The Woman You're Becoming

Earlier this week, I sat across from a woman in a small, modern coffee shop — leather-backed chairs, blue walls, chai a little too hot to sip.

As she told me her story, I could feel the weight and the lift of it all at once. She talked about the years she spent fighting her body — the frustration, the confusion, the exhaustion.

But mostly, she talked about the moment she stopped waiting.

That sacred, gritty moment when she decided to seek answers.
To do the work.
To find her way home to herself — even when it was messy and inconvenient.

Now sitting there, she glowed.
Still human, still healing, but undeniably freer.

You could feel it — that space inside a woman who’s no longer at war with herself.

We laughed about how most people have no idea how good they could actually feel in their bodies.
How much peace, energy, and ease are possible when you stop trying to think your way into healing and start letting your body lead.

But if you’re reading this… you’re not the average woman.

You’re the woman who knows there’s more available.
You’ve already done so much inner work — therapy, yoga, meditation, the whole thing.
And yet, something in you still whispers: There’s more.

That whisper — that’s The Nourished Woman speaking.

She isn’t me. She’s all of us.

She’s the version of you who’s remembering her wholeness.
She’s grounded, radiant, wildly herself.
She knows how to hold both power and softness.
She’s breaking cycles, loving deeply, resting often, and creating beauty from the truth of who she is.

She’s the woman who’s done hiding.

The Archetype of The Nourished Woman

This archetype — The Nourished Woman — is the heartbeat of my work.

It’s the vision I hold for every woman who enters my world:
to come home to your body, your rhythm, and your inner knowing.

To remember that healing isn’t linear — it’s cyclical, just like you.
To stand barefoot in your life with both feet on the ground and your heart wide open.

So before you move on with your day, take a breath with me.
Place a hand on your heart.
Whisper:

 “I am already becoming her.”

Let that truth soften your shoulders and settle into your bones.
Because this is where it starts — in the quiet remembering, in the small moments, in the choosing to tend to yourself again and again.

 Listen Next: From Body Shame to Sacred Home

If this speaks to you, you’ll love this week’s The Nourished Woman Podcast episode --
“From Body Shame to Sacred Home.”

It’s for the woman ready to feel at home in her skin, move beyond the spirals, and step into joy, aliveness, and deep embodiment.

 Listen on all major platforms.

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If you’re craving a space to practice this way of being --
to tend to your nervous system, your body, and your wholeness --
you can explore The Nourished Woman Sanctuary.

It’s a monthly membership designed to help you feel calm, clear, and connected again through somatic yoga, meditation, and gentle nervous system regulation.

 Try it free for 7 days and see how it feels in your body.

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Keri Marino is a Certified Somatic Yoga Therapist and Mentor for women ready to feel more healthy, whole, confident and empowered. She is known for her calm presence and relatable, yet unapologetically spiritual approach to yoga & life.

Based in Greenville, SC she believes that true healing happens when we embrace the full spectrum of who we are in all our beautiful messy complexity. ​

Her offerings provide a loving space for you to do the mindset and body based work that will set you free, reconnect with your divine nature and live a purpose driven life. 
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Over the past 16 years, she's taught thousands and thousands of people how to practice yoga in a way that meets them where they are, honors yogas roots and leads to personal transformation. 

When she’s not working she enjoys playing outside with her three kids, cooking health inspired meals and laughing at stand up comedians with her husband Chef Tanner. ​