Show Notes
How does a childhood marked by medical trauma shape the way you understand the body, identity, and fate?
After multiple brain surgeries as a child and later navigating panic attacks rooted in isolation and perceived abandonment, Ali Ofstedal was initiated into a relationship with her nervous system long before she had language for it. That lived experience became the foundation for the way she practices astrology today — not as something that happens to us, but as something that moves through the body and asks to be metabolized rather than unconsciously acted out. We explore what changes when astrology is embodied instead of intellectualized, how to recognize the difference between integration and reactivity, and why nervous system rootedness is becoming a form of power in a time of rapid change. As we look ahead to 2026 and the larger collective shifts underway, this conversation invites a deeper kind of sovereignty — one built not on control, but on capacity, self-awareness, and the willingness to stay present with what’s being activated.
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