Radiant Voices interview with Liz Page, Embodied Awareness
This week’s conversation with my friend and teacher Liz Page was full of delights—as always.
Three gems especially stood out to me:
- Perceiving the world differently
I loved Liz’s description of noticing the glow of sunlight through leaves—how it caught her attention and sparked joy. That moment led her to a powerful question:
“What would cause someone to perceive differently?”
She shared how gentle work with the body and nervous system feeds back to the brain, which in turn affects the mind—enabling a shift in perception. It’s a beautiful reversal of how past, ungentle experiences can prime the body to focus on threat and darkness.
And I can’t help but wonder—if we can shift perception toward the brilliant and beautiful through the mind, does that, in turn, soften the body and soothe the nervous system?
There are so many feedback loops within us.
Pay attention anywhere, and information shifts. That’s physics—the uncertainty principle in action.
(Yes, it’s a broad generalisation, but a useful one: witnessing changes perception, which changes action.)
It’s not that a tree falling in the forest makes no sound.
It’s that when someone witnesses it fall, something shifts in the watcher.
I’m reminded of a time I saw a huge old gum tree being felled for development.
I don’t clearly remember the buzz of the chainsaw, but the sharp crack—the moment the tree could no longer hold—was unforgettable.
It was heart-rending. I felt the tree cry out, and while there was little I could do, I could witness.
- Celebrating being where you are
Liz also spoke about the importance of recognising and celebrating exactly where we are right now. In personal growth work, there’s often a rush to move past awkwardness, vulnerability, or perceived weakness. But Liz reminds us that this moment, just as it is, holds value.
It’s refreshing to hear of disciplines that meet us here, not at some future version of readiness.
To be here—more or less intact—is an achievement. It reflects an ongoing process.
This moment isn’t a void to escape. It’s full of promise and possibility. No matter what it holds.
- Showing up now—as you are
The third gem was Liz’s sense of being ready to show up as a practitioner right away. Not because she had mastered everything, but because the key ingredients were there: curiosity, enthusiasm, and the willingness to explore.
She encouraged us to play with that—this sense of already being whole, already enough, even as we continue learning.
This deeply resonates with me. I’ve trained in a number of disciplines, but the one I felt immediately able to offer was embodiment coaching. It’s rooted in similar principles—where the role is to guide, witness, and explore, not perform expertise.
In other modalities, I’ve felt unprepared or inadequate. In embodiment, I feel at home.
No wonder Liz and I get on so well.
When you listen, I’d love to know—what landed for you?
For a Curious Mind: Notice what thoughts and judgments arise as you listen to this interview. What else would you like to know?
For a Connected Heart: Notice what feelings follow each other as Liz’s story unfolds.
For a Creative Body: Dance it? My Lord – Michael Franti
What if you’re already enough?
What if healing isn’t about fixing, but becoming aware?
”And this took whatever I approached it with. And told me it’s not a problem. Let’s just look at it as what is, and let’s see what else is possible.”
Liz Page opens up about her journey through pain, presence, and the practice that changed her life from the inside out. When she met Feldenkrais, her body said: let’s just see what’s possible. Join us as we explore how awareness—not effort—can be the most powerful path to change. Tune in for a gentle, powerful story of embodied transformation.
Glimmers*
Reflection resources to support your embodied transformation story:
- AuDHD LOVE MOVES US: Can you dance with this? Guided reflection and dance practice to reconnect you with the seed of enoughness.
- One step towards the universe: Show up with others heading independently in the same direction. Where your presence is enough.
- Becoming the star: Commit to exploring who you are if you’re already enough inside my 1:1 embodiment coaching program. Enrolling now.
Invitation to wonder: As you listen to Liz’s story, I invite you to become aware of the intriguing parallels between her story and yours.
Is there a subtle invitation here for you?
What song does it call to your mind?
Could you play and dance it?
Encouragement for Sensitive Souls:
🌿 If you’re feeling tired, full, or wary of another list of things to work on—
pause here.
This isn’t that kind of invitation.
Let these reflections meet you gently,
exactly where you are.
Whether you’re deep in the work,
skimming the surface,
or just here for a sense of company,
there’s something for you in this conversation with my friend and teacher Liz Page.
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AuDHD-friendly affirmation for sensitive women
You don’t have to be “ready” to be real. You are allowed to show up as you are—curious, feeling, whole.
Many women with AuDHD in their lives love to listen deeply, notice beauty, and tend to the unseen shifts in themselves and others.
They are conditioned to move quickly past discomfort, hide their vulnerability, and prove their worth through doing.
Which undermines our ability to feel the fullness of the present moment, celebrate how far we’ve come, and trust our quiet power.
Remember you can pause, witness, and allow the feedback loop of kindness to ripple through your body, mind, and spirit.
I trust you to know when to rest, when to rise, and how to honour the wholeness you already carry.
Inside Radiant Voices you’ll find real conversations with women who are shifting, growing, and reclaiming joy—by showing up as they are.
Draft Notes on readiness and enoughness
Your insights about what would make someone see differently,
expecting and celebrating being where you are,
and showing up already as an authentic practitioner because no aspirational stretch required for readiness all feel powerful for me.
This week’s conversation with my friend and teacher Liz Page is full of delights as usual.
I found three gems especially powerful.
First, i loved her description of perceiving the regular world differently – the translucent glow of sunlight through leaves that caught her attention, and brought joy.
And that she went home and asked the question – “what would cause someone to perceive differently?”
Turns out that working (gently) with the body and the nervous system feeds back to the brain, which affects the mind and enables shift in perception.
Reversing previous ungentle actions on the body and nervous system which have also affected perception to focus on dark and danger, I can’t help but wonder.
And equally, if we are able to work with the mind to shift perception to the brilliant and beautiful, surely that also works on the body and nervous system.
There are a lot of feedback loops in the body system.
Pay attention anywhere, and the information shifts. That’s physics – uncertainty principle.
Gross genealisation, but useful – witnessing, perception, affects action.
Which is not to say that the tree falling in the forest makes no sound,
But that when the falling tree is witnessed, a shift takes place in the watcher.
Gosh, and this brings to mind a time when I watched the felling of a huge old gum tree making way for development. The buzz of the chainsaw is not especially vivid for me, but the crack of the moment when the tree could no longer withstand the assault was heart rending.
That moment touched me, the tree cried out and i heard, though there was little i could do but witness the moment.
The second idea was that of expecting and celebrating being where you are right now.
There is a tendency in personal growth work to hurry on from this awkward and embarrassing moment of weakness, of where i am now.
It’s refreshing to hear the disciplines that embrace and celebrate this moment. That expect to meet me where I am, not where I am going. That celebrate being here, now. Recongnise that as an achievement. Acknowledge that getting here, more or less intact, has been an ongoing project and process. This moment is full of promise and possibility, not void and empty, to be hurried on from.
No matter what it holds.
Thirdly, I loved the follow on of Liz feeling able to show up as a practitioner immediately, that there was no aspirational stretch to some other form of readiness. Certainly continuing to practice the skills, but that the essential ingredients are curiosity and the enthusiasm around what is discovered.
Plus the encouragement to play with that.
That sense of being already complete and content – and curious about what else is possible resonates deeply with me.
As a person who has trained in a number of disciplines myself, the one I have felt immediately able to bring forward is embodiment coaching, which is based on very similar principles.
In other disciplines, I felt unprepared and inadequate to lead.
In embodiment, my role is more of guide and witness.
No wonder we get on well.
When you listen, I’d love to know what landed for you.
