In this episode, we explore projection as a somatic and psychological strategy - the way the nervous system exports traits, emotions, and capacities we can’t hold internally.

Projection isn’t just cognitive. It’s a body‑based avoidance pattern that begins in childhood and continues into adulthood, shaping identity, relationships, and even the way we attach to objects.

You’ll hear how disowned traits (anger, creativity, strength, stability) get pushed into the shadow, how the psyche tries to reclaim them, and how this shows up in women’s physiology and body transformation culture.

I share a personal story about selling my house and realising I had projected safety, strength, and spaciousness into the walls during a time when I didn’t have the capacity to hold those qualities in myself.

Episode Chapters

0:01 - Intro

0:32 - What is projection?

1:25 - Why we project onto people, things, and goals

3:00 - Shadow and Gold projection

3:30 - Projecting anger or other unwanted emotions

5:45 - Projecting your talents and gifts, and how others will project onto you

8:20 - How caretakers and parent’s contribute to this

9:05 - We are magnetic beings

9:40 - How the psyche helps you heal and integrate things you have protected and rejected

10:59 - How it shows up in body transformation, and weight loss spaces. 

13:12 - An example of me working through layers of projection and reclaiming my gifts while I sold my fist home 

14:40 - Triggers and cognitive dissonance when you’re projecting 

15:49 - Somatic exploration of the attachment

17:25 - Soul loss in shamanism, shadow work, projection and IFS overlaps. 

18:42 - Calling the parts of me that I rejected back home

21:32 - Realising an item was actually storying all the parts of me that I had rejected

22:42 - Embodying the change

25:05 - Exploring your projections

See you next week! Jen X