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Too Human with Nurse Nell
Danelle
182 episodes
6 days ago
My job as a trauma informed and Existential Kink somatic coach is to lead you back to yourself through RADICAL approval. Self-help can be an endless circuit of constantly trying to “heal” from your humanness. My job is to help you embrace your messy and adorable humanity with so much love, humor, kindness, and understanding. My philosophy is: All parts of you are innocent. I help you relate to all your parts in a novel & magical way that will change how you see yourself and, therefore, everything else. As within, so without :)
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My job as a trauma informed and Existential Kink somatic coach is to lead you back to yourself through RADICAL approval. Self-help can be an endless circuit of constantly trying to “heal” from your humanness. My job is to help you embrace your messy and adorable humanity with so much love, humor, kindness, and understanding. My philosophy is: All parts of you are innocent. I help you relate to all your parts in a novel & magical way that will change how you see yourself and, therefore, everything else. As within, so without :)
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Too Human with Nurse Nell
182. Light Work: The art of getting sh*t done without a tight butth0le

Come join us in ✨Light Work✨: The Art of Getting Shit Done Without Overwhelm or Burnout: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/D2oyNkrd/checkout
✨✨January 19th-24th. Only $27 ✨✨


In 6 days, we're doing deep nervous system recalibration around work + productivity.
I'm teaching you everything I've learned about WORKING LIGHT.
We're weaving principles from Existential Kink, Taoism, various indigenous practices with tangible action steps to help you get crystal clear on what's consciously and unconsciously depleting the shit out of you....
so you can do things differently.
So you can work WITH your body's natural rhythms instead of against them.
So you can stop forcing and start flowing.
So you can build unshakeable trust with yourself.
So you can get shit done without sacrificing your nervous system in the process.

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Listen to this episode if you're tired of lying awake at night in a shame spiral about your to-do list while your nervous system screams at you that you're not doing enough. F*CkKkK.

This episode is for the highly sensitive, motivated woman who's perfectionistic, empathetic, absorbs everyone's energy, and has convinced herself that once she finishes her 47-item to-do list, THENNNnnnNNnNn she gets to relax (spoiler -- that day never f*cking comes)

I'm breaking down the core philosophies of my new course Light Work—the art of getting sh!t done without stress or overwhelm. We're talking about:

  • Why your relationship to work is destroying your health, sleep, relationships, and spiritual connection (and why this matters more than you think)
  • The grief you're actually avoiding by staying overwhelmed (this will possibly blow your mind)
  • How to work with your natural rhythms instead of forcing yourself through capitalism's patriarchal bullshib
  • Why you can only prioritize 2-4 areas of life at once without losing your mind
  • The Taoist concept of Wu Wei that will completely rewire how you approach your day
  • How to build deep self-trust by actually keeping commitments to yourself (!!!)

This isn't about doing nothing. It's about acting in harmony with your actual energy, letting go of the illusion that finishing your to-do list equals relaxation, and learning to trust unseen support instead of white-knuckling everything through sheer force of will.

If you're the woman who's doing ALL THE THINGS but STILL feels behind, isolated, and like everyone else has it easier - this is your permission slip and MAP to working lighter <3

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6 days ago
44 minutes 21 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
181. Magickal + Weird Timeline Alchemy: A New Year's Ritual for 2026 + Beyond

Pleas rate my podcast if you love it!!


Come grab your THE PEACE + POWER LIFE (and/or) BUSINESS AUDIT
How it works (ridiculously simple):
⭐ You invest $77
⭐ Immediately: You get access to the deep-dive intake form. Give yourself 30-60 minutes in a private space to pour it all out. (This part is actually so funnn) (option to do a voice message instead of filling out the form - details in your email as soon as you sign up)
⭐ Within 48 hours: I sit with your intake form and see what you can't see because you've been living it. I've read every word like the detective I am and start connecting dots you didn't know were connected. I'm tracking your patterns like a map.
⭐ Within 10 business days: Your bespoke tailored-to-you recording lands in your inbox - a ~40 minute video mapping your patterns, blindspots, and concrete steps you can take moving forward.
⭐ Forever: You keep the recording to revisit whenever you need the refresh, a recalibration, a reminder, or a hit of truth.
I'm not going to tell you to "love yourself more" or "set better boundaries" or "just believe in yourself."
I'm not going to gaslight you into thinking your exhaustion is a personal failing.
I'm not going to pretend that your blocks exist in a vacuum, separate from the world you're navigating as a woman.
I'm going to tell you the truth.
The truth about what's blocking you.
The truth about why your nervous system responds the way it does.
The truth about what's been asked of you and why you're tired.
And then I'm going to give you practical + magical + somatic tools to shift it.
Not "work harder." Not "push through." Not "manifest better."
Actual nervous system regulation. Embodied permission. The reclamation of your energy for yourself 💜

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/donttw9J/checkout

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You've spent your whole life being told you're "too sensitive."

Too emotional. Too intense. Too much. OR maybe "not enough"

So you learned to dim yourself down, feel overwhelmed when faced with any conflict, and people please out the wazoo.

And as a result, you keep spinning in the same cycles --

Overgiving, resenting, retreating, repeat...

and end up feeling fuzzy and unclear about the next steps forward.

...and wonder why things feel so hard for you. BLEH.

well....your sensitivity IS NOT something to "fix."

It's ancient wisdom.

And it's about damn time to WIELD that wisdom.

In this episode, I guide u through a Timeline Jumping New Year's practice designed to help you intentionally set the energetic foundation for 2026 <3

I guide you through a hypnotic meditation that works with your unconscious mind - the part of you that operates in symbols, metaphors, and sensations.

This is a powerful alchemical timeline process SO treat it as such.

Create a space where you can be uninterrupted for 45 mins or so.

Here's what happens when you do this work:

→ You'll have a clear energetic MAP for your year ahead - and you'll notice exactly what needs to shift and how to shift it moving forward→ You'll process emotions that are still holding onto old pain, finally giving them what they need so they stop sabotaging the sh*t outta your life→ You'll receive direct wisdom transmission from your future self - the version of you who has already solved what you're struggling with now→ You'll anchor into your body the felt sense of your inevitable success, making the path forward feel clear and tangible rather than confusing, fuzzy, + overwhelming→ You'll have a symbolic touchstone (your gift from future self) that reconnects you to this wisdom whenever doubt creeps in

This is the power of somatic work. You're not just thinking your way through this-- you're rewiring your nervous system to recognize that your highest timeline is the most natural path.

Drop me a message on Instagram @nurse_nell or FB @Danelle Gal with any insights or revelations that come through for you during this practice.

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1 week ago
53 minutes 16 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
180: The Heroine's spirillic journey and why using the wrong "map" to life has been f*cking you up

Please rate my pod if u luv it!!!

OFFERS:


LEAD: 6-Day Self-Leadership Intensive (last day to join for $22 + get all materials for life)https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/LvjnabFK/checkout


Free 60-min coaching consult:https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule


Life/Business Audit - $44 (async, 40-min personalized recording):https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/donttw9J/checkout

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Ep. 180: The Heroine's spirillic journey and why using the wrong "map" to life has been f*cking you up


You've been conditioned by every story you've ever consumed.

every movie. every myth. every fairytale.

Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey - the monomyth that shapes virtually all Western narrative - taught you that transformation looks like: leaving home, slaying dragons, conquering enemies, claiming external rewards, ascending the mountain, returning victorious.

Linear. external. achievement-based. conquest-oriented.

...and it's epic. truly.

but it's not your whole story.

Because the Heroine's Journey doesn't ascend. she descends.

She goes into the underworld

...into her rage, her grief, her desires, the parts she's been taught to exile as "too much" or "not enough."

She meets her shadow.

She reclaims what was rejected.

She discovers that darkness isn't the opposite of life - it's where life begins.

ex. Seeds germinate in dark soil. babies grow in dark wombs. stars are born in cosmic darkness. every beginning starts in the unseen.

but we've been taught -through centuries of patriarchal / racist / toxic religious/spiritual framing- that light equals good and darkness equals evil.

That the descent is suffering.

that going inward is indulgent.

What if the cave you've been taught to fear is actually where your power lives? What iffffff :)

In this episode, I'm sharing Lesson 1 from my LEAD course -The Heroine's Spirillic Journey.

We're going to the roots. the foundational work that changes quite literally everything (because how you ORIENT yourself to life is everything):

I'm talking about:

  • why the heroine's path spirals instead of climbs (and why you're not broken for not fitting the hero's mold)
  • the sacred necessity of darkness - Kali, Lilith, Hecate, the parts of yourself patriarchy tried to erase
  • moonlight versus sunlight: the illumination that comes from within, not from external sources demanding you be seen before you're 'ready'
  • why neurodivergent and highly sensitive women experience this journey with particular intensity (the unmasking, the reclaiming, the both/and of being too much and not enough simultaneously)
  • where you might be on the map right now (spiritual aridity? the descent? integration?)

the heroine doesn't conquer. she integrates <3

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2 weeks ago
30 minutes 36 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
179: An existential kink + somatic coaching session: radical permission to be INAUTHENTIC

YAY I’m so excited to share this episode with u all!! Pls rate my podcast if you love it <3

In this session, I walk a wonderful woman through a whole coaching session. It was a profound and swirlinggg exploration of people-pleasing, dissociation, and the ways we dim our light to stay safe. 

What we covered -

  • The moment at age 7 when "getting in trouble" for authentic joy created a lifetime pattern of resignation
  • How a psychiatric break at 19 revealed years of emotional dissociation - including a childhood contract to "never cry again"
  • The radical act of scrambling her own memories to avoid emotional charge :o
  • Being labeled "manipulative" as a child and learning to turn off her natural influence and power
  • What happens when you stop trying to fix the "problem" and instead give yourself full permission to fake laugh, people-please, and perform. 

Very surprising + beautiful stuff was uncovered in this sesh and I’m so grateful to this magical woman for allowing me to share it with all of you <3 

Through EFT tapping and existential kink principles, we flip the script.

Instead of shaming the parts that aren't "authentic enough," we celebrate them. We give awards to the Oscar winning performance of **inauthenticity** We find the cosmic joke in desperately wanting people to like us.

And something shifts. Completely.

This sesh goes deep. But it's also surprisingly funny - because when you stop taking the story so seriously, there's freedom on the other side.

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Over 6 days (December 18th-23rd), we're going to the ROOTS of self-leadership - the deep foundational work in LEAD. And it's only $22.
This mini-course is self-paced within the 6 days - meaning - you will get audio/video/PDF drops each day thru email and telegram, and can listen/watch/practice any time throughout the day.
There are 23 women in LEAD so far, and it is truly an incredible group.
You will find a beautiful community if you choose to opt into the telegram chat.
This course is designed to help you stop abandoning yourself and start leading from truth + power that lives deep in your belly.
I'm SO looking forward to moving through this with you, if you choose to come with us.
And ps. Hustle culture/non-ethical urgency is a no-no in my world.
This means you’ll get to keep all the materials in the course FOR LIFE.
So if you miss a day or two, you can come back. Over and over.
Join us here: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/LvjnabFK/checkout

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⚡THE PEACE AND POWER 🕊️ LIFE + BIZ AUDIT IS HEREEEEE 🎉🎉🎉
How it works:
1. ⭐ You invest $44 (less than you spend on takeout nowadays 😲)
2. ⭐ You fill out my deep-dive intake form
(this part is actually so funnn)
3. ⭐ I read every word like a detective + start connecting dots you didn't know were connected...
⭐ Within 10 business days you get your bespoke tailored-to-you recording - A ~40 minute video mapping your patterns, blindspots, and concrete steps you can take moving forward
⭐ You keep the recording forever to revisit whenever you need the refresh
What my client said about their audit:
"I will forever changed by this Peace & Power Audit. You blew my mind in all the best ways 🤯 I took 5 pages of notes, I'm so into it. I will be coming back to this video again & again for sure. I feel seen and heard by you, you have sparked something in me and my life is guaranteed to pivot, expand, and grow in beautiful ways. Heaps of gratitude to you!"
https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/donttw9J

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4 weeks ago
1 hour 28 minutes 6 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
178: Can you handle excitement + happiness? What if stress makes you healthy? An update from my time off

Rate my podcast if you love it plsss!!

HI BABES!! This is an update from my week off. WOwwwwww it's challenging for me to take time off bc I legit love my work/working so much lately.

Episode 178: Can you handle excitement + happiness? What if stress makes you healthy? An update from my time off <3

I coached myself every day in my time off to release any fears about taking time off - like being scared of my own excitement (heh..), capacity, and that whole "balance" trap we get caught in.

We're diving into what happens when things really start working in your life and/or biz.

Like, offers selling out in minutes...or things going well in your relationship...or just feeling a sense of peace + calm - and your nervous system is like "wait, can we actually handle feeling this good?" "IS IT SAFE TO FEEL GOOD when the world is on fire in many ways??"

I share my whole self-coaching process from this past week, the childhood memories that came up (getting tickled as a kid? traumatic and relevant lol), and how I work with those extreme all-or-nothing beliefs that try to convince us everything's gonna fall apart.

Plus some thoughts on tiredness, stress, and surprise reflections on potentially having kids.

This is basically me thinking out loud about what it means to be a highly sensitive, creative human running a business while also trying to, you know, actually live your life.

If you've ever felt like you're "too much" or wondered if you can actually hold all the good things coming your way, this one's for you.

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Join LEAD: Relaxed in your body. Clear in your voice. Confident in your choices. Literally just $22 (crazytown)
What we're covering in LEAD:
Over 6 days - December 18th-23rd - we're going to the ROOTS of self-leadership - the deep foundational work that most programs tend to skip over.
When you sign up, you'll get access to a telegram group, where your community will be.
If you don't have/use telegram, no worries, all material (videos, audio transmissions, PDF's) will be emailed to you.
There are no live classes in this course, just our live telegram community, so you can do the work at anytime throughout the days we're going thru the material. https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/LvjnabFK/checkout
Here's some of what we'll explore together:
The Victim Triangle through a leadership lens
My People-Pleasing-Release Protocol
Parts Work
Somatic Inquiry
Spirit Guides Connection


Nature-based practices


AND MORE
Curriculum is subject to change + shift as I create it and am in the flow 😃
The foundation work. The nervous system repatterning. The un-shaming.
All of it designed to help you stop abandoning yourself and start leading from truth + power that lives deep in your belly.

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THE PEACE + POWER LIFE (and/or) BUSINESS AUDIT
How it works (ridiculously simple):
⭐ You invest $44 (less than you spend on takeout, tbh)
⭐ Immediately: You get access to the deep-dive intake form. Give yourself 30-60 minutes in a private space to pour it all out. (This part is actually so funnn) (option to do a voice message instead of filling out the form - details in your email as soon as you sign up)
⭐ Within 48 hours: I sit with your intake form and see what you can't see because you've been living it. I've read every word like the detective I am and start connecting dots you didn't know were connected. I'm tracking your patterns like a map.
⭐ Within 5 business days: Your bespoke tailored-to-you recording lands in your inbox - a ~20 minute video mapping your patterns, blindspots, and concrete steps you can take moving forward.
⭐ Forever: You keep the recording to revisit whenever you need the refresh, a recalibration, a reminder, or a hit of truth.
Actual nervous system regulation. Embodied permission. The reclamation of your energy for yourself 💜 https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/donttw9J/checkout

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1 month ago
1 hour 9 minutes 44 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
177. A simple + life-changing somatic practice to cultivate inner safety- "Pendulation"

Please rate my podcast if you love it!!! It only takes a second and really helps my people find this work<3


Book a free 60-minute consult with me here:

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule


Other resources:

Free Relationship Alchemy Masterclass

"My mind is blown by your talent and insight. The way you can so casually and somewhat gleefully explainmy deepest psychological wounds to me without breaking a sweat is fucking witchcraft."-Masterclass Attendee

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/signup⁠⁠⁠⁠


FREE masterclass: Healing with Spirit Guides

This class will most likely not be what you think it is, but far richer and deeper:

“I have a whole different perspective of spirit guides after this class. This was truly eye opening and amazing.” – An Attendee

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/spirit-guides⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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1 month ago
9 minutes 48 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
176: Business & life is a psychedelic wormhole: the real talk you need ;)

GET YOUR BIZ + LIFE AUDIT:

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/donttw9J/checkout

How it works (ridiculously simple):

⭐ You invest $44 (less than you spend on takeout, tbh)

⭐ Immediately: You get access to the deep-dive intake form. Give yourself 30-60 minutes in a private space to pour it all out. (This part is actually so funnn) (option to do a voice message instead of filling out the form - details in your email as soon as you sign up)

⭐ Within 48 hours: I sit with your intake form and see what you can't see because you've been living it. I've read every word like the detective I am and start connecting dots you didn't know were connected. I'm tracking your patterns like a map.

⭐ Within 5 business days: Your bespoke tailored-to-you recording lands in your inbox - a ~20 minute video mapping your patterns, blindspots, and concrete steps you can take moving forward.

⭐ Forever: You keep the recording to revisit whenever you need the refresh, a recalibration, a reminder, or a hit of truth.

What you'll discover in this audit:

🔥 The exact nervous system patterns keeping you stuck (and why it makes perfect sense given what you've been navigating)

🔥 Why you keep hitting the brakes right before breakthrough moments

🔥 Why you aren’t making the money you want to make in your business and how to change that

🔥 How to hold the paradox: you’re not “the problem” AND you're the one who has to change for things to change

🔥 How to access that place of relaxed motivation where you're not performing anymore

🔥 The stressful beliefs you've been carrying that were never yours to begin with (and how to give them back)

I'm not going to tell you to "love yourself more" or "set better boundaries" or "just believe in yourself."

I'm not going to gaslight you into thinking your exhaustion is a personal failing.

I'm not going to pretend that your blocks exist in a vacuum, separate from the world you're navigating as a woman. I'm going to tell you the truth.

The truth about what's blocking you.

The truth about why your nervous system responds the way it does.

The truth about what's been asked of you and why you're tired.

And then I'm going to show you how to hold the paradox:

None of this is your fault. AND you're the only one who can change it.

And then I'm going to give you practical + magical + somatic tools to shift it.

Not "work harder." Not "push through." Not "manifest better."

Actual nervous system regulation. Embodied permission. The reclamation of your energy for yourself 💜

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/donttw9J/checkout

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Everything you think is "wrong" with you in business is actually you just...being human...with a business lolz

In this ep. - 176. Business & life is a. psychedelic wormhole: the real talk you need ;) - I'm breaking down how building your business (and your life) means moving through contraction and expansion, over and over again.

The entitlement, the fear of failure, the focus on people who hate you, the unprocessed trauma that keeps showing up in your work - none of it means you're broken.

But you've been acting like there's something wrong with you for all these very human things.

We're gunna chat about:

  • ENTITLEMENT
  • Obsessing over people who hate you while ignoring everyone who loves you (heh)
  • Thinking you have to do everything alone because you're "responsible for everything"
  • Why "regulation" doesn't mean staying calm—and what it actually means
  • And my personal favorite: resisting your feelings so hard that your nervous system literally creates the exact thing you're trying to avoid

I'm breaking down the sympathetic vs parasympathetic nervous system thing, existential kink, and a simple hack that transforms contraction into expansion that honestly seems too easy but IT WORKS

This is about radical acceptance of your weird, messy, feral humanity and using ALL of it as creative fuel.

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1 month ago
35 minutes 28 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
175: How wind teaches us to navigate chaos (guided practice from Wield Your Wild!!!)

This ep offers an intimate window into Wield Your Wild (!!!), THE membership for neurodivergent entrepreneurs run by my friend and coach Elyna, where I serve as the nervous system guide.


In this recorded session, we explore wind as a teacher for our nervous systems -- through breathwork, directional awareness, and gentle movement that helps us work WITH our internal weather patterns.


What we explore:

  • How wind moves through the body and what it reveals about where we're protected vs. open
  • Directional breathing (down, up, back, forward) and what each direction teaches you
  • Wind gates in Chinese medicine - the places we hold hypervigilance, other people's stuff, and fear of taking up space
  • The practice of becoming the eye of the storm: finding center between over-responsibility and helplessness
  • Why sighing is such nervous system medicine
  • How to collaborate with change instead of being swept away by it

This practice is especially powerful for highly sensitive, neurodivergent humans who experience their nervous systems as unpredictable weather - where inspiration comes in torrents, overwhelm feels like being blown in every direction, and stillness feels impossible to access.


Tune in & join Wield Your Wild here for the bonkers price of $44/month! https://businessbynature.com/wield-your-wild/


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1 month ago
40 minutes 40 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
174. The new paradigm of leadership is neither "hustle bro" nor "soft femme vibes"

Please rate my podcast if you love it!!! It only takes a second and really helps my people find this work <3


Get on my email list by signing up for one of these free classes!

Free Relationship Alchemy Masterclass

"My mind is blown by your talent and insight. The way you can so casually and somewhat gleefully explain my deepest psychological wounds to me without breaking a sweat is fucking witchcraft."-Masterclass Attendee

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/signup⁠⁠⁠⁠


Not a Masterclass: $0-100k

This hyperPOTENT class is all about how I made my first cumulative 100k in biz while being very much the same human I've always been:
Very ADHD, daydreamer, a lil messy & scattered,control freak, overthinking,neurotic in my own ways and deeply unbothered in my own other ways.
This class is all about the journey - the horrors and the pleasures andeverything in between lol.
WHO is this class for?? For the woman who has made or wants to make the radical & timeline bending choice to exit the matrix of numbing their soul just to make money. LET'S RE-WRITE THE RULES for how we do this wild and precious life, okiiiiiii?
If you: 🛸 Feel caught in an endless circuit of trying to "heal" from your humanness while struggling to be visible in your business
Know deep down there's a connection between your trauma wounds and yourbusiness blocks
Are tired of outsourcing your answers to yet another program that promises the"missing piece"
Crave permission to run your business in alignment with your soul rather thansomeone else's blueprint
Are ready to transmute visibility wounds, abandonment wounds, rejection wounds,and humiliation into your greatest business assets
This isn't just another business class.
This is existential kink for your business—learning to love the drama, thecontraction, the expansion, and everything in between.

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/0-100k-class


FREE masterclass: Healing with Spirit Guides

This class will most likely not be what you think it is, but far richer and deeper:

“I have a whole different perspective of spirit guides after this class. This was truly eye opening and amazing.” – An Attendee

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/spirit-guides⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Book a free 60-minute consult with me here:

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule

Leadership isn't about being the loudest person in the room.

In this episode, we're talking about a different kind of leadership - one that doesn't require you to bulldoze your nervous system, ignore your body's wisdom, or perform some masculine cosplay of "strength."

In this episode, I dig into:

  • Why the traditional leadership template (deadlines! urgency! hustle!) is built on patriarchal garbage that demands you disconnect from yourself
  • The difference between inner leadership (leading yourself) and outer leadership (leading others) - and why you can't do the second one well if you aren't committed to the first
  • How to teach other people leadership by actually being a leader, not by trying to role model some hierarchical fantasy of authority
  • What it means to lead from both yin and yang energies- the joyful productivity AND the rest, the structure AND the surrender
  • Why we've been gaslit into thinking sensitivity and emotions make us weak leaders (spoiler: they absolutely mf do not.)


This conversation is for the sensitive women who've been told they need to be harder, faster, more resilient - basically less human - to LEAD anything. It's also for the women who don't buy into the "soft feminine boss girl" vibes and are trying to manifest everything without doing anything.

Want more of this??

I'm creating a low-cost in-depth course about embodied, integrated leadership that doesn't make you want to rage-quit your own life.

Sign up below to join my email list and be the first to know when it launches <3

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2 months ago
37 minutes 48 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
173: "Consistency" without patriarchal bullsh*t: How to show up when you really don't want to

Please rate my podcast if you love it!!! It only takes a second and really helps my people find me and this work<3


Book a free 60-minute coaching consult with me here: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule

This episode is me walking you through an actual Tuesday where I almost didn't record a podcast at all -- and how I made it easier for myself instead of harder.

173: "Consistency" without patriarchal bullsh*t: How to show up when you really don't want to

We're diving into consistency (yes, even though I used to think it was patriarchal bullsh*t), making things so simple you'll actually do them, and how to honor your feminine cycles while still showing up in your business and life.

I share my real-time struggle with feeling frozen, why I chose a voice memo walk over a Facebook Live, and the practices that keep me grounded without burning out.

If you've ever felt like you're pushing a 1000-pound boulder up a hill, this one's for you.

We're talking about devotion to yourself, building capacity without shame, and creating habits that feel like love instead of obligation.

What we explore:

  • How to simplify when you're feeling paralyzed
  • The difference between the conscious and unconscious mind (and why this matters SO much)
  • Why consistency doesn't have to be patriarchal or rigid
  • Building capacity to work long days without hating your life (the opposite, in fact!!)
  • The practice that changed my brain chemistry hehe
  • How to be devoted to yourself even when the resistance is INTENSE


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2 months ago
57 minutes 12 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
172: How I don't absorb other people's emotions as a highly sensitive person

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172: How I don't absorb other people's emotions as a highly sensitive person


Ever feel completely drained after holding space for someone going through something heavy?? Like you're carrying their emotions long after the conversation ends?


Yea i bet ya do :)


Because you're highly sensitive AND conditioned to rescue others.


This is NOT a flaw, it is a GIFT


And, learning to wield and work with your sensitivity is crucial.


If you're a human who feels everythinggggg, this episode is for you.

I'm pulling back the curtain on how I work with clients through their deepest emotional experiences -- tears, rage, grief, all of it -

without burning out or needing hours to decompress afterward.

And no, this doesn't mean shutting down your empathy or building walls around your heart.

In this episode, I share my exact framework for staying grounded and regulated even when clients are in the THICK of their emotions.

You'll learn why not victimizing your clients/people is the most compassionate thing you can do, why trying to "rescue" people actually blocks their healing, and how radical non-judgment creates a psychedelic-level container.

If you're tired of emotional hangovers, people-pleasing patterns, or feeling like you have to carry everyone's pain, this episode will show you how to hold space with presence, curiosity, and lightness -

so showing up for people actually feels nourishing instead of depleting.

What you'll take away:

  • The difference between compassion and absorption (and why one will drain you dry)
  • How to stay in co-regulation when clients/people are activated
  • Why emotions contain universes of wisdom when we stop trying to fix them
  • Practical ways to process your own emotions so they don't accumulate
  • The energetic shift that makes "holding space" feel lighter and more fun
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2 months ago
18 minutes 35 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
171. FELICIA INTERVIEWS ME!!! Telling your story is medicine // pleasure as protest // reclaiming the Self after sxxual assault

In this potent + hilarious + fun + deep conversation with Felicia - she interviews me!!!

Ep. 171. FELICIA INTERVIEWS ME!!! Telling your story is medicine // pleasure as protest // reclaiming the Self after sxxual assault

The theme is sxxual assault, and damnnn we cover a lot of territory beyond and around that topic.

This episode is for anyone who has a hard time talking about things that have happened to them, has spent years keeping the "bad" parts locked away, who thinks there's something fundamentally broken about them that needs fixing, and/or has experienced any kind of trauma.

We chat about:

  • Why telling your story (even when it terrifies you) is one of the most radical acts of healing
  • How the witnesses to your trauma can sometimes cause more harm than the original perpetrator
  • The somatic experience of carrying sexual trauma in your body -- and what actually helps release it
  • Why your "too much" sensitivity is your superpower (not something to fix or overcome)
  • How practices like Existential Kink can help you alchemize pain into pleasure for deeeeep cellular radical healing and restoration
  • The difference between shame that keeps you small and the kind of radical self-acceptance that sets you free
  • Why running, walking, and forward movement literally rewire your brain for trauma processing
  • How to stop being terrified of your own triggers and start seeing them as portals to freedom

I share my own story of sxxual assault, the decade of silence that followed, and the moment I decided to stop giving my abusers power by staying small + quiet.

This conversation gets really real about intrusive thoughts, including one about peeing on people hahahahah....and learning to love and laugh with the messy, vengeful, supposedly unacceptable parts of ourselves.

Listen below 💎

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2 months ago
1 hour 33 minutes 13 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
170: Praying to the mystery: from Mormon housewife to mystic with Sharli

I was literally just having a casual connection call with this awesome woman Sharli and within like...2 minutes I had this intense intuitive pull to ask if she wanted to turn this convo into a podcast episode

so here we are lol

Sharli's been practicing Focusing - a therapeutic approach all about focusing attention on internal sensations to gain insight/clarity - for over 30 YEARS.

and what I love is she's made it her own.

it's not some rigid technique...it's become a way of being for her.

here's what we dove into during this convo:

→ what the fck is Focusing (and why your body already knows how to do it)

→ the gentleness required to actually heal vs. the forcing we're conditioned to do

→ how your pain just wants a WITNESS...not a fixer, not a savior, just someone to SEE it

→ why that part of you that wants ice cream all day isn't sabotaging you - it's trying to tell you something

→ Sharli's journey from devout Mormon to "praying to mystery" (LOVED this part of our convo and legit teared up)

→ visibility as practice - from "Sharli show-off" as a kid to decades of hiding to finding her way back

→ how symbols (tarot, astrology, your body's sensations) all speak the same language

→ trusting your intuition when it makes ZERO logical sense

the thing that hit me hardest:

Sharli talked about how in focusing, you don't DO things to your pain.

you don't breathe light into it.

you don't try to transform it.

you just...let it BE there.

you get curious about it.

and it changes on it's own.

that's the exact opposite of how we're taught to "heal" right??

we're always trying to fix and force and improve

but what if the work is just...being WITH yourself?

what if the mystery is where all the magic lives? ooOoOoo


this episode is for you if:

  • you're exhausted from trying to heal your way out of being human
  • you've been told you're "too sensitive" or "too much"
  • you're curious what happens when you stop forcing change
  • you want permission to not have all the answers
  • you're ready to let your body lead instead of your overthinking logic brain


Sharli shares how Focusing helped her through leaving the Mormon church, finding her spirituality again, reclaiming visibility after years of hiding.

and honestly?

this conversation reminded me why I do this work.

because when we give ourselves permission to just FEEL what we feel without trying to change it...

when we witness our pain instead of weaponizing positivity against it...

when we trust the mystery instead of needing certainty...

everything shifts.

not because we forced it.

but because we finally stopped fighting ourselves.

grab your headphones + make some tea.

listen in.

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3 months ago
45 minutes 36 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
169. Live coaching session: when anger feels too dangerous

Come to WOMAN OF FIRE!!! Oct. 20-28th, 2025

https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/htbSewQt/checkout


Here's what we'll be moving through in these 7 days together (9 including the weekend):

· Audio trainings and practices to help you befriend your anger as the sacred fire she actually is - not something to fear or suppress, but wisdom trying to speak through you

· Somatic practices to release decades of trapped rage from your throat, jaw, and shoulders without burning down your relationships - shaking, vocal toning, breathwork, movement

· Learn to distinguish between reactive anger (the explosion after years of suppression) and creative anger (the clear boundary-setting energy that protects what you love)

· Understanding the science of suppression, ancestral fear patterns, + a matriarchal orientation to women's anger. YOU KNOW I love to bring indigenous and Eastern wisdom in, and this initiation is no different.

· LIVE integration class - 60 minutes to tie everything together on Tuesday, October 28th at 11am PST (mark your calendar now!!)

All materials yours to keep forever.



ooo yea this is good one. This is a live full coaching session using a combo of somatics, parts work, inquiry, and Existential Kink.

In this powerful sesh, witness a real-time journey through the process of working with anger, tension, and the fear of emotional expression.

My client started the session feeling trapped - chest tight, throat constricted, caught in the familiar pattern of wanting to explode while simultaneously afraid of the destruction that might follow (so relatable).

Through guided somatic work, grounding techniques, and an unexpected encounter with her inner guide "Gemma," my client discovers that her explosive feelings aren't something to fear or fix.

Thru a non-fear, non-shame lens, they're fireworks (!!!) with deep origins -- beautiful and intense -- wanting space and movement.

Perfect for highly sensitive women, caregiving types, entrepreneurs, creatives, and anyone ready to transform their relationship with anger and emotional expression <3

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Book a 1-1 coaching connection call with me here: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule

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And please rate this podcast and share it with a friend if you love it!!!

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3 months ago
47 minutes 32 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
168: Unlearning tension: how to actually let your body relax with Aimee Takaya

You know that tension you're holding in your neck right now??

Or the tightness in your stomach you've grown so used to that you barely notice it anymore?

Yeah—this episode is about that :)

Aimee Takaya is a brilliant Hanna somatic educator who guides people through the gentlest, most powerful form of release.

Her approach isn't about pushing through pain or forcing your body into submission. It's about teaching your nervous system that it's *finally* safe enough to let go.

In this WONDERFUL convo, we explore how chronic tension is literally muscle memory holding onto past experiences—car accidents, stress responses, childhood patterns, all of it encoded in the way we move (or don't move) through the world.

Aimee walked me through some of her techniques live on the podcast, and I actually felt my neck tension release in real-time.

It was wild.

We dive into:

· Why pushing harder and stretching more can actually keep you stuck in pain patterns
· How your body might be holding resistance for really valid reasons (and why that's okay)
· The difference between clenching and actual functional movement
· Why being "bad at sports" as a kid might have been a nervous system thing all along
· The accumulative magic of consistent somatic practice—and why it's foundational, not optional
· How water therapy and somatics together create this dreamy parasympathetic state
· Why co-regulation with practitioners is essential for those of us holding space for others


This episode is for my highly sensitive, people-pleasing humans who've been white-knuckling their way through life, trying to control everything by staying tense and braced.


If you've ever felt like you're pushing against your own nature just to keep it all together, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

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Aimee's Bio & links:

Aimee Takaya has been guiding transformative movement for over 13 years. First as an international yoga teacher and now as a Hanna Somatic Educator and Transformation Facilitator.

She knows from personal experience the power of this modality to resolve chronic tension and pain and unlock your limitless human potential.

Through her practice in Hanna Somatics she has overcome debilitating chronic pain/unresolved trauma that used to control her life.

Now, she enjoys ease in leadership, entrepreneurship, healthier personal relationships and has better functional mobility than she did as a child!

She helps heart-led leaders become actualized in their Somas so they too can enjoy the magical, expansive life they have always dreamed was possible. 


Connect with Aimee at one of her Somatic Bodywork based retreats, Learn about her Transformative 6 Month Somatic Education program or Listen to the Free Your Soma Podcast

at www.freeyoursoma.com

IG: @aimeetakaya

FB: Aimee Takaya


Sign up for Aimee's newsletter and get a FREE somatic movement masterclass!: https://mailchi.mp/c8f76d7e0d97/somaticmasterclass

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3 months ago
59 minutes 19 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
167: Political neutrality is OVER, skin as smooth as a dolphin, self-flagellation, I'm a hypocrite

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COME WALK WITH ME!!


This ep is a brain dump by the ocean after picking up skincare. We're talking about the bullshit + fun of beauty standards we've all bought into,


the weird abstract "I'm not enough" story running in our heads,


and why I'm done staying politically neutral :)


I read you the post I made about Charlie Kirk and why owning our conditioning is loving.


We also talk about into how self-criticism perpetuates trauma cycles, business is a mirror for your patterns, and how most of our behavior comes down to avoiding or facing emotions.


Also announcing something new coming about women's anger!!!!

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3 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 38 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
166: Weaving a life of embodied joy with the magical **Aj Smit**

When you meet someone who literally sparkles with joy and makes you remember what it feels like to be fully alive...

Aj Smit is one of those magical humans for me <3

She's an intuitive energy worker, speaker, henna artist, and author of "The Red Thread: Weaving an Embodied Life of Joy" - plus she's a hot chocolate connoisseur, glitter enthusiast, and one of the most full-spectrum humans I've ever had the absolute pleasure of working with.

I worked with Aj about a year ago when she was doing some tech and energy support work in my business, and y'alllllll - she is everything you could want and more in a collaborator, friend, and coach.

She would send me these adorable packages with glitter and sweet notes, and when we'd work together on tech stuff, if I was feeling overwhelmed, she'd guide me back to connection with myself first. Always meeting me where I was, and infusing our sessions with humor and so much love.

She's since transitioned fully into her calling as an intuitive coach and energy worker - and I truly believe that's exactly where she should be.

In this deliciously rich + deep conversation, we dive into:

  • How Aj's work evolved from necessity - she needed the healing, so she learned it, then others started asking for what she had
  • The practice of joy (because yes, it IS a practice) and how she went from being a "husk of a human" during burnout to someone who radiates aliveness and walks her talk
  • Her journey through severe carpal tunnel that forced her to stop everything - lifting, writing, henna, VA work - and how that led her deeper into energy work
  • Why grief and joy live door-to-door, and how embracing the full spectrum of human emotions actually creates more capacity for pleasure
  • The revolutionary act of choosing joy as rebellion in a world that wants us separated and suffering
  • How to become your own loving witness and say the quiet parts out loud without judgment
  • The magic of parts work and why your soul's deep river voice is always good medicine <3


Aj embodies a truth that joy isn't frivolous or naive - it's necessary medicine for ourselves and our world.

Her energy is infectious, her wisdom is deep, and her commitment to helping women remember their own radiance is beautiful and important.


Where to Connect with Aj:

Website: www.thejoyweaver.com

Instagram: @thejoyweaver

Facebook: /thejoyweaver

Her book: "The Red Thread: Weaving an Embodied Life of Joy"

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3 months ago
57 minutes 3 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
165: The Secret to Not Giving a F*ck About Social Media Likes (And Why Your Business Depends On It)

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Episode 165: The Secret to Not Giving a F*ck About Social Media Likes (And Why Your Business Depends On It)

Hi bb

If you've ever felt that gut punch when your post gets 2 likes instead of 78, if you've ever spiraled into "am I doing something wrong?" because your engagement dropped, if you've ever let the fear of crickets stop you from making that invitation... this episode is for you :))

I'm sharing the unfiltered truth about my own journey from engagement-obsessed people pleaser to someone who posts with 2 likes and gives (almost) zero fucks because I know my people are there, watching, waiting for what I'll say next.

And PS. Your biz "success" is not dependent on vanity metrics, I promise.

This isn't just about social media strategy - this is about the core wound work that every female entrepreneur has to face when she decides to put her heart's work out into the world.

What we dive into:

  • Why your childhood rejection wounds are running your business (and how to stop them)
  • The energetic shift that happens when you disentangle from external validation
  • How I went from high engagement/no money to low engagement/good money
  • The delusional beliefs you need to cultivate to stay in the game (heh)
  • Why your people don't owe you likes, comments, or any validation at all

Your art matters. Your message matters. Your people are there - even when they're not clicking that little heart button.


Come to The Time Freedom Challenge - we're on day 2, so we have 3 more live days together! It's not too late to join us as we move from "wtf why am I always so behind" to ease, flow, and moving WITH the purring entity that is TIME. $25.

This is for the women who are ready to stop performing their lives and start living them. Let's fucking go.


Come to a free 1-1 coaching connection call with me: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule

You know those calls where you spend 45 minutes trauma-dumping to a stranger who then uses your vulnerabilities as ammunition for their sales pitch?

Yeah, we don't do that patriarchal transactional nonsense here.

What actually happens:

  • 45-50 minutes of real dream life mapping - We dive deep into your current landscape and step into your future self through desire inventory work
  • 10-15 minutes exploring working together (only if it feels aligned)
  • Zero pressure, maximum clarity - You leave with a personalized roadmap whether we work together or not

The magic happens because you work WITH your nervous system, not against it.

When you're in stress response, your brain literally can't see the bigger picture - it's designed to hyper-focus on details for survival. Your job on the call is to show up as you are.

My job is being your external observer, connecting dots you can't see from inside your own activation.

This is for: Highly sensitive women who are both spiritual AND grounded, scientific yet intuitive. Secret witches who don't quite fit traditional new age spaces but crave something deeper than purely logical approaches.

If you're tired of performing your life and ready to remember who you actually are underneath all the conditioning - let's talk :)

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4 months ago
29 minutes 42 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
164. My experience at a Byron Katie retreat (o.m.f.g.)

Rate my pod if you love it!!!

And come to The Time Freedom Challenge - September 8, 2025-September 12th, 2025; 5 days to move from "wtf why am I always so behind" to ease, flow, and moving with (not against) the purring entity that is TIME. $25. Sign up here: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/offers/jwB4bUGu/checkout


Come to a free 1-1 coaching connection call with me here: https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule


Listen to the episode on how to not gaslight yourself when you do The Work of Byron Katie: https://open.spotify.com/episode/31GH5TzOcPjI6EBpayEP3e?si=PwhMvXbfRIGeUua7psesng


So, holy sh*t. I just got back from a Byron Katie retreat and I am still integrating what just happened.

I went thinking I'd be doing the work on my relationship trauma and stuff, you know, the usual... but what came up was so much deeper and more unexpected than I could have imagined.

This wasn't just some feel good weekend retreat LOL. This was six hours a day of sitting in the abyss of consciousness, questioning everything I thought I knew about myself, and discovering how to love the ravaging of being a human EVEN DEEPER. Damn damn damnnnn.

The gifts are still coming through in my dreams, in my daily worksheets, in ways I'm still unpacking.

Listen in for the tea.

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4 months ago
39 minutes 32 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
163. The boring yet alchemical weekly assessment practice that changed my life (and will change yours, too)

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https://danelle-gallo.mykajabi.com/Schedule


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4 months ago
28 minutes 41 seconds

Too Human with Nurse Nell
My job as a trauma informed and Existential Kink somatic coach is to lead you back to yourself through RADICAL approval. Self-help can be an endless circuit of constantly trying to “heal” from your humanness. My job is to help you embrace your messy and adorable humanity with so much love, humor, kindness, and understanding. My philosophy is: All parts of you are innocent. I help you relate to all your parts in a novel & magical way that will change how you see yourself and, therefore, everything else. As within, so without :)