Show Notes
Sometimes healing is not just talking. Sometimes it’s learning to feel safe in your body again.
In this episode, Alicia sits down with Georgia Verry about Conscious Combat Club, a Melbourne-based charity using trauma-informed martial arts to support women and gender-diverse people impacted by violence. They chat through gender-based violence, fight-flight-freeze responses, dissociation, breathwork, grounding, and why reconnecting with the body can be such a huge part of recovery 🌿
What makes this conversation so special is how practical it is. Georgia breaks down what actually happens before someone joins a class, how triggers and boundaries are handled, why choice matters so much, and how the team is building a space where people can move, pause, cry, rest, try again, and be supported through it all.
This episode is honest, hopeful, and such a different way to think about healing. If this conversation speaks to you, please check out Conscious Combat Club, share their work, or donate if you’re able. Love you dAlings 🩵
1:18 — What Conscious Combat Club does and why it exists
4:59 — Why martial arts can help trauma recovery
5:28 — Traditional self-defence vs trauma-informed martial arts
12:27 — Dissociation, eating disorders, and reconnecting with the body
15:48 — Why breathwork does not work for everyone
19:51 — Building Conscious Combat Club and turning it into a charity
25:23 — Inside the trauma-informed gym and grounding room
29:50 — How to join Conscious Combat Club
32:23 — Why long-term access matters more than short-term programs
36:41 — The ten-year vision for Conscious Combat Club
45:48 — Pound and ground: the nervous system homework
48:26 — How to support Conscious Combat Club
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