, and Reconnection
24:40 Closing the Episode

Episode Summary
In this episode, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her conversation with holistic nurse and wellness coach Samalie Rivera to explore women’s wellness, nervous system regulation, self-trust, embodiment, emotional healing, and the importance of reconnecting with the body. Together, they discuss how people-pleasing, chronic stress, burnout, emotional suppression, and societal expectations can disconnect women from their intuition and inner wisdom.

Connect with Samalie Rivera
Wild Woman Project:

Samalie Rivera ~ Wallingford, CT


Oubaitori Wellness:
https://www.oubaitoriwellness.com/pages/home
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samalie-rivera-rn-bsn-hwnc-bc-ryt-07254082

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Dr. Supatra Tovar is one of the only licensed psychologists in the world who is also a registered dietitian and accredited fitness expert. Dr. Tovar's unique background and integrated specializations allow her to provide holistic mind-body treatment for trauma, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety for children and adults. Dr. Tovar has numerous scholarly and professional presentations at several national conferences on a variety of health topics, including the detection and treatment of disordered eating, dissociation, weightism, and mindfulness interventions for eating disorders. Dr. Tovar earned her doctorate in psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and has two master's degrees, a Master of Science in Nutrition and a Master of Arts in Psychology. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Psychological Association. Since founding her first Pilates studio almost twenty years ago, she has been designing exercise and nutrition programs as well as helping clients emotionally and mentally heal.

She created ANEW (Advanced Nutrition and Emotional Wellness) to inspire and guide a client's journey to improving their relationships with their mind, body, and spirit.

Dr. Supatra Tovar authored "Deprogram Diet Culture: Rethink Your Relationship with Food, Heal Your Mind, and Live a Diet-Free Life" and developed an accompanying online course to address the pervasive and harmful effects of diet culture. Both the book and the course aim to empower individuals by helping them reject unrealistic body standards and restrictive eating practices promoted by society. They provide readers and participants with tools to foster a compassionate, mindful relationship with food and themselves, promoting sustainable health and wellness. Through these resources, Dr. Tovar offers a holistic approach that integrates psychological insights and nutritional education, guiding individuals toward a liberated, informed, and healthful life, free from the cycles of dieting and body dissatisfaction.