“The most neglected is typically the body because we sometimes see the body as a vehicle and a hindrance, when our body actually has a genius of its own that’s way older than our brain. Our entire ancestry from the moment humankind started until now loads up in our system. Our body has the ability to regulate the nervous system, to regulate the breath, to create optimal performance, to birth, to fight— all of that has been strongly established through the many iterations of humans that led up to us sitting here talking with each other. Why wouldn’t we afford ourselves that information?”

In this episode of The Idealists. (formerly Grit & Grace), host and entrepreneur Melissa Kiguwa interviews Michaela Boehm, a gifted speaker and counselor whose unique body of work centers around the intersection of intimacy and embodiment. Michaela travels and teaches internationally as an expert in intimacy, relationship and sexuality, and in her private practice, she coaches high-performing individuals and couples, including Oscar-winning actors, producers, writers, multiple Grammy-winning musicians, CEO’s, and multi-billion dollar fund managers. You can also see her on Netflix’s Unwell, as well as, Sex, Love, and Goop, and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk.

In this episode, Michaela tackles how high achievers can love and connect more intentionally.