Grab your iced coffee and secure your underwear, because today’s episode is a wild, hilarious, and deeply spiritual ride. Your host Samantha is joined by a badass soul sister she literally internet-stalked into being her best friend: Kori Rae Kovacs, nurse, body intuitive, and host of The Phoenix Perspective podcast!

We kick off the episode with the ultimate icebreaker—Sam recounts the exact moment she realized there was a massive lump in her pants leg during their first video call, only to reach down and pull out a stray pair of underwear. But because this is Skirts Up, we slide seamlessly from laundry mishaps straight into the deep stuff: religious cult trauma, body intuition, and the literal life-changing technology of cyclical living.

In this laugh-out-loud, goosebump-inducing episode, we explore:

• The Magic of Direct Messages: How being unapologetically yourself on social media acts as a beacon for your true tribe (and why you should never be afraid to slide into someone's DMs to say, "Can we be friends?").
• Surviving Hellfire & Brimstone: Kori Rae opens up about growing up in a terrifying, evangelical church environment, giving God the middle finger in her 20s because "sex was too great," and eventually finding her way back to a nature-based, pagan spirituality.
• The Mind-Body Manifestation: Kori Rae breaks down how the body is a physical reflection of the internal world (referencing mind-body pioneers like Louise Hay and Dr. Joe Dispenza). Sam opens up about how her own historical habit of "stonewalling" and rejecting her internal world ultimately manifested physically as functional seizures.
• Living a Whole Year of Seasons in 28 Days: Kori Rae delivers a masterclass on cyclical living, explaining how women experience a full rotation of winter, spring, summer, and fall every single month.
• The Energetics of PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome): Kori Rae shares her mind-blowing personal realization that her PCOS was tied to an energetic block. As a kid, adults loved her bubbly, first-half-of-the-cycle energy but rejected her direct, bossy, boundary-setting second-half energy. By hiding her luteal phase to please others, her ovaries literally stopped wanting to ovulate. Once she integrated both sides? At 41, her cycles are healthier than they were in her 20s!
• A Proving Ground for Personal Growth: How to stop forcing linear growth and start using your cycle phases practically. Need to practice patience? Try doing it during your luteal phase! Plus, the power of documenting your shifts using tools like the Cycles Journal so you can look back and actually see your evolution.

If you are ready to stop taking life so seriously, map out your body's personal blueprint, and learn how to use your natural rhythms as a tool for subconscious healing, this episode is your ultimate permission slip.

Tune in, open your heart, and remember—keep your panties on (unless they’re static-clinged to your jeans)!

Links & Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Connect with Kori Rae: Listen to The Phoenix Perspective podcast on Apple and Spotify, and check out her upcoming season, Rising in Real Life.
• Join the Community: Learn how to cycle track alongside a tribe of beautiful babes at the Red Tent Society on Patreon.
• Recommended Reading: Heal Your Body by Louise Hay and the Cycles Journal (Kori Rae’s absolute favorite tracking tool since 2022).
• Upgrade Your Subconscious: Ready to shift out of survival mode and step into alignment? Head over to Sweet Soul Wellness to claim your free personalized audio recording and start rewriting your internal baseline today!

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