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249. Use Your Hands to Listen to Your Body with Jen Aks | Jane Hogan
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- Wellness By Design
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- Mar 25, 2026
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Summary
Chronic stress, self-doubt, and disconnection from the body can keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode until you learn to listen to your body's wisdom and access its powerful guidance for healing. Did you know that your hand gestures reflect your emotions — even your subconscious emotions? Join me and my guest, Jen Aks, embodied leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Power of Gesture®, to learn how simple hand gestures and body awareness can help you regulate emotions, reconnect with your body's wisdom, and shift into a calmer, more empowered state. Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni In this episode, you'll learn: ⏰ 00:00 - Introduction ⏰ 02:27 - Journey to Body Awareness ⏰ 08:30 - Understanding Multiple Intelligences ⏰ 15:22 - The Concept of Body Set ⏰ 19:24 - The Power of Gesture in Emotional Expression ⏰ 22:29 - Transforming Emotions Through Gestures ⏰ 24:17 - Common Gestures and Their Meanings ⏰ 28:33 - Practical Steps for Body Awareness ⏰ 30:19 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing Check out Jen Aks' Bio: Jen Aks is an embodied leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and author of Your Body is Speaking. She's the founder of The Power of Gesture®, a science-based somatic practice that reconnects people to three intelligence systems—emotional, somatic, and kinesthetic— to calm the nervous system and access the body's innate wisdom. With more than 30 years of experience as a dance educator and somatic practitioner, she guides leaders, creatives, and individuals worldwide to stop searching outside themselves for…