EP88: Zhaleh Boyd Phillips on Navigating Trauma, Joy, and Vaginal Steaming as an Empath
Dr. Zhaleh Boyd Philips is an intuitive healer, a Certified Vaginal Steam Practitioner, and a co-host of the Hot Steamy Podcast. She’s also a doctor in sociology specializing in human sex trafficking. Zhaleh was the magic behind all of the write-ups and graphics behind the Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam study and has developed a vaginal steaming course specifically for empaths. What Zhaleh Shares: Her personal history with sex trafficking and how it shaped her path Realizing she couldn’t be in anti-trafficking work forever Becoming a joy junky Receiving information from her ancestors and how it’s guided her What You’ll Hear: The complexity and difficulties of working with law enforcement Finding accessible ways to support trafficking victims How sex trafficking is different in different communities The need for balance within your interests and time commitments to avoid burnout Developing tools as an empathy to reclaim your body from other people’s emotions Safeguarding your health by knowing your own limits Being in service to yourself as much as you are to other people Re-connecting with joy and going on a trauma-fast Vaginal steaming for healing from trafficking, assault, and trauma How connecting in with the ancestors allowed her to get a fuller picture around clients Communicating with organs and finding trapped emotions Receiving sufficient financial exchange for your energetic output The five dimensions of existing in our physical forms Finding ways to support yourself beyond your physical body How caring for an empath differs Steaming for empaths