Podcast Summary: Woman of Influence

Episode: Healing the Nervous System to Step Into Your Next-Level Self
Host: Julie Solomon
Guest: Fiona Walsh
Date: November 19, 2025

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This episode explores the transformative power of healing the nervous system and how embodied frequency enables high-achieving women to access true freedom, elevated self-expression, and next-level leadership. Julie Solomon and her guest, somatic coach Fiona Walsh, discuss why nervous system regulation is foundational for releasing old stories, resolving emotional wounds, and fully stepping into your highest purpose in business and life.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Defining “Woman of Influence” and Frequency Leadership

• Fiona frames "woman of influence" as a state of resonance and frequency, highlighting a global shift of women leading energetically, not just strategically.
• Quote:

  "I believe that women of influence are women of frequency and they lead with frequency. And that frequency and resonance is having these huge ripple effects all over the world right now and it's just going to keep growing and amplifying." (Fiona, 01:45)

• Both agree that the work now is about energetic embodiment rather than pushing messaging through algorithms or performative tactics.

2. The Journey from Fear to Freedom

• Fiona describes fear and freedom as opposite ends of a continuum, with many women stuck in fear-based patterns imprinted from lived experiences.
• She transitioned from intellectual, strategy-driven corporate roles and neuroscience-based coaching, realizing that mindset work alone wasn’t enough.
• Key Insight: True transformation happens by resolving emotional imprints at the somatic (body) level—not just by understanding them cognitively.
• Quote:

  "The only way to break these loops and the only way to break these patterns is to go into the body and let the body lead...The body is so wise and so powerful and it holds your alignment, it holds your frequency, it holds your soul..." (Fiona, 05:02)

• Resolving these patterns restores "life force" energy, creativity, intuition, and inner peace.

3. How Nervous System Healing Unlocks Business & Life Success

• Julie prompts Fiona to share how somatic work helps with common challenges—using "money issues" as a tangible example.
• Fiona's Method:
  • Start by identifying the protective voices in your head (e.g., fear you're not enough, fear of losing money).
  • Use somatic exercises to connect with the emotion and memory behind those voices.
  • Safely revisit past experiences (often childhood) to release unprocessed emotions and resolve the grip of those stories.
  • As the emotional memory dissolves, self-doubt quiets and authentic influence grows.
• Quote:

  "When we can tune into [these voices], we're like, 'Oh, ha. Hi, you're online again.' ... You can sort of be a little playful with the voices in your head because it's sort of like little kids in many way. Most of them are stuck in memories of the past." (Fiona, 12:13–13:15)

• Result: As women release energetic blocks, their capacity for impact, aligned action, and creative flow increases.

4. Helping High-Achieving Women Embrace Vulnerability & Embodiment

• Julie asks how high-level, intellectual women can shift toward embodiment, especially when safety has been found in strategy and control.
• Fiona:
  • Don’t do it alone—trusted containers are key for deep healing.
  • Vulnerability and letting oneself be "messy" is essential for integrating all parts of oneself.
  • Transformative Example: Even after therapy and coaching, clients found that only through somatic work were they able to heal root causes of their limitations. A visible transformation occurs at a cellular level—"lighter," at peace, and more radiant.
• Quote:

  "When you open the body up, it's got a lot to say. ... Once you go and do that work, you almost can't go back. ... You can feel it at a cellular level that you have let go of that because everyone says at the end of the session, 'I feel lighter.'" (Fiona, 19:32–20:57)

5. The Illusion of Control, The Necessity of Trust, & Receptivity

• Many driven women believe gripping tighter will get them further, but Fiona warns this only leads to burnout.
• Personal Story:
  • Fiona describes hitting her "max" with the birth of three kids in two years, leading to nervous system overload and a forced recalibration.
  • She stresses the importance of surrendering the "control story" and stepping into trust, receivership, and true self-support.
• Quote:

  "The most courageous, and I'm going to say the hardest thing to do, is to step into trust, is stepping into receivership, like allowing people to help you..." (Fiona, 24:02)

6. Identity Work: Navigating the Void Between Selves

• Julie inquires about Fiona’s own recalibration.
• Fiona: Identity work is difficult because the gap between who you were and who you’re becoming feels uncomfortable and “crunchy”; your old self will always call you back to safety.
• To bridge the void, keep moving forward in small, consistent actions—combined with a regulated nervous system, that’s what enables true manifestation from abundance, rather than fear.
• Quote:

  "When you're in the void is just to keep moving forward and making steps towards the direction of future you. ... If you don't have a regulated nervous system, you will manifest from fear versus freedom." (Fiona, 31:03–32:28)

7. Owning Your Power and Raising Your Capacity

• Julie and Fiona discuss how embodying your biggest transformation (not just explaining the steps) is how you attract high-level clients and claim higher pricing.
• Mirror Messaging Framework: This messaging technique helps bring subconscious blocks to light, enabling clients to recognize and shift their own stories.
• Quote:

  "It's not about the how. It was really around the why and the translation and what people would truly feel after working with me. ... Some of it is even ancestral. But this work clears ancestral stuff." (Fiona, 35:10–37:12)

• When coaches and visionaries own the depth of their role, they catalyze both their clients’ and their own up-leveling.

8. Capacity & The Nervous System as the Foundation of Sustainable Success

• Sustained growth requires expanding nervous system capacity, or else “self-sabotage” will inevitably follow success spikes.
• Quote:

  "If you haven't built capacity in your nervous system to hold that impact, hold that level of wealth ... your nervous system will go into protection mode. Some people call it self-sabotage." (Fiona, 49:11)

• Every bit of inner work adds to this capacity, allowing women to bounce back from setbacks and avoid collapse.

9. Embodied Messaging and Business Alignment

• The coaching industry is shifting: substance, congruence, and embodied experience are now non-negotiable.
• Fiona and Julie agree true influence comes from women who walk their talk and have done the internal work to become a living example of their messaging.
• Quote:

  “Your inner world does need to match what you're saying in your messaging and in your brand and in your programs. There needs to be true substance and depth now.” (Fiona, 54:00)

Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• [01:45] Fiona: “Women of influence are women of frequency and they lead with frequency.”
• [05:02] Fiona: “The only way to break these loops... is to go into the body and let the body lead.”
• [13:15] Fiona: “You can be a little playful with the voices in your head; it’s sort of like little kids.”
• [19:32] Fiona: “When you open the body up, it's got a lot to say... you almost can't go back.”
• [24:02] Fiona: “The most courageous... thing to do is to step into trust, is stepping into receivership.”
• [31:03] Fiona: “When you're in the void is just to keep moving forward... If you don't have a regulated nervous system, you will manifest from fear versus freedom.”
• [35:10] Fiona: “It's not about the how. It was really around the why and the translation and what people would truly feel after six months with me... this work also clears ancestral stuff.”
• [49:11] Fiona: “If you haven't built capacity in your nervous system to hold that impact... your nervous system will go into protection mode.”
• [54:00] Fiona: “Your inner world does need to match what you're saying in your messaging... There needs to be true substance and depth now.”

Important Timestamps

• 01:01 – Fiona’s definition of influence and frequency
• 03:19 – The continuum from fear to freedom, stuck stories, and embodiment
• 05:00–07:30 – The wisdom of the body, life force, and releasing imprints
• 12:13 – Addressing money blocks and somatic healing process
• 19:32 – Embodying transformation, lasting changes in clients
• 23:12 – Illusion of control, the necessity of self-trust and receiving support
• 31:03 – Identity recalibration, manifestation from regulation vs. fear
• 35:10 – Mirror messaging, impact beyond business, pricing
• 49:11 – Capacity, nervous system work, and “self-sabotage”
• 54:00 – Calling out the industry shift to embodied coaching and congruence

Final Takeaways

• Embodied transformation—healing the nervous system, resolving old stories, embodying new frequency—is the foundation for authentic leadership, impact, and sales.
• Sustainable influence and business growth are byproducts of deep internal work, radical self-acceptance, and expanded capacity.
• The coaching industry and clients now demand congruence: your external success must reflect real inner transformation.
• The most powerful, up-leveled identity work happens at the level of feeling and embodiment, not just mindset and messaging.

Connect with Fiona Walsh

• Instagram: @fionawalshcoaching
• LinkedIn: Fiona Walsh
• Website: fionawalsh.co

For Further Information

For more detailed strategies on messaging, visibility, and leadership with embodiment, consider joining Julie’s Growth Collective (mentioned at [08:28]) and connecting with Fiona through the links above.

If you want the quick path to your next level of influence, lead from frequency, and be truly seen for who you are, this episode is a must-listen.