Movement Is My Constant: Real conversations on movement, mindfulness, and making meaningful change - for creatives, caregivers, and mission-driven humans

This podcast is for the ones who hold space for others—therapists, coaches, educators, healthcare workers, NGO staff, facilitators, and creatives—yet often struggle to make space for themselves.Hosted by Ana, a mindfulness teacher and embodiment facilitator with a background in UX and a passion for thoughtful living, Movement Is My Constant explores how we can stay present, grounded, and resilient while navigating personal growth, life transitions, and the messy in-betweens.Through honest conversations with movement experts, scientists, and thinkers across disciplines, you'll get insights and tools that help you reconnect with your body, build emotional resilience, and move through change with more clarity and ease.You might be wondering..."How can I feel more grounded when life feels overwhelming?""What does mindfulness actually look like in everyday life?""How do I keep giving to others without burning out?""What role does movement play in emotional and mental clarity?""How d

Movement Is My Constant: Real conversations on movement, mindfulness, and making meaningful change - for creatives, caregivers, and mission-driven humans is a health podcast hosted by Ana Maia Marques, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 82. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ana Maia Marques hosts Movement Is My Constant: Real conversations on movement, mindfulness, and making meaningful change - for creatives, caregivers, and mission-driven humans, a health show with 78 episodes published.

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  Episode #79

  Unlocking Systems Through the Body: Suzanne Roberts on The Great Reconnection

  Jul 15, 202649 min

  Episode Overview In this episode, Suzanne Roberts shares profound insights from her five-decade journey at the intersection of the body, leadership, and systemic change. Her work invites us to see movement as a gateway to wholeness, connecting individual energy to collective systems and societal structures. What We Cover The foundational concept of "The Great Reconnection"—returning to wholeness by remembering what was never lost How disconnection manifests personally, within teams, and in cultural systems The polarity system design and its application to understanding life energy as a dual force within us The importance of honoring the body's signals as the language of systemic health and personal truth Practical steps for cultivating inner calm and stillness through simple physical and mental practices The role of social systems like racism and white supremacy as energetic patterns embedded in the body and collective consciousness Approaches to redesign organizational and societal structures rooted in vitality, unity, and life energy How movement, in a broad sense, sustains us and connects us to our inherent wholeness Resources & Links I't Deeper Than That - Suzanne's book The Great Reconnection - Suzanne's framework Suzanne on Instagram Dr. Stone — identified as the founder of polarity therapy Fernando Flores — referenced for a system of accountability, trust, and feedback George Floyd — referenced in the context of organizational interest in race and systemic racism About the Guest Suzanne Roberts is the Founder of UnifyingSolutions and a transformational speaker, facilitator and author with over four decades of experience guiding leaders and organizations toward sustainable, systemic change. She is the creator of Polarity System Design™- a methodology that empowers individuals and teams to reclaim their inner capacity, lead with clarity, and design cultures rooted in purpose, equity, and lasting impact. Suzanne creates spaces where people can thrive and contribute with clarity and purpose. Her book and documentary, It’s Deeper Than That: Pathway to a Vibrant, Purposeful, Life, will premiere October, 2025. Call to Action Subscribe to Movement Is My Constant wherever you listen. And if this episode sparked something, share it — share it with someone who's been taught to see their body as something to fix, hide, or fear instead of a source of wisdom. For more at the intersection of movement, health, and systems change, join the newsletter at movementismyconstant.com/newsletter . 🎙️ More Episodes: movementismyconstant.com 📱 Follow on Instagram: @movementismyconstant ✨ Want to go deeper? Explore my mindfulness courses and 1:1 sessions at MiCa Mindfulness — designed to support caregivers, creatives, and mission-driven humans. Episode Credits Produced, Edited and Mixed by Chris Forbes Artwork Design by Utterly Create Music is by Pictures of a Floating World from the Free Music archive.org Be sure to follow and tag Movement is My Constant on Instagram 🎧 Subscribe now and get grounded, insightful episodes that feel like a deep exhale  

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  Episode #78

  Terrified and Hopeful, All at Once

  Jul 1, 202649 min

  Episode Overview Nine months after fracturing his femur in three places on an obstacle course, G. Scott Graham joins the podcast still mid-recovery — not narrating the comeback from a safe distance, but living inside it. A career coach, Tai Chi teacher, long-distance paddleboarder, Appalachian Trail hiker, and EMT instructor, Scott is also the author of Come As You Are: Five Years Later, a memoir that moves between losing his husband Brian after 31 years together and the unexpected grief of falling in love again with Peter. This conversation traces how movement once became a way of outrunning stillness, what Buddhist philosophy's concept of the "near enemy" reveals about mistaking momentum for avoidance, and why Scott insists equanimity isn't armor — it's the capacity to stay open to what scares you. What We Cover Scott’s transformative experience hiking the Appalachian Trail and how it shaped his identity The distinction between movement as healing versus avoidance, and how to recognize the difference Exploring the practice of Vipassana and its relevance to slowing down and observing the mind The concept of equanimity as openness in the face of fear, not armor How slow movement and Tai Chi cultivate silence in the mind and presence in the body The powerful metaphor of “second arrow” in Buddhist teachings—how our reactions to pain prolong suffering The impact of grief, love, and loss on the body and the mind’s micro-movements toward acceptance The importance of persistence, grit, and pushing beyond comfort zones in recovery and growth The role of stillness in healing and how to distinguish genuine presence from hiding or avoidance Reflections on humor, vulnerability, and the humor in the strangeness of our ideas of strength Resources & Links Come As You Are: Five Years Later - Scott Graham book Scott Graham on Medium Scott Graham website About the Guest G. Scott Graham is an existential handyman — fixing what’s broken, realigning what’s off-kilter, and helping people rebuild their lives with meaning, purpose, and the occasional strip of duct tape. He’s also an author, career coach, business coach, and psychedelic support coach based in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott is driven to help clients follow their “true azimuth” — a direction distinct from “true north.” It’s not about chasing some universal ideal. It’s about identifying what genuinely matters to you. It’s about recognizing the forces that pull your life off course and learning how to adjust so you still arrive where your heart wants to go. When you’re 90 and looking back, your life should feel like it was truly yours — filled with pride, purpose, and meaning. No regrets. Call to Action Subscribe to Movement Is My Constant wherever you listen. And if this episode sparked something, share it — share it with someone who's been taught to see their body as something to fix, hide, or fear instead of a source of wisdom. For more at the intersection of movement, health, and systems change, join the newsletter at movementismyconstant.com/newsletter 🎙️ More Episodes: movementismyconstant.com 📱 Follow on Instagram: @movementismyconstant ✨ Want to go deeper? Explore my mindfulness courses and 1:1 sessions at MiCa Mindfulness — designed to support caregivers, creatives, and mission-driven humans. Episode Credits Produced, Edited and Mixed by Chris Forbes Artwork Design by Utterly Create Music is by Pictures of a Floating World from the Free Music archive.org Be sure to follow and tag Movement is My Constant on Instagram 🎧 Subscribe now and get grounded, insightful episodes that feel like a deep exhale  

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  Episode #77

  The Root as Foundation: Sydney Zwicker on Pelvic Health, Touch, and the Nervous System

  Jun 17, 20261h 8m

  Episode Overview In this episode, I sit down with Sydney Zwicker — fascia-based bodyworker, pelvic health educator, and founder of Sovereign Touch Bodywork and Pelvic Care — for a conversation about reclaiming women's bodies as a site of wisdom rather than fear. Sydney's own healing path, which began after surviving sexual assault in her late teens, led her from talk therapy through somatic and dance-based therapies into a decade-plus practice in pelvic touch work, trauma integration, and the nervous system. Together we explore why movement and touch can access what words and intellect alone cannot, what "non-agenda touch" really means, and how the pelvis — often called the body's foundation — connects directly to breath, voice, posture, and the wider nervous system. Sydney makes the case that embodiment, especially for women, isn't indulgent self-care but a quiet form of rebellion with consequences for relationships, sexuality, and the larger systems we live inside. This episode offers a grounded, anatomy-first entry point into deeper questions of safety, pleasure, and truth — and a reminder that healing is rarely linear, but spiral. What We Cover Sydney's path from surviving sexual assault to building a career at the intersection of bodywork, movement, and trauma integration. Why movement, more than stillness, helps women access the "sensation body" — and how touch extends that same principle. The meaning of "non-agenda touch" and how it differs from a fix-it approach to pain and dysfunction. How the pelvis functions as a diaphragm, breathing in rhythm with the body's other respiratory and structural systems. The mirrored relationship between the jaw and the pelvis, and what tension in one can reveal about the other. How cultural conditioning, not personal failure, shapes most women's disconnection from their bodies. The link between embodiment, sexual sovereignty, and broader cultural and relational change. Why numbness and dissociation are protective responses, not failures, and what it takes to move back into sensation. Simple, accessible ways to start reconnecting to the pelvis and root through breath and touch. Why anatomical understanding is a foundation for, not a barrier to, deeper spiritual or erotic exploration. Resources Sovereign Touch Bodywork and Pelvic Care — Sydney Zwicker's practice Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine — the foundational text behind Somatic Experiencing, closely aligned with the "fact-checking the nervous system" and unfinished stress-response cycles Sydney describes The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk — widely known starting point for how trauma lives in the body, useful for anyone new to that framing Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski — research-grounded look at women's sexuality and arousal, pairs well with the episode's focus on sexuality and the pelvis Anatomy Trains by Thomas Myers — the standard reference on fascia for bodyworkers, fits Sydney's "fascia-based" framing if you want something more technical Full Body Presence by Suzanne Scurlock-Durana — a craniosacral-rooted guide to body awareness, gentler and more accessible than the others if you want something practice-oriented rather than clinical About the Guest Sydney Zwicker is a fascia-based bodyworker, pelvic health educator, and founder of Sovereign Touch Bodywork and Pelvic Care. Her work weaves together over a decade of study in women's health, sexuality, trauma integration, and the nervous system, grounded in embodied awareness. After surviving sexual assault in her late teens, Sydney's own healing journey moved through talk therapy, somatic therapy, and dance movement before landing in hands-on pelvic bodywork — the practice she's now offered for almost a decade. She helps women build a relationship with their pelvis, their nervous system, and their own truth through what she calls non-agenda touch: approaching the body with curiosity instead of the goal of fixing it. Find more of Sydney's work through Sovereign Touch Bodywork and Pelvic Care [add website/social links]. Call to action Subscribe to Movement Is My Constant wherever you listen. And if this episode sparked something, share it — share it with someone who's been taught to see their body as something to fix, hide, or fear instead of a source of wisdom. This summer, join me at the Sun & Light retreat with Five Senses Retreats — July 31–August 2, 2026, at Haltia Lake Lodge in Nuuksio National Park, Finland — where I'll be leading a session series called Move & Settle. Use code MiMC15 for a discount on your booking. For more at the intersection of movement, health, and systems change, join the newsletter at movementismyconstant.com/newsletter. 🎙️ More Episodes: movementismyconstant.com 📱 Follow on Instagram: @movementismyconstant ✨ Want to go deeper? Explore my mindfulness courses and 1:1 sessions at MiCa Mindfulness — designed to support caregivers, creatives, and mission-driven humans. Episode Credits Produced, Edited and Mixed by Chris Forbes Artwork Design by Utterly Create Music is by Pictures of a Floating World from the Free Music archive.org Be sure to follow and tag Movement is My Constant on Instagram 🎧 Subscribe now and get grounded, insightful episodes that feel like a deep exhale  

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  Episode #76

  Embracing Grief as a Mobilizer for Purpose and Growth

  Jun 3, 202658 minS0

  <p>Episode Overview</p> <p>In this episode, Camille Ellis shares her journey through unimaginable loss—the death of her son—and how she transformed grief from a debilitating experience to a source of profound purpose. Her insights illuminate how grief, when consciously integrated, can lead to personal growth, deeper love, and meaningful service.</p> <p>Camille Ellis is a certified coach, speaker, and resilience mentor who helps people rise after devastating loss.  At 60, Camille is proof that reinvention is possible at any stage, and that choosing herself was the beginning, not the end.</p> <p>She speaks powerfully about coura...

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  Episode #75

  Strength in Softness: Rethinking What It Means to Perform at Your Peak

  May 20, 202654 minS0

  <p>Episode overview</p> <p>My guest on this episode digs into the core of what it means to operate at the highest levels of performance, blending mental resilience, emotional awareness, and balance. Stuart Wade, a high performance mindset coach and clinical hypnotherapist, offers profound perspectives on how men (and everyone) can cultivate sustainable success without losing their sense of authenticity or well-being.</p> <p>Resources & links</p> <p>Stuart's visualisation audio tool</p> <p>Connect with Stuart on Linkedin</p> <p>More on Stuart's work online</p> <p>Book: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk...

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