{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Yes, And Otherwise: Feminist Conversations on Work, Rest & Power","title":"Navigating Discomfort: From Cult Survivor to Business Owner with Alesia Galati","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2381,"description":"In this powerful conversation, Faith Clarke sits down with Alesia Galati—podcast host, business owner, wife, and mother—to explore how discomfort shows up in our bodies and impacts how we navigate relationships and power dynamics. Alesia shares her journey from growing up in a single-parent home affected by addiction, through 10 years in a cult disguised as a women's program, to building multiple successful podcasts and a full-service podcast management agency.\nWhat We Discussed:\nHow women's bodies teach distress tolerance through periods and other physical experiences\nThe complicated relationship with \"push through\" messaging after cult trauma\nMoving from knee-jerk reactions to slowing down in moments of discomfort\nHow childhood experiences shape our automatic responses to conflict\nThe importance of mitigation versus avoidance strategies\nParenting in the age of AI and teaching kids to sit with questions\nBook recommendations for understanding different perspectives on discomfort\nThe power of sitting with someone through their coping mechanisms\nFeatured book: They Wouldn't Dare by Deanna Gray: https://amzn.to/4tdVVJc\n\nReady to connect with other feminist founders navigating these conversations? Join us in the Feminist Podcasters Collective at feministpodcasterscollective.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/GBHLYfR1d8vTP6gl28L07YDfK_AQkV3CJwsWm3AU-rM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNDE0/MTQ4YzMwYzNlM2Ix/YjIwMzY3NTZlMWIz/OWQ3ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}