EP 25: Centehua Sage on Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Self- Love and Intergenerational Mother Healing

  Centehua shares her personal journey with her body image-- of becoming a mother at 19, taking on her mother and grandmothers' assessment of her body, and deciding to get a mommy makeover. She takes us through her journey of deciding to remove the implants at 40 as a ritual of self-love and self-reclamation. She does so without general anesthetic so that she can be fully present in the reclamation, and minimize the trauma to her system.      What Centi Shares: -How she shifted from being trained out of her body’s wisdom (by parents/culture), to living her embodied wisdom -Her journey with an eating disorder and her body -When she had a mommy makeover and what happens when you ignore your intuition & body wisdom -The fascinating and important story of how she chose to stay conscious during her breast implant removal -How important men are, and healing the masculine and feminine after #metoo -Women must embody mother consciousness & compassion to heal the planet   What You’ll Hear: -A deep connection to our bodies helps us heal and to be objective -Sexual trauma and ballet contributing to body shame -How her love for her new baby shifted her health -Her disempowering birth experiences as a young woman -Her mother and grandmother’s idea of physical beauty, and how it affected her -Why she ignored her intuition and had plastic surgery after she had two children -The real consequences of plastic surgery -Taking out her breast implants and her personal work around that decision: rituals, prayers and forgiveness -She chose to do have her implants removed with only local anesthesia: nothing to alter her consciousness -How the surgery showed her the intelligence of her body -Why she chose to be conscious during the removal of her implants “If you look good, sex will be good.” -- nothing could be further from the truth Encouraging women to support the men who are showing up & doing their best The importance of being in our feminine as we heal trauma on the planet Patriarchy AND matriarchy are unhealthy: finding a new way Rising above shame and blame and embodying compassion to heal relationships and the planet Why it’s so important to providing a space for women & men to feel connected and have a dialogue   “We are swimming in magic: it’s so tangible and simple. You can just look outside and connect to the lifeforce that we share with the tree, with the grass: just to remember that we are alive. There is so much beauty in this world.”